A much-needed introduction to life beyond the closet door, The World Out There is the first book for a new generation of young men and women who want to know more about what being part of the gay and lesbian community means. Ideal for the thousands of young men and women who migrate to urban gay communities every year, The World Out There is also for the thousands of others isolated in less receptive settings for whom this book will open up a whole wonderful and reassuring universe of possibilities.