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DOJ Rescinds Biden-Era Support as Trans Prisoners Sue for Surgery Access

2 weeks ago | filtermag.org | Christy Pérez |C. Dreams

On April 25 the Department of Justice renounced its previous support for a trans woman suing the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) for access to gender-affirming surgery. That same day, the DOJ filed a statement of interest in a separate lawsuit brought against GDC by a trans man being denied a mastectomy, claiming that the constitutional right to such procedures does not exist.
Background Checks Keep Saying I Can't Do Jobs I Was Already Hired For

1 month ago | filtermag.org | Christy Pérez |C. Dreams

After two or three phone interviews with Walmart, they hired me for a clerical position at a distribution center. It would have paid about $19 an hour. I got an offer letter, and the company’s career center showed I’d been scheduled for orientation a couple of weeks later. But before that date came, I got a notification that they’d be moving forward with other candidates. I’d “failed” the background check.
Georgia Suggests Making Sex Offender Registry Removal More Confusing

1 month ago | filtermag.org | Christy Pérez |C. Dreams

Georgia is weighing legislation that would make it more difficult for people on the state’s sex offender registry (SOR) to get off it, as well as to relocate—whether attempting to move in from out of state or move from one part of the state to another. Personally I’m more interested in getting out of Georgia, but that’s beyond the scope of HB 430. The bill pertains to registrants trying to move to a new county, potentially as they’re getting off the SOR.
States Move to Decrim Sex Work, But Add On "Human Trafficking" Penalties

1 month ago | filtermag.org | Christy Pérez |C. Dreams

Several states are currently considering proposals that would make them the first to fully decriminalize sex work. But alongside this is an even bigger push to heighten criminalization of human trafficking—a charge which has a very different connotation with the public, but is often used to prosecute the same people for the same activities. On March 14, Rhode Island became the latest state to introduce a sex work decrim bill.
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Conversion Therapy Ban

2 months ago | filtermag.org | Christy Pérez |C. Dreams

On March 10, the Supreme Court stated that it will review the constitutionality of a state ban on conversion therapy for minors. The case was filed by the right-wing Alliance Defending Freedom, on behalf of a Christian therapist in Colorado, and the Supreme Court’s willingness to hear it is a harbinger of what’s to come. Conversion therapy, also known as reparative therapy, is an unscientific practice that purports to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
Georgia Moves to Ban All Transgender Health Care in State Prisons

2 months ago | filtermag.org | Christy Pérez |C. Dreams

Georgia senators have proposed legislation that would prohibit the state prison system from providing medically necessary gender-affirming treatment to people in custody. This would include cutting off prescribed hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) for anyone already receiving it. Senate Bill 185 was introduced February 18 by no fewer than 21 Republican sponsors, and on February 26 received a favorable report from the Committee on Public Safety. The bill will next be reviewed by the full Senate.
Worcester, MA, Joins Short List of Transgender Sanctuary Cities

2 months ago | filtermag.org | Christy Pérez |C. Dreams

The city of Worcester, Massachusetts, is now a sanctuary city for transgender and gender-diverse people, a development advocates hope will inspire similar actions elsewhere in the country. The Worcester City Council voted to approve the new resolution on February 11.
Chaos for Trans Prisoners as Hard-Won Clothing, Hygiene Items Taken

Feb 11, 2025 | filtermag.org | Christy Pérez |C. Dreams

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s January executive order that declared transgender people do not exist, all federal prisons have reportedly begun implementing new anti-trans clothing policies. Trump had directed the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to only incarcerate trans women in men’s facilities and remove their access to vital health care. According to NPR, on February 3 a new policy of unknown origin was given to all BOP facilities that currently house trans prisoners.
Georgia Probation Is an Alternative to Something, But Not Jail

Nov 6, 2024 | filtermag.org | Christy Pérez |Kastalia Medrano |C. Dreams

[Part 1 and Part 2 of this series were published in October]Just about everyone who makes it out of Georgia’s prisons has to serve time on probation. The norm for felony convictions in the state is a “split sentence,” where the time you spend in prison is only the first phase of your punishment. Christy, for example, will complete her 14-year prison sentence in early 2025, upon which she’ll begin serving her 16 years on probation.
Confronting GA's Practice of Housing Trans Women in Men's Prisons

Oct 31, 2024 | filtermag.org | Christy Pérez |Kastalia Medrano |C. Dreams

[Read Part 1 of this series here]One of the first things that happens upon entry into the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) men’s prison system is a group delousing. After a couple of hours shackled on the transport bus, prisoners arriving at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (Jackson) are taken to a shower room, told to strip, and collectively sprayed down with disinfectant.