Trans Advocacy Week 2026: Trans and gender diverse leaders driving change at the United Nations

Trans Advocacy Week is a vital initiative at a time when trans people are often talked about but rarely listened to. Each year, from June to July, a coalition of civil society organisations supports trans activists in amplifying their voices in the UN, one of the world’s most influential human rights spaces. Since 2017, more than 60 trans and gender diverse activists have engaged with the UN in Geneva during Trans Advocacy Week.

Over the past months, partners across the HIV field have come together under the Coalition for a European HIV Response (C4EHR) to develop the Joint Statement Europe’s Unfinished Epidemics: Sustaining Community-Led HIV Response in Times of Crisis.

TGEU' Trans Rights Index and Map 2026 reveals a year of change on paper across Europe and Central Asia but not sustained political progress. While more developments have been recorded than in recent years, many of these hard-won shifts are driven by activists and courts rather than proactive government action. 

Are you a feminist looking for practical tools to engage in conversation with more hesitant peers? Do you want to better understand the tensions in feminist spaces and develop effective messaging on trans rights? This toolkit is for you.

At a time when civil society and emancipatory movements need each other more than ever, solidarity is not optional, but strategic. This Manifesto is an invitation to choose solidarity over division, to expand rather than narrow our understanding, and to defend a feminist future where everyone is free to live safely as themselves.

On 15 April 2026, Alexander Lukashenko signed the law “On Amendments to the Codes on Administrative Responsibility,” introducing liability for so-called “propaganda” of “homosexual relationships, gender transition, childlessness, and paedophilia.” The law will take effect two months after its official publication.

In May 2026, the European Commission is set to launch the first EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, a long-awaited milestone for the Union’s social agenda. However, in the face of the EU’s failure to consider poverty in newly adopted frameworks, the Coalition on the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy urges the Commission to ensure the strategy is ambitious, human-rights based, and backed by adequate funding.

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The Romanian state must issue Arian Mirzarafie-Ahi a new birth certificate reflecting the identity already recognised in the United Kingdom, before Brexit. The ruling in favour of the trans man with dual citizenship is now final.

The European Parliament’s adoption of the Return Regulation on 26 March 2026 marks a dangerous turning point in the European Union’s approach to migration.

The 10th TGEU European and Central Asian Trans Council, taking place from 10–13 September, 2026 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, co-hosted by our members Legebitra and TransAkcija. Every two years, this landmark gathering brings together around 200 trans activists from across Europe and Central Asia to shape the direction of trans politics in the region while celebrating the strength, resilience, and diversity of our communities.

Proposals due to be debated in Portugal on 19 March and voted on 20 March could pave the way for rollbacks to legal gender recognition, bodily autonomy, and other existing protections for trans and intersex people.