TGEU - Trans Europe and Central Asia

26/08/2026

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EU law can be complex, and knowing what it means for trans communities is not always straightforward. That's why we're launching our updated report, Know Your Rights: How EU Directives Protect Trans People, with a webinar to break down what these rules mean in practice.

The session will cover the report's core findings, offer a legal analysis of key EU Directives, and include an interactive Q&A session.

Date and Time: 8 October 2026, 15:00–16:00 CET, online, free of charge

Key topics:

- Equality Bodies Directives: How Equality Bodies can support trans people facing discrimination.

- Pay Transparency Directive: How EU rules can help tackle unequal pay and strengthen equal pay protections.

- Directive on Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence: What EU rules mean for protection from online harassment, hate speech, and gender-based violence.

- Key CJEU Jurisprudence: What recent court cases, including Commission v Hungary (C-769/22), mean for protections based on ‘s*x’ and gender identity.

Whether you're part of a trans community, an activist, a legal professional, a judge, a policymaker, or an equality body, this session will help you better understand the rights and protections available under EU law.

Register for the webinar on our website: https://tgeu.org/join-our-report-launch-webinar-know-your-rights-how-eu-directives-protect-trans-people/

25/08/2026

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Across Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), trans communities are facing funding cuts, legal crackdowns, and increasing hostility. But they continue to organise anyway.

Through our partnership with Dreilinden, TGEU is funding five trans-led groups working on some of the region's most urgent challenges:

Emancipation NGO is defending trans healthcare access in Ukraine by pushing for healthcare aligned with international standards and countering anti-trans misinformation.

TRANSform is building a transfeminist response to anti-gender backlash in North Macedonia by documenting harassment and building evidence for trans advocacy.

Pink Life (Pembe Hayat Derneği is protecting access to trans-specific healthcare in Türkiye by documenting gaps in care and bringing stakeholders together to strengthen advocacy.

Some groups cannot be named publicly for security reasons. Their work is no less urgent: reaching trans people living under extreme repression, documenting their experiences, and mapping what trans activists need to stay resilient and keep their movements strong.

Swipe to find out more about each organisation and their invaluable work.

24/08/2026

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Five artists, five stories, infinite talent! Get ready for a night of trans celebration and resistance at our TGEU Council social event on Saturday, 12 September.

We're kicking off the night with Tilke Wouters (they/them), taking the mic with spoken word that reflects their inner world against the backdrop of our harsh political climate.

Next up, Yuli Fernandez (she/her) brings the drama with an adaptation of 'Je suis malade', sung in her native tongue, Spanish.

Then the stars take over, as Rac Montoro (he/him) uses astrology to unpack the stories of six women history tried to silence.

Afterwards, Aleya (she/her) graces the stage with traditional Egyptian Baladi dance, creating intimate portraits where tradition meets vulnerability.

Closing this part of the performance evening, Lua Noire (she/her) shares her journey with mental health and psychiatric institutions in Mexico and how that became part of the process of understanding her gender identity.

Come celebrate a night of storytelling, resistance and artistic expression as our community shares their deeply personal and political work across dance, poetry, and multidisciplinary performances.

Find out more about the Council programme on our website: https://tgeu.org/tgeu-european-and-central-asian-trans-council-2026/

TGEU Council co-hosts: Zavod TransAkcija and Legebitra.

21/08/2026

Welcome Guendalina to our team as a PhD Candidate within TGEU's Gender Insight Network 🎉

Guendalina (she/her) is an Italian researcher with a background in psychology. She previously worked at Amsterdam UMC's Centre of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria, researching the wellbeing and social contexts of trans and gender diverse people.

Her PhD, funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme, examines how societal polarisation around trans-specific healthcare shapes policy and affects the health of trans and gender diverse communities.

Head over to our website to learn more about Guendalina and the whole team: https://tgeu.org/team-board-transgender-europe/



Приветствуем в нашей команде Гвендалину — аспирантку и участницу сети Gender Insight Network при TGEU 🎉

Гвендалина (она/ее) — итальянская исследовательница и психологиня. Раньше она работала в Центре экспертизы по гендерной дисфории при Амстердамской университетской клинике и изучала благополучие и социальные условия жизни трансгендерных и гендерно-разнообразных людей.

Ее докторское исследование финансируется в рамках программы имени Марии Склодовской-Кюри (MSCA) и посвящено тому, как общественная поляризация вокруг транс-специфичной медицинской помощи влияет на политические меры и на здоровье в трансгендерных и гендерно-разнообразных сообществах.

Узнайте больше о Гвендалине и всей команде на нашем сайте: https://tgeu.org/team-board-transgender-europe/

20/08/2026

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Binary gender laws are spreading across Europe and Central Asia.

From Hungary and Bulgaria to Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Slovakia and Türkiye, governments are introducing laws that enforce a rigid gender binary and restrict the rights, healthcare and public lives of trans and gender diverse people.

These laws may look different from country to country. But increasingly, they follow a common playbook:

- Defining s*x strictly as male or female
- Restricting legal gender recognition
- Criminalising or banning trans-specific healthcare
- Restricting family and parenting rights
- Silencing gender diversity through ‘anti-propaganda’ laws

Binary laws are about more than technical legal issues. They are part of a wider process of democratic backsliding. This makes the rise of binary gender policies a concern not only for trans and gender diverse people, but for anyone working to protect human rights, democracy and open civic space.

Our policy brief analyses this growing trend, asks how these policies are connected, and what they mean for trans communities and democracy more broadly.

Read the full website article and get the policy brief: https://tgeu.org/the-rise-of-binary-laws-and-their-impact-on-trans-communities-in-europe-and-central-asia/

18/08/2026

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“Transphoria is a room full of gender diverse people laughing together.” — Zavod TransAkcija

And that's exactly the kind of room we're building. This September in Ljubljana, TGEU member organisation TransAkcija will join us as one of the co-hosts of TGEU Council 2026, helping bring Transphoria to life through connection, community and joy.

Together, we'll create space to connect, resist, organise, imagine and celebrate.

Thank you to TransAkcija for helping create the safety, solidarity and joy that make this year's TGEU Council possible.

Find out more about the Council programme on our website: https://tgeu.org/tgeu-european-and-central-asian-trans-council-2026/

18/08/2026

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“Transphoria is a world where difference is ordinary and trans lives are respected and valued, not debated.” — Legebitra

What does it take to build that world? This September in Ljubljana, TGEU member organisation Legebitra will join us as one of the co-hosts of the TGEU Council 2026, bringing their vision of Transphoria into the room.

Together, we'll create space to connect, resist, organise, imagine and celebrate.

Thank you to Legebitra for helping create the safety, solidarity and joy that make this year's TGEU Council possible.

Find out more about the Council programme on our website: https://tgeu.org/tgeu-european-and-central-asian-trans-council-2026/

14/08/2026

Welcome Aoife to our team as TGEU's new Senior Communications Officer 🎉

Aoife (they/them) will lead TGEU's day-to-day editorial output across our website, social media, and newsletters.

Aoife brings a strong background in international development, most recently in communications roles supporting major international NGO clients, specialising in editorial strategy, long-form content production and multimedia production.

Outside of work, Aoife is a programme coordinator at a FLINTA*-led skateboarding organisation in Berlin, where they run programmes for migrant youth and handle grant writing and donor reporting.

Aoife holds an Erasmus Mundus MA in Journalism, Media and Globalisation from Aarhus University and the University of Amsterdam, and a BSc in Politics and Social Policy from University College Dublin.

Head over to our website to learn more about Aoife and the whole team: https://tgeu.org/team-board-transgender-europe/



Приветствуем в нашей команде Ифу — нов_ую старш_ую специалист_ку по коммуникациям TGEU 🎉

Ифа (они/их) будет руководить повседневной редакционной работой TGEU на нашем сайте, в соцсетях и рассылках.

У Ифы богатый опыт в сфере международного развития. В последнее время они занимались коммуникациями, поддерживая крупные международные НКО, и специализировались на редакционной стратегии, создании полноформатных материалов и мультимедийных проектов.

Вне работы Ифа координирует программы в берлинской FLINTA*-организации по скейтбордингу и реализует проекты для подростков-мигрант_ок, а также пишет заявки на гранты и ведет отчетность перед донорами.

Ифа окончили магистратуру по журналистике, медиа и глобализации по программе Erasmus Mundus Университета Орхуса и Амстердамского университета, а также бакалавриат по политике и социальной политике в Университетском колледже Дублина.

Загляни на наш сайт, чтобы узнать больше об Ифе и всей команде. Ссылка в шапке профиля!

13/08/2026

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Central Asian lawyers and activists unite for TGEU’s trans rights training

The training in July 2026 was organised as part of the development of our Central Asian Legal Network (CALN), a new informal regional platform bringing together lawyers, paralegals and trans activists from across Central Asia.

It brought together 15 lawyers and activists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as five community organisations.

In the future, we envision activists and lawyers from Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan joining as well. The trainer was Kseniya Kirichenko (she/her) and the event was co-financed by Транс Коалиция (TransCoalition)

Participants and TGEU agreed on specific activities for CALN over the coming months, including meetings with special rapporteurs, training sessions with overseas legal clinics, peer learning and reporting.

“The state, not only in Central Asia but around the world, instrumentalises fear. Fear can be very easily fueled by hatred — it is easy to stir this emotion in people, but very difficult to extinguish it once it takes hold.”

We have a serious task ahead of us: to reshape society’s attitudes toward trans people and human rights — to start from hope and the affirmation of equality, rather than pity and condescension."

- Tatiana Chernobil (she/her), lawyer, Kazakhstan

Read the full article on our website: https://tgeu.org/central-asian-lawyers-and-activists-unite-for-tgeus-trans-rights-training/

12/08/2026

Application deadline: 17 August, 08:00 CEST!

Last chance to apply for our position as a consultant for TGEU's 2026 Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM) and Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) campaign.

📍 Applicants must be based in the EU
💶 Maximum budget: €10,000

Learn more and apply via our website: https://www.tgeu.org/call-for-consultant-strategic-message-research-and-testing-for-the-tmm-tdor-2026-campaign/

We're looking for a consultant to help shape TGEU's 2026 Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM) and Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) campaign.

You'll lead strategic messaging research and audience testing via focus groups to help us understand which narratives resonate most across different audiences and strengthen the impact of one of our flagship campaigns.

📍 Applicants must be based in the EU
💶 Maximum budget: €10,000
📅 Deadline to apply: 8am CEST, Monday 17 August

Learn more and apply via our website: https://tgeu.org/call-for-consultant-strategic-message-research-and-testing-for-the-tmm-tdor-2026-campaign/