General FAQ

GLBT vs LGBT

Fri, 08/06/2010 - 11:48

It is common within the GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender) community to reference either GLBT or LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) both are appropriate acronym's. At FLO we have a tendency to use GLBT, but neither is more accurate or acceptable than the other.

GLBT and GLBT&Q Acronym's

Fri, 08/06/2010 - 11:43

The acronym GLBT used when appropriate by Families Like Ours, Inc. stands for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender. You will typically see this acronym used when referenced to adults, but can sometimes be used with talking about youth. When you see that we have added the letter “Q” to this list, it refers to Questioning, which is a normal process that most individuals experience typically in adolescence. This is an important topic for FLO,and the adoption and foster care community. An ever growing amount of GLBT families are choosing to become adoptive and foster parents. Additionally in Washington State alone, 14.5%* of current foster youth are self identifying as GLBT&Q individuals.
 
As a perspective foster or adoptive family, you cannot state or have stated on your home study that you do not want placement of a GLBT youth (gay kid). It simply doesn't work that way. Yes, you could adopt that 2 year old that some day informs you that he/she is an GLBT individual. This isn't something any parent has control over, biological, adoptive or foster.
 
*WA State Foster Youth Survey, 2008

Why is it sometimes the site loads slow?

Mon, 12/29/2008 - 18:15

Load time depends on several factors, your connection, the speed of your computer, if you are using a service like a cable modem, DSL, standard modem or American Online®. It also can be slowed by routers being down somewhere in the country or a large amount of Internet traffic. When this happens just wait a while and try again. Unfortunately there is little we can do about this problem outside of our own equipment and portal. We make every attempt however to limit the load time of every page on the server to help with load issues you may have.

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