Join our webinar: Recent judgments on trans rights in Europe

This joint webinar with the Academy of European Law (ERA) and the University of Bristol offers an overview of trans rights in Europe from foundational terminology of trans identities to the most recent developments in law and policy.

Strong movements need sustained support. Join us in building trans futures. Support TGEU’s mission to protect and enhance the rights and wellbeing of trans people in Europe and Central Asia.

On 16 October, 56 European NGOs have written to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Commissioner for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law, Michael McGrath, sharing their grave concerns over the recent changes to Slovakia's constitution.

Update: Despite weeks of moral panic leading to this moment, and fuelled by anti-gender movements and amplified across national media, civil society remained united and unwavering to ensure inclusive provisions in the law were maintained.

This joint report with Insight (Ukraine), National Trans Coalition (Armenia), and Association Spectra (Montenegro) was submitted for the implementation review of the Council of Europe Recommendation on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity (CM/Rec (2010) 5).

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.

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.

TGEU welcomes the landmark decision of the Polish Supreme Court on 4 March 2025, which significantly reforms the legal gender recognition (LGR) process in Poland.

We warmly invite non-binary adults in Europe and Central Asia to take part in a new research survey exploring their experiences with the law.

The Parliament of Georgia voted in the third and final reading for laws aimed against LGBTI people by restricting their rights to non-discrimination, health care and education, freedom of speech and peaceful assembly, and the right to security.

Today, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union said that Hungarian immigration authorities must correct a trans person's gender marker in national registries when requested.

In a judgment published last week, the Italian Constitutional Court found that non-binary peoples' rights are protected by the Italian Constitution.