Luxembourg Adopts Self-Determination Law

On 25 June 2018 the Chamber of Deputies voted with great majority for a law introducing legal gender recognition based on self-determination in Luxembourg.

German Parliament agreed to a law proposal that will introduce a third gender marker entry, but requirements exclude non-binary people. Read statements.

Read about first name change applications without pathologisation granted in Yerevan. Discover human rights NGO 'Right Side' statement.

Download TGEU's policy brief Legal Gender Recognition and the Best Interest of the Child

Discover the landmark decision by the Committee of the European Social Charter condemning forced sterilization in the Czech Republic.

Belgium's progressive Legal Gender Recognition Law (2017) allows a simplified administrative procedure for gender marker and name change.

OII Europe & TGEU critique Germany's Third Gender Marker proposal, emphasising concerns on self-determination, privacy, and medicalisation. Read more.

TGEU and ILGA-Europe intervention at the European Court of Human Rights, addressing trans rights violations and challenging pathologising procedures.

Explore TGEU's stance on gender markers in official documents, advocating for full abolition of gender markers on official identity documents.

Portugal adopts self-determination for legal gender recognition but introduces barriers for minors. TGEU applauds progress yet regrets age-related hurdles.

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has chosen to veto the ground-breaking law passed by parliament on 13 April.

Unspecified/third gender marker option is an important issue for many people in trans and intersex communities. Explore which countries introduced it and how.