EU asylum pact fails trans and gender-diverse asylum seekers

TGEU expresses profound concern over the EU Pact on Asylum and Migration. While we acknowledge efforts towards reform, the Pact fails to adequately address the needs of vulnerable asylum seekers, including trans and gender-diverse people fleeing persecution.

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.

From talking to our members, it’s clear that proposal writing and fundraising are some of the biggest obstacles to accessing funding for our trans communities. This is why we are excited to hold a series of fundraising webinars alongside our partner FRIDA Young Feminist Fund.

We, the undersigned equality and anti-discrimination organisations, call on the European Union’s leaders and European Institutions to ensure equality, anti-racism, and fundamental rights are a priority during the next legislative mandate. 

Join us for the ninth TGEU European and Central Asian Trans Council from 21-24 November 2024, at Salini Resort Hotel in Malta. Every two years, we bring together 200 trans activists from across Europe and Central Asia to set the agenda for trans politics and celebrate trans communities. 

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.

TGEU is looking for a Consultant to support the development and drafting of our Strategic Plan from March to November 2024. This position is remote, however it will include some travel. 

TGEU is looking for an Operations Director from May 2024. Apply by 16 March 2024.

TGEU welcomes the European Parliament’s resolution on Central Asia published on January 17, 2024. The resolution mentions the need to revise the EU Central Asia Strategy adopted in 2019.

TGEU is seeking to contract a 40% (16h/week) Research Consultant to support our Research Officer with several research projects in 2024.

TGEU is looking for an Executive Director, starting in May 2024. This job will be 40hr/week and based in Berlin, Germany.

TGEU launched our 2023 progress report on the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and its key action items for trans people.