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.

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.

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.

In a pivotal judgment delivered today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found that the Czech Republic violates the rights of trans people by requiring forced sterilisation as a legal requirement for legal gender recognition.

On 5 June 2025, Advocate General Ćapeta delivered her opinion in the case Commission v. Hungary (C-769/22), finding that Hungary’s so-called “Child-Protection law” violates multiple provisions of EU law.

TGEU's Trans Rights Index and Map 2025 reveals an unprecedented reversal: for the first time in its 13-year history, setbacks in human rights of trans people across Europe and Central Asia now clearly outweigh progress.

World Athletics has announced a new stakeholder consultation while it reviews eligibility criteria for the Female Category at the elite level. However, the consultation process is deeply biased and is designed to increase restrictions on trans and intersex athletes, excluding them from competing.

TGEU — Trans Europe and Central Asia — calls on European leaders to take immediate action in response to a worsening global health and human rights crisis disproportionately impacting trans people and other marginalised communities.

The European Commission's 2024 Enlargement Reports provide detailed assessments of the rights and recognition of trans people in candidate countries.

Join us on Tuesday 28 Jan for a webinar on the Rights of Trans People in Prison.

We call on the UK government to reconsider this harmful decision and to engage meaningfully with both the medical and scientific community and civil society groups representing the interests of trans youth and trans adults. 

Today, TGEU (Trans Europe and Central Asia) unveils our Trans…