Resum
This study analyses the results of a research project on gay-identified men of Latin
American origin who have migrated to Sydney, Australia. The findings are the product
of a year of collection and analysis of data from surveys and in-depth interviews
carried out with those who answered the initial call for participation at the beginning
of 2010, published in the gay and lesbian press in as well as Spanish-speaking
periodicals in Sydney. The theoretical bases of the project find their inspiration in the
newly emergent framework of so-called sexual migration studies and the work of
sexual fields theory. The conclusions show the importance of ethnic and racial images
in Latin American migrant interaction in gay spaces and the value that the study’s
participants gave to multiculturalism in their experiences of new socio-sexual sites and
identity constructions post-migration.