In a historic vote today, the Swedish Parliament have simplified the process for legal gender recognition. The updated law means that trans people will be able to change their gender markers on official documents with a certificate from a doctor.

Today, the German Parliament has adopted a legal gender recognition law based on self-determination. The new law ends four decades of patronising trans people and declaring trans people as mentally ill.

Germany's self-determination bill moves forward. Although this is a significant step for trans rights, the bill still contains some concerning points.

Russia passes a ban on legal and medical transition, doubling down on anti-LGBTI stance and leaving the trans community at risk.

The European Court of Human Rights found Hungary violated a trans man's rights by denying his application for legal gender recognition.

This case could set a precedent for other trans people whose legal gender recognition in one Member State is not being acknowledged elsewhere in the EU.

The Spanish parliament has adopted the trans law after years of debate. The law will base gender recognition on self-determination.

Explore TGEU’s take on Finnish government proposal to introduce self-determination in gender recognition

The case L v Lithuania is still under supervision of the Committee of Ministers (CM) at the Council of Europe.

TGEU urges Swedish government to ensure LGR procedures are based on self-determination.

The report on LGR welcomes developments over the last years, but testifies that progress is still too slow and often hampered by anti-gender attacks.

The Parliament of Andorra has adopted its first law to regulate legal gender recognition.