Mission Statement

Vision

Transgender Europe envisions a Europe[1] free from all discrimination – especially including discrimination on grounds of gender identity[2] and gender expression; a Europe where transgender people are respected and valued, a Europe where each and every person can freely choose to live in whichever gender they prefer, without interference.

[1] Europe refers to member states of the Council of Europe, countries of the former Soviet union, Israel and Turkey.

[2] We understand ‘gender identity’ to refer to each person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth, including the personal sense of the body (which may involve, if freely chosen, modification of bodily appearance or function by medical, surgical or other means) and other expressions of gender, including dress, speech and mannerisms. (Yogyakarta Principles 2007)

The mission of TGEU is to improve the living conditions of transgender people all over Europe and
•   to represent trans people throughout Europe
•   to be the primary source for information and advice on transgender issues on a European level
•   to have a leading role in raising awareness within European and international institutions on transgender issues
•   to support a strong transgender movement by developing and implementing networks and training programs to enable transgender persons at all levels of organization
•   to work together with academic researchers who study issues relevant to transgender lives and put this research to use for the benefit of transgender people.

Mission and Vision are part of the Strategic Plan 2010 - 2013 as approved at the TGEU General Assembly on October 2nd 2010 in Malmo, Sweden.