Re DBS checks, current court case which if successful would set serious precedent:
Andrew Gilligan Times September 2018
'Trans offender seeks to wipe crimes as a man from record'
A transgender offender is seeking to delete from her record two crimes that could only have been committed by a man.
“I do not wish my gender history to be more widely known and do not wish to disclose my trans status to employers,” the woman, who asked to be identified only as Helen, said. She wishes to launch a judicial review to remove two convictions for “importuning as a man” when she worked at a Soho “clip joint” in the 1970s and 1980s.
A right to removal, if established, could cover rape, another crime that can legally be committed only by a person with a penis.
Trans people with a gender recognition certificate are legally entitled to keep their birth gender secret.
Helen’s barrister, Claire McCann, said disclosure of offences that revealed Helen’s birth gender in criminal record checks was “severe and discriminatory interference with Helen’s right to respect for her private life
Christopher Stacey, director of Unlock, a support group that is backing the case and seeking other potential claimants, said the law risked “outing” transgender people.”(continues)
www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/trans-offender-seeks-to-wipe-crimes-as-aman-from-record-qfk5w68lb
Unlock Campaign:
'Call for evidence: DBS checks which reveal trans/gender history because of gender-specific offences committed in the past'
"The current criminal record disclosure rules are unnecessarily harsh and disproportionate – they mean that standard and enhanced DBS checks continue to disclose old, minor and irrelevant offences that often happened decades ago. This means people can feel like they are effectively serving a life sentence for minor offences that they committed in their youth.
As part of our work on this, we’ve become aware of Helen’s* story, and we want to see if Helen’s problem is shared by others." (continues)
www.unlock.org.uk/call-for-evidence-dbs-checks-transgender/