Thus, this has elicited an alternative rationale and praxis for studying sexual practices. The combination of methods and my different identities offers an intervention into methodological debates concerned with challenging the possibility of ‘the singular truth’ in research and the appropriateness of a researcher’s ‘sexual participation’. I played multiple roles– researcher, peer, tour guide and a sexualised subject in the research process. It bases on an one-year fieldwork conducted in Taiwan and Bangkok, involving an ethnography and follow-up interviews. This thesis investigates gay Taiwanese men’s engagements in sex tourism in Bangkok.
