About YCBA
A lot of young LGBT and questioning individuals do not personally know any people like themselves. Odds are even less favorable that they have a LGBT role model in the career they are interested in [...]
Our Stories
Our goal is to provide a vast array of successful LGBT role models across a wide spectrum of careers. We want to show our young people that they can truly be anything regardless of their sexuality [...]
Submit Your Story
We are looking for short videos and stories of encouragement to provide positive examples of successful LGBT individuals in all professions. Need us to film your story for you? Find out more about the many [...]
Resources
The You Can Be Anything Project has networked with numerous other LGBT organizations and has compiled a wide range of resources for members of our community young and old. Please feel free to use [...]
The You Can Be Anything Project Mission
Young people who are questioning their sexuality or have recently come to accept the fact they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender face some extreme challenges. They may be rejected by their friends or worse–by their families. They may think their future dreams and goals may no longer be possible because of their sexuality. They may feel they are unable to continue on the same path they saw themselves on before discovering their sexuality. They may feel they will not be able to enter the career they have always dreamed of.
A lot of young LGBT and questioning individuals do not personally know any people like themselves. Odds are even less favorable that they have a LGBT role model in the career they are interested in. They may feel there is no place for a LGBT person in that particular field. They have probably been told, directly or indirectly, LGBT people can’t possibly be police officers or firefighters, for example. Or maybe [...]
