TGEU aims to create change at the European level to improve the situation of trans people at the local level. TGEU represents trans people politically and publicly and advocates for their human rights.
TGEU has long-standing experience in engaging and awareness raising with European institutions. Thus, we provide information to and engage with European and international institutions, such as the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of Europe, and the OSCE.
Our advocacy work has contributed to achieving significant trans-inclusive developments at the Council of Europe (Recommendations of the Committee Ministers on Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 2010(5); Commissioner for Human Rights’ work on trans issues) and the European Union (see our overview of trans-relevant EU law) and its EU agencies (EU Fundamental Rights Agency’s LGBTI research, including its 2014 Being Trans in the EU Report and EIGE’s expert forum). TGEU also advocates for the protection of the human rights of trans and gender-variant people through the usage of the EU external-action policies.
These are very powerful tools and mechanisms that can benefit trans people. TGEU has been contributing to these processes with written submissions, presentations, and interventions on the experiences and demands of trans people and their communities.
To help clarify and establish human rights for trans people, we support strategic court cases and engage in selective legal action. To this end, we make use of third-party interventions (amicus curiae) and collective complaints. With Trans Legal Net, we have also created the first European network of legal professionals representing trans clients in court.
TGEU works in solidarity with other organisations and movements, such as ILGA-Europe and OII Europe. TGEU is a proud member of Social Platform and participates actively in the FRP – Fundamental Rights Platform.
Through this work, TGEU aims to contribute to a Europe where every person can live openly, according to their gender identity and without interference, enjoy their human rights, and share full equality in all spheres of life.
Global LGBTI activists speak up at EU Parliament “On 30 June 2011, the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights held a hearing on LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex) ...
After the TGEU Steering Committee meeting at the weekend of 7th-8th May in Brussels, the Advocacy Working Group of TGEU engaged in a series of meetings with representatives of the ...
If someone had told me in 2005 when I started international trans activism that I would be standing here in 2011, I would have thought the person must have lost ...
Launch of Commissioner Hammarberg’s report on Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe “This can only be a beginning” Strasbourg – People are streaming into ...
1st study on LGBT situation in Council of Europe area – situation of transgender people is of great concern Press Release June 23 2011 for immediate release Nearly exact ...
UN affirms Human Rights to Transgender people Today’s resolution is the first UN resolution ever to bring specific focus to human rights violations based on gender identity. It affirms the ...
TGEU calls upon EU Institutions to devote 2013 to the year on gender-based violence Violence is an inevitable reality for many in the trans-community. An EU-wide research on transphobic hate ...
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has adopted a historic convention on combating violence against women. “This new landmark treaty of the Council of Europe opens the path for creating a legal framework at pan-European level to ...
Commissioner Reding learns first-hand about trans experiences On the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, the EU Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, Viviane Reding, met with LGBT people ...
Trans Murder Monitoring unveils interactive map of more than 600 reported murders of trans people since 2008 On 17th May, The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) is being held in ...
EU Commission expresses support for trans rights The EU Commission answered a written request from members of the European Parliament. In her response Commissioner Reding highlights the significance to take ...
Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) welcomes the Equality Tribunal’s decision in the Louise Hannon case to extend protections to transgender people. TENI Chairperson, Martine Cuypers said: “This is a significant ...