This is a story about gay/queer globalization unfolded through the narratives of Korean gay men in Seoul. In this paper, I make use of talanoa dialogues to apprehend the way race and racial hierarchies can provide insights into the conditions in which the gay subject in Seoul is intelligible in intercultural interactions. I present these narratives in the format of a thematic talanoa using Pacific Research Methodologies (PRM). In doing so, I advance a unique way to negotiate communication with participants in a cross-cultural setting, rendering myself visible as a racialized (Sāmoan) researcher. Empirically, I argue that the narratives of Korean gay men party to this study demonstrate how the Korea/local–West/global binary is an important referential, in that there exists a structural connection through immigration policies that facilitates a transnational convergence of local and global racial hierarchies. This connection, I also argue, helps to structure and position Whiteness at the apex of racial hierarchies around foreigner subjectivities in South Korea.

这是一个关于同性恋/酷儿全球化的故事，通过首尔韩国男同性恋的叙事展开。在这篇论文中，我利用talanoa对话来理解种族和种族等级制度如何能够洞察首尔同性恋主题在跨文化互动中的理解条件。我以主题塔拉诺亚的形式呈现这些叙述使用太平洋研究方法 (PRM)。在这样做的过程中，我提出了一种独特的方式来与跨文化环境中的参与者协商沟通，使自己成为一个种族化（萨摩亚）研究人员。从经验上讲，我认为参与本研究的韩国男同性恋者的叙述证明了韩国/地方-西方/全球二元论如何是一个重要的参考，因为通过移民政策存在结构性联系，促进了地方和全球的跨国融合。种族等级。我还认为，这种联系有助于在韩国围绕外国人主体的种族等级制度的顶端构建和定位白人。