Court victories confirm: gender self-determination is a human right

TGEU publishes a new jurisprudence toolkit covering key legal gender recognition cases from 2017 to 2024.

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.

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.

TGEU welcomes the landmark decision of the Polish Supreme Court on 4 March 2025, which significantly reforms the legal gender recognition (LGR) process in Poland.

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.  

Today, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) issued a judgment in the case of Deldits (C-247/23), stating that national authorities responsible for keeping public registers (such as asylum registers) should correct data on gender identity when it is inaccurately recorded.

We warmly invite non-binary adults in Europe and Central Asia to take part in a new research survey exploring their experiences with the law.

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

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!

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.