Call for candidates: TGEU Board Members and Co-Chairs 2025–2027

People of varying genders having a meeting

People of varying genders having a meeting

Call for candidates: TGEU Board Members and Co-Chairs 2025–2027

Do you want to work with us to help strengthen the trans movement in Europe and Central Asia? Are you interested in, and want to work with us on the direction of TGEU and be part of its future? If so, nominate yourself to join the Board of TGEU for 2025-2027!

Help shape TGEU’s future: Join us for our online General Assembly this September

TGEU’s General Assembly (GA) is at the core of our work. This year we will hold an online General Assembly. The event will take place on 6 September 2025.

Court victories confirm: gender self-determination is a human right

TGEU publishes a new jurisprudence toolkit covering key legal gender recognition cases from 2017 to 2024.

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Joint letters: Businesses must resist pushback against DEIA policies

On 10 July 2025, eight equality organisations sent letters to the European Commission and to business leaders calling on European companies to resist pushback against diversity and inclusion in employment.

group photo of rans activists – participants of the 2025 Trans Advocacy Week – in front of the UN building in Geneva.

Dreaming of change: trans activists unite in Geneva

In June 2025, over 15 activists gathered in Geneva for Trans Advocacy Week, held alongside the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council. Trans and gender diverse activists came from Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Central Asia.

Participants sitting in a conference room at the 9th European and Central Asian Trans Council in Malta, Nov 2024

Apply to host the 10th European and Central Asian Trans Council in 2026

We're looking for an organisation or a group of organisations to host the 10th European and Central Asian Trans Council in 2026.

boat sailing on the Vltava river, Prague

A step forward, but not far enough: TGEU demands full self-determination in Czechia

TGEU celebrates the progress made by the Czech Ministry of Health in issuing new guidelines on legal gender recognition that finally remove the requirement for forced sterilisation.

EU flags flying in front of the EU commission building

Joint statement as EU Commission boosts funding to strengthen rights, equality, and democracy

Civil society organisations welcome the European Commission’s proposal to more than double the CERV+ budget within the new seven-year EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).

Join us for an online screening of The Distance We Call Home

We’re excited to invite you to an online screening of MGRM’s documentary “The Distance We Call Home”, followed by a live discussion with the co-directors Mehk and bobb attard, and cinematographer Nina Musumeci.

Buildings viewed from body of water, Stockholm, Sweden

Swedish gender recognition law takes effect, but medical barriers remain

Sweden’s new Legal Gender Recognition Act has officially come into force. The reform simplifies the legal gender recognition procedure but falls short of a full self-determination model.

Trans activists practically learning on using UN mechanisms during the 59th session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva 2025

TGEU webinar series: UN advocacy for trans rights

Join our online training series focused on practical strategies for engaging with the United Nations human rights system.

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UN renews crucial human rights expert mandate on sexual orientation and gender identity

The UN Human Rights Council once again reminds all States of their obligations to respect, protect, and fulfill the rights of LGBTI and gender diverse people.