> [!cite] Citation > Drummond, Murray J. N. ‘Asian Gay Men’s Bodies’. *The Journal of Men’s Studies*, vol. 13, no. 3 (1 April 2005), pp. 291–300. [https://doi.org/10.3149/jms.1303.291](https://doi.org/10.3149/jms.1303.291). > [!abstract] > Men’s bodies have been increasingly placed under scrutiny in contemporary Western culture. Gay males have been identified as presenting a greater risk of body image disturbance than heterosexual males as a consequence of the aesthetically driven gay culture. While there are few services available for gay men with body image concerns, there are even fewer available for gay men from non-English speaking cultures. This is a concern for young gay males coming from masculinised cultures in which living up to archetypal heterosexual masculine ideals is a cultural family imperative. This paper reports qualitative research with six Asian gay males living in Adelaide, Australia, aged 18–25. A life historical perspective provides reflections on the participants’ bodies growing up gay in masculinised cultures. The paper also highlights the men’s current plight as they struggle to come to terms with being Asian gay men living in a white, heterosexual, Anglo-Australian environment.