Christy Perez

Christy, also known as C Dreams, is a writer and advocate interested in prison/criminal justice reform, LGBTQ rights, harm reduction and government/cultural criticism. She has studied history/theology with the Third Order of Carmelites and completed degrees in Systematic Theology. She is currently studying law. You can read her other Filter writing here and here.

Background Checks Keep Saying I Can’t Do Jobs I Was Already Hired For

After two or three phone interviews with Walmart, they hired me for a clerical position at a distribution center. It…

April 9, 2025

Georgia Suggests Making Sex Offender Registry Removal More Confusing

Georgia is weighing legislation that would make it more difficult for people on the state's sex offender registry (SOR) to…

March 27, 2025

States Move to Decrim Sex Work, But Add On “Human Trafficking” Penalties

Several states are currently considering proposals that would make them the first to fully decriminalize sex work. But alongside this…

March 24, 2025

Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Conversion Therapy Ban

On March 10, the Supreme Court stated that it will review the constitutionality of a state ban on conversion therapy…

March 13, 2025

Georgia Moves to Ban All Transgender Health Care in State Prisons

Georgia senators have proposed legislation that would prohibit the state prison system from providing medically necessary gender-affirming treatment to people…

February 27, 2025

Worcester, MA, Joins Short List of Transgender Sanctuary Cities

The city of Worcester, Massachusetts, is now a sanctuary city for transgender and gender-diverse people, a development advocates hope will…

February 19, 2025

Chaos for Trans Prisoners as Hard-Won Clothing, Hygiene Items Taken

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s January executive order that declared transgender people do not exist, all federal prisons…

February 11, 2025

The Prisons Crisis Lawmakers Want to Fix Is “Inmate-on-Staff Sexual Assault”

Lawmakers have unveiled a proposal they claim will improve safety and security in prisons by addressing rampant sexual abuse—referring not…

February 5, 2025

DEA Cleared to Make Immigration Arrests as Mass Deportations Begin

On January 23, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman authorized several Justice Department agencies to arrest people suspected…

January 28, 2025

Trump Takes Aim at Trans Women in Prison

On January 20, President Donald Trump unveiled an executive order titled "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological…

January 23, 2025