Dr. Jan W. de Lind van Wijngaarden has spent his professional life exploring, studying and advising on sexuality, gender and HIV vulnerability in Asia. He is academically trained in both public health (PhD, MPH) and social science (MA) and has several peer-reviewed publications in both fields. He has lived in Thailand for over 25 years.

• Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Introducing the Research Participants; 3. Understanding Thai Personhood; 4. Homosexuality: A Matter of Karma?; 5. In the Beginning … Exploring Early Awareness of Being Different; 6. The Important Role of Gender in Understanding Homosexuality in Thailand; 7. ‘All in the Family’: Tactics for Living and Growing Up in a Heteronormative World; 8. How Dating Friends Plays a Role in Destabilizing Gender-Based Notions of Homosexuality; 9. The Role of the Internet in Learning about and Experimenting with New Sexual Identities; 10. ‘No Money, No Honey’: Love and Sex in Pursuit of a Better Life; 11. Conclusions and Implications for HIV Service Provision and Sexuality Education; Appendix: Glossary of Thai Terms Used in this Book; References; Index.

“Research and scholarship on human sexuality have increased dramatically in the last 50 years in an era of rapid globalisation and changed with the development of critical sexuality studies as a field. Jan W. de Lind van Wijngaarden’s pathbreaking, in-depth study of male homosexuality among young men in modern Thailand as they move into young adulthood is a significant new contribution to our understanding of human sexuality. A must read.” —Gary W. Dowsett, PhD, FASSA, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia