"…And Others!" Argumentation Toolkit for Transgender Inclusion

"…And Others!"  Argumentation Training for Transgender Inclusion in Europe - A ‘Good Practice’ Toolkit for Trans* Activists and Allies Working for Trans* Equality, Rights and Inclusion

 The toolkit provides arguments and ideas for counter-arguments to inspire advocating for trans* people’s rights. This toolkit looks particularly into the fields of:

• Gender Recognition and Family and Relationship Recognition
• Healthcare
• Employment
• Media Representation
• Hate Crime
• Engaging with Government Civil Servants

Adobe Acrobat Reader ™ is required to view the toolkit, which can be downloaded for free at this website.

This publication is a part of the EU LLP Grundtvig Learning Partnership “…and Others! Argumentation Training for Transgender Inclusion in Europe” with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

 

Issue Paper “Human Rights and Gender Identity" (Italian)

Issue Paper “Human Rights and Gender Identity" (Italian) PDF

Volume 4 of the TvT-Publication Series

Issue Paper “Human Rights and Gender Identity" (Polish)

Issue Paper “Human Rights and Gender Identity” Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. (Polish translation – English original version)

 Issue Paper "Human Rights and Gender Identity" (Polish) PDF

Volume 3 in the TvT-Publication Series

Issue Paper “Human Rights and Gender Identity" (Portuguese)

Direitos Humanos e Identidade de Gênero - Relatório Temátic
de Thomas Hammarberg, Comissário de Direitos Humanos do Conselho da Europa (Série de Publicações do TvT - Volume 5)

Issue Paper “Human Rights and Gender Identity" (Portuguese) PDF

Volume 5 in the TvT-Publication Series

Issue Paper “Human Rights and Gender Identity" (Spanish)

Derechos humanos e identidad de género - Informe temático

Menschenrechte und Geschlechtsidentität - Themenpapier

Issue Paper “Humans Rights and Gender Identity" German  PDF  

Volume 2 in the TvT Publication Series

Trans in the Spotlight! - TGEU Publication on the Committee of Ministers Recommendations

Trans in the Spotlight!

In the Spotlight! Trans in the Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity

• Change of name and gender marker in all areas of life
• Access to Health without Discrimination
• Trans-related Health Care
• Trans in Employment
• Other areas

TGEU STATEMENT: SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT

TGEU Statement on Social Inclusion through SustainableTransport

Public space and usage of public transport is for many trans persons in Europe a dreadful experience. Transgender Europe shows how trans passengers often are affected in their safety, security and dignity by staff and fellow passengers. 79% of trans people in an EU-wide survey reported harassment in public; 43% of trans respondents in a national survey feel “less well treated” in the street. This statement also presents best practices and 10 concrete recommendations aiming to inspire dialogue and yield sustainable improvements.

>>>> Download full statement (.doc) <<<<

Recommendations

1) Acknowledge the responsibility and positive duty public transport has towards the rights of all passengers inclusive of trans persons.

2) Take measures to effectively ensure safety and security of trans persons, particularly in public transport.
 

3) Review existing regulations and practices to remove any structural barriers trans people may face in accessing public transport, particularly regarding rights, safety and security concerns.
 

4) Remove wherever possible references to gender on reduction cards, smart cards and other personalized ticketing systems.
 

5) Make public transport a positive and welcoming experience for trans people as passenger or staff. To this end, enable PT operators and staff to engage appropriately and respectfully with a diversity of passengers inclusive of trans people, by e.g. diversity trainings, in-house awareness campaigns, trans-inclusive recruitment[1], co-operations with local and national trans groups.
 

6) Assess specific needs trans persons might have towards public transport, by means of user surveys and quality reviews, and particularly in regard to safety and security.
 

7) Nothing about us, without us! - engage in constructive dialogue with trans people and their communities.[2]
 

8) Raise public awareness of fellow passengers about the trans inclusiveness of public transport with a clear message of “zero tolerance” to those transphobic by means of campaigning.
 

9) Develop and implement effective complaint mechanisms taking seriously and quickly following-up on complaints related to bias-motivated discrimination or violence. This might include a compensation system for victims of such crime.
 

10) Actively promote “sustainable mobility for all” to trans communities by means of joint initiatives.

TGEU and ILGA-Europe highlight obstacles trans persons face in regard to cross-border prescriptions in the EU

Joint contribution from ILGA-Europe and Transgender Europe on measures for improving the recognition of prescriptions issued in another EU member state

The contribution to an EU consultation highlights a number of obstacles trans persons face when trying to get medicines prescribed in another EU member state.

ILGA-Europe and TGEU point out in particular the following key concerns:

• We are worried by the fact that in some cases, trans persons were denied products on the basis that dispensers disapprove of their gender reassignment.
• It seems that some medicines, on which trans persons very much depend, are available only in some member states and not in other.
• We consider that the identification of the patient based solely on the first name or on the gender can be problematic in the case of patients whose appearance does not match the first name and the gender mentioned on the prescription.
• It seems that there is an extensive lack of knowledge within the trans community about the possibility of getting medicines prescribed in another member state.

>>> Download the joint submission here <<<

TGEU and ILGA-Europe had consulted with the trans communities prior to this submission. We would like to thank all those who have contributed to the consultation and shared their experiences and recommendations for improvement with us. See the call here.

Transgender Euro Study

Transgender Euro Study

 

TransGender Europe and ILGA-Europe published in May 2008 the first comprehensive report on the experiences of health care by transgender people in European Union. This report is a result of the largest and most comprehensive data collection on transgender people's lived experienced to date.

Transgender Euro Study

 

TransGender Europe and ILGA-Europe published in May 2008 the first comprehensive report on the experiences of health care by transgender people in European Union. This report is a result of the largest and most comprehensive data collection on transgender people's lived experienced to date.

Human-rights Situation of Gender-variant/Trans People - A Comparitive Review

Research Report The Human-rights Situation of Gender-variant/Trans People

 TRANSRESPECT VERSUS TRANSPHOBIA WORLDWIDE - A Comparative Review of the Human-rights Situation of Gender-variant/Trans People, Carsten Balzer and Jan Simon Hutta (with Tamara Adrián, Peter Hyndal and Susan Stryker), TGEU, November 2012 (English version)

Review of EU law on gender identity discrimination

	Report on gender discrimination in employment and access to goods and services - June 2011
Does EU-protection from gender discrimination work for trans people? How are EU gender equality laws implemented in member states when it comes to trans people? In June 2011, ILGA-Europe and Transgender Europe have made a joint submission towards the European Commission's monitoring of the implementation of the Gender Goods and Services Directive (Dir 2004/113/EC) and the Gender "Recast" Directive (Dir 2006/54/EC) in the EU Member States. >>>> Download the full report here <<<<   ILGA-Europe and TGEU recommend to the European Commission to... proceed to the review of the implementation of both directives with a particular focus on discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression call on Bulgaria, Italy, Liechtenstein, Malta, Poland, Portugal and Romania to amend the restrictive understanding of their national law implementing both directives so as to ensure a minimal protection against discrimination on the ground of gender identity and gender expression ask for clarifications to Cyprus, Iceland, Latvia and Luxembourg where the coverage of gender identity and gender expression by national legislation remains unclear launch an infringement procedure against those Member States that do not undertake the necessary changes  undertake a legal analysis of requirements for gender recognition legislation (i.e. change of name and legal gender) and their requirements in Member States towards their compatibility with both directives liaise with the Member States to ensure that national equality bodies investigate cases of discrimination on the ground of gender identity and gender expression ensure that national authorities and equality bodies give publicity to the coverage of gender identity and gender expression in their anti-discrimination policy promote good practices put in place in some of the Member States in the field of gender-based discrimination organise „train the trainers‟ programmes on legal issues designed for Member States encourage Member States to organize trainings on discrimination issues for the judges and all the legal officers and national equality bodies‟ officers (with a particular focus on the situation of transgender and intersex people) liaise with DG SANCO to develop measures targeted at improving the access of trans-people towards general health-care provision such as educational programs combating prejudice among medical practitioners and offering guidance on development and implementation of trans-friendly treatment guidelines to all Member States commission research on discrimination against intersex people and how to best cover them under the existing EU legal framework.   >>>> Download the full report here <<<<   Download annexes here:   Annex 1 – Complete responses by Equality Bodies on the legal situation in their country and their own work regarding the ground of gender identity and gender expression     Annex 2 – German collection of cases of discrimination     Annex 3 – Polish report on the implementation of Gender Recast Directive     Annex 4 – Slovak report on the implementation of the Gender Recast Directive     Annex 5 – Romanian collection of cases of discrimination
	The review of how these laws work in the EU is ongoing! If you want to submit an own report for your country, write to richard@tgeu.org.
Joint contribution by ILGA-Europe, Transgender Europe and OII-Germany towards the European Commission’s assessment of the state of affairs vis-à-vis gender discrimination in education and the provision of financial services.
>>> Download report here <<<<

We want your input! How does EU law work in your country?

The next report will be submitted in February and will look at the following areas:

Report on the implementation of 2004/113/EC Gender Goods and Services and 2006/54/EC Gender Recast Directive ILGA-Europe, Transgender Europe and OII-Germany will look at the implementation of this directive with regard to sex, gender, gender identity, and gender expression. Please refer to the Guidelines (particularly pgs 28-30) and assess your country’s efforts to promote equality for lesbian, bisexual women, trans and intersex people through these directives.

We want your input!

We surely want to provide input in terms of:
-       access to justice (equality body or equivalent) as all countries should have such a body in place,

and impact of the directive in reducing discrimination in: 

-       access to goods and services – particularly healthcare –  but also all forms of contracts, buying/ selling etc.
-       employment and workplaces.

It will thus be relevant for your respective organisations to send us input in terms of:
-       any efforts that are conducted nationally to promote equality for all, including sex, gender, gender identity, and gender expression (campaigns, publicly financed programmes, publications etc.)
-       the knowledge of the legislation in workplaces and society at large.

-       Cases of discrimination (discriminatory comments by Ministers etc
will also be useful) or
-       statistical data on discrimination.