THE ILLINOIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION AUTHORITY IS LOOKING FOR MEMBERS OF THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A NEW SURVEY. 

THE AUTHORITY’S JACLYN HOUSTON-KOLNIK SAYS THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HARM, AND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY SOUGHT HELP.

THE GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY HOW TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS L-G-B-T-Q INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED. 

HOUSTON-KOLNIK SAYS THEY ALSO WANT TO HEAR FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SUFFERED OTHER TYPES OF HARM SUCH AS EMOTIONAL ABUSE…AND THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER SOUGHT HELP FOR THEIR TRAUMA. 

THOSE INTERESTED CAN ACCESS THE SURVEY VIA THE WEBSITE: ICJIA DOT STATE DOT IL DOT US SLASH RESEARCH SLASH LGBTQ.