ABSTRACT
A number of methodological studies have pinpointed the importance of the differences between the researcher and the interviewee in in-depth interviewing with regards to gender, class and race and the effect these differences might have upon the interview process. Within this category fall a significant section of the homosexual and bisexual community that is difficult to reach and about whose sexual behaviour one have little substantial or reliable knowledge. This chapter suggests that the unfolding of the researcher's and the interviewee's cultural and sexual identities is central to the ways in which the researcher and the researched position themselves in relation to the 'other'. Research in sensitive areas such as sexuality and HIV/AIDS within ethnic minority groups where the respondents cannot always talk about their experiences and feelings out of fear of discrimination and rejection by the family and the community. Commonalities and differences are inter-changeable throughout the interview process.
