DENMARK [English] A specialist doctor has been formally criticised by the health agency, Sundhedsvæsnet, for last year performing an operation to remove the breasts of a 15-year-old transsexual child. http://cphpost.dk/news/national/doctor-criticised-breast-removal-surgery EUROPEAN ...
Designated EU Health Commissioner commits to trans depathologization Designated Commissioner for Health and Consumer Rights, Tonio Borg, promised on November 17th in a letter to European Parliamentarians to work ...
AUSTRIA [German] Peter Traschkowitsch demands the recognition of intersex people: “The topic of intersex faces strong social taboos. Knowledge about intersex is scarce, with the only exception being professional ...
TGEU Media Release 20th October 2012 On the occasion of the International Action Day on Trans Depathologization Transgender Europe calls on the European states to recognize that all persons have ...
EUROPEAN UNION [English] Michael Cashman, Co-President of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights, speaks about the next European country to legalize same-sex marriage, LGBT rights in the European Union ...
IRELAND [English] A year ago the Government said it planned to recognise the human rights of transgender people in law. Today’s résumé: ‘They talk about gay or lesbian but never ...
EUROPEAN UNION [English] The European Commission has said in a written note that respect for LGBT rights is a legal criterion for EU accession. http://euobserver.com/890/116963 [English] The Open Society Foundations are ...
EUROPEAN UNION [English] The European Parliament has recommended that the future EU Special Representative for Human Rights, soon to be appointed, should promote the human rights of LGBT people worldwide. ...
GERMANY [No link given] On April 18, 1 pm CET, there will be a talk with Boris Dittrich, Advocacy Director of Human Rights Watch’s LGBT department. The event will take ...
Sweden will remove the sterilization requirement after strong pressure from the national and international community Transgender Europe – Press Release For immediate release 19 Feb 2012 The ...
Joint contribution from ILGA-Europe and Transgender Europe on measures for improving the recognition of prescriptions issued in another EU member state The contribution to an EU consultation highlights a ...
TGEU and ILGA-Europe send joint letter to Swedish Prime Minister Reinfeldt Transgender Europe and ILGA-Europe have issued today a joint letter to the Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. The European ...