While the UK Supreme Court defines who is a ‘woman’ in law, trans people fight for survival

On 16 April, the UK Supreme Court delivered its judgment in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers.  TGEU condemns this judgment, as the Court has interpreted the protected characteristic of ‘sex’ and the word ‘woman’ in the UK’s Equality Act (the anti-discrimination law) to mean ‘biological sex’ and ‘biological woman’.

The European Commission plans to withdraw the proposed Directive on anti-discrimination. Sign the petition to demand its reconsideration and keep working towards EU protection against discrimination in all areas of life.

Are you interested in learning about recent legal developments and pending cases that protect the rights of trans and non-binary people in the EU? If so, our forthcoming webinar, part of Trans Legal Net, is for you!

Our Policy team colleagues, Deekshitha Ganesan (Senior Policy Officer) and Richard Köhler (Expert Advisor) have co-authored an insightful article published today in Strasbourg Observers, discussing the landmark case of W.W. v. Poland. 

On 3 October, Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili signed legislation that radically violates the rights of LGBTI people in the country. Download our briefing to learn more

ACCEPT, TGEU and ILGA-Europe welcome today’s decision of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU)  in case C-4/23 Mirin, strengthening the rights of trans people. The Court said that the refusal of an EU Member State to recognise changes of forename and gender acquired in another Member State is contrary to the rights of EU citizens.

On May 7, the Advocate General Court of Justice of the European Union said that Romania's refusal to recognise changes of forename and legal gender marker acquired in another Member State is contrary to the rights of EU citizens.

One of the two post-Soviet countries where "sodomy" is criminalised, Turkmenistan is the most closed-off authoritarian and repressive country in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Our comments on the case of a Russian trans man whose two foster children were removed from his home on account of his gender identity and transition.

The ECHR found that Russian courts did not sufficiently consider the best interest of the child when preventing a trans woman from having contact with her children.