The exchange of sex for commodities, especially alcohol, was common. Gay-identified men expressed ambivalence about their After-Nine partners, desiring them for their masculinity, yet often feeling dissatisfied and exploited in their relationships with them. Based on, key informant interviews and focus group discussions in two districts in Mpumalanga, we explored Black gay-identified men's perceptions of and relationships with After-Nine men, focusing on sexual and gender identities and their social consequences. Some non-gay identified MSM are known colloquially by gay-identified men in Mpumalanga, Province, South Africa, as ‘After-Nines’ because they do not identify as gay and present as straight during the day but also have sex with other men at night. There is considerable diversity, fluidity and complexity in the expressions of sexuality and gender among men who have sex with men (MSM).