UN renews crucial human rights expert mandate on sexual orientation and gender identity

The UN Human Rights Council once again reminds all States of their obligations to respect, protect, and fulfill the rights of LGBTI and gender diverse people.

Together with 12 civil society organisations, we wrote a Joint Letter to the European Commission to raise concerns regarding the future of civil society in the EU and to share our outlook for the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).

On the occasion of the banned Budapest LGBTI Pride, TGEU – Trans Europe and Central Asia stands in solidarity with all trans and gender diverse people in Hungary, whose fundamental rights are under unprecedented attack.

Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union held a hearing in Case C-43/24 Shipov. This hearing is a crucial step in this case, which challenges Bulgaria’s current ban on legal gender recognition.  

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.

On 16 April, the UK Supreme Court delivered its judgment in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers.  TGEU condemns this judgment, as the Court has interpreted the protected characteristic of ‘sex’ and the word ‘woman’ in the UK’s Equality Act (the anti-discrimination law) to mean ‘biological sex’ and ‘biological woman’.

The European Commission plans to withdraw the proposed Directive on anti-discrimination. Sign the petition to demand its reconsideration and keep working towards EU protection against discrimination in all areas of life.

Are you interested in learning about recent legal developments and pending cases that protect the rights of trans and non-binary people in the EU? If so, our forthcoming webinar, part of Trans Legal Net, is for you!

Our Policy team colleagues, Deekshitha Ganesan (Senior Policy Officer) and Richard Köhler (Expert Advisor) have co-authored an insightful article published today in Strasbourg Observers, discussing the landmark case of W.W. v. Poland. 

On 3 October, Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili signed legislation that radically violates the rights of LGBTI people in the country. Download our briefing to learn more

ACCEPT, TGEU and ILGA-Europe welcome today’s decision of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU)  in case C-4/23 Mirin, strengthening the rights of trans people. The Court said that the refusal of an EU Member State to recognise changes of forename and gender acquired in another Member State is contrary to the rights of EU citizens.

On May 7, the Advocate General Court of Justice of the European Union said that Romania's refusal to recognise changes of forename and legal gender marker acquired in another Member State is contrary to the rights of EU citizens.