Three themes were identified in the interviews: (1) racism was seen as a primary factor in the way that gay API men came to view their experiences within the larger gay community, (2) racism in the gay community led to the creation of a social context of sexual behavior that placed gay API men at a disadvantage in mate selection, (3) the disadvantage resulted in gay API men competing for white male partners that involved taking on the submissive role during sexual intercourse, thus having less ability to negotiate safer sexual behavior with white partners.