How does moving from a sexually conservative country to a liberal one alter the way international students think about homosexuality and same-sex rights, and how does this impact their communities back home? Drawing on survey data with 90 heterosexual Singaporean students studying at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, as well as interview data with 17 students and 14 of their family members and friends who remained in Singapore, this study finds that despite having a broad spectrum of prior opinions, the majority of the student participants acquired increasingly accepting sexual attitudes after their relocation. Furthermore, many of them send these new conceptions as “sexual remittances” to their originating communities, changing the values of those who remain behind. This study helps lay the groundwork for further investigations of how engagements among international students and their social networks can contribute to evolving understandings of transnational sexuality and the globalization of culture.

从一个性保守的国家转变为一个自由的国家，如何改变国际学生对同性恋和同性权利的看法，这如何影响他们的家乡？根据对90名在温哥华的英属哥伦比亚大学学习的异性恋新加坡学生的调查数据，以及对留在新加坡的17名学生及其14位家庭成员和朋友的访谈数据，该研究发现，尽管事前的看法是，大多数学生参与者在搬迁后获得了越来越多的性态度。此外，他们中的许多人将这些新概念作为“性汇款”发送到其起源社区，从而改变了那些留守者的价值观。