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OUT NOW - TGEU's Trans Rights Index and Map 2026: change on paper, but no sustained political progress

🏳️‍⚧️ RU in the comments /Текст на русском в комментариях

More positive developments have been recorded this year, but the real push for change is coming from activists and courts, not governments taking the lead.

Regional and national leaders must now step up, put court rulings into practice, and make clear that human rights are not optional.

What’s happening?

In Czechia, a historic Constitutional Court ruling led to new guidelines for legal gender recognition removing compulsory sterilisation and surgical requirements. This victory came after years of advocacy by trans activists and marks one of the biggest shifts in the region this year.

What else has changed?

Austria: A Constitutional Court ruling expanded recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

Albania: New protections for gender identity and expression were introduced as part of the country’s ambition to join the EU.

Poland: A court ruling removed the need for trans people to sue their parents for legal gender recognition, ending a harmful legal barrier.

EU level: Recent rulings by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) have strengthened protections for trans people through the outcome of four key cases (Deldits, Mousse, Mirin, Shipova).

But it’s not all good news. In April 2026, Belarus passed an anti-propaganda law banning the promotion of gender transition and stopping legal gender recognition, bringing back mandatory medical requirements.

The Trans Rights Index and Map is available in eight languages: BCMS, Czech, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and, new for 2026, Polish. 🏳️‍⚧️

Explore the data. Check your country. See how trans rights are changing across Europe and Central Asia. Link in bio

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

OUT NOW - TGEU's Trans Rights Index and Map 2026: change on paper, but no sustained political progress

🏳️‍⚧️ RU in the comments /Текст на русском в комментариях

More positive developments have been recorded this year, but the real push for change is coming from activists and courts, not governments taking the lead.

Regional and national leaders must now step up, put court rulings into practice, and make clear that human rights are not optional.

What’s happening?

In Czechia, a historic Constitutional Court ruling led to new guidelines for legal gender recognition removing compulsory sterilisation and surgical requirements. This victory came after years of advocacy by trans activists and marks one of the biggest shifts in the region this year.

What else has changed?

Austria: A Constitutional Court ruling expanded recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

Albania: New protections for gender identity and expression were introduced as part of the country’s ambition to join the EU.

Poland: A court ruling removed the need for trans people to sue their parents for legal gender recognition, ending a harmful legal barrier.

EU level: Recent rulings by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) have strengthened protections for trans people through the outcome of four key cases (Deldits, Mousse, Mirin, Shipova).

But it’s not all good news. In April 2026, Belarus passed an anti-propaganda law banning the promotion of gender transition and stopping legal gender recognition, bringing back mandatory medical requirements.

The Trans Rights Index and Map is available in eight languages: BCMS, Czech, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and, new for 2026, Polish. 🏳️‍⚧️

Explore the data. Check your country. See how trans rights are changing across Europe and Central Asia. Link in bio

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

OUT NOW - TGEU's Trans Rights Index and Map 2026: change on paper, but no sustained political progress

🏳️‍⚧️ RU in the comments /Текст на русском в комментариях

More positive developments have been recorded this year, but the real push for change is coming from activists and courts, not governments taking the lead.

Regional and national leaders must now step up, put court rulings into practice, and make clear that human rights are not optional.

What’s happening?

In Czechia, a historic Constitutional Court ruling led to new guidelines for legal gender recognition removing compulsory sterilisation and surgical requirements. This victory came after years of advocacy by trans activists and marks one of the biggest shifts in the region this year.

What else has changed?

Austria: A Constitutional Court ruling expanded recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

Albania: New protections for gender identity and expression were introduced as part of the country’s ambition to join the EU.

Poland: A court ruling removed the need for trans people to sue their parents for legal gender recognition, ending a harmful legal barrier.

EU level: Recent rulings by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) have strengthened protections for trans people through the outcome of four key cases (Deldits, Mousse, Mirin, Shipova).

But it’s not all good news. In April 2026, Belarus passed an anti-propaganda law banning the promotion of gender transition and stopping legal gender recognition, bringing back mandatory medical requirements.

The Trans Rights Index and Map is available in eight languages: BCMS, Czech, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and, new for 2026, Polish. 🏳️‍⚧️

Explore the data. Check your country. See how trans rights are changing across Europe and Central Asia. Link in bio

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

OUT NOW - TGEU's Trans Rights Index and Map 2026: change on paper, but no sustained political progress

🏳️‍⚧️ RU in the comments /Текст на русском в комментариях

More positive developments have been recorded this year, but the real push for change is coming from activists and courts, not governments taking the lead.

Regional and national leaders must now step up, put court rulings into practice, and make clear that human rights are not optional.

What’s happening?

In Czechia, a historic Constitutional Court ruling led to new guidelines for legal gender recognition removing compulsory sterilisation and surgical requirements. This victory came after years of advocacy by trans activists and marks one of the biggest shifts in the region this year.

What else has changed?

Austria: A Constitutional Court ruling expanded recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

Albania: New protections for gender identity and expression were introduced as part of the country’s ambition to join the EU.

Poland: A court ruling removed the need for trans people to sue their parents for legal gender recognition, ending a harmful legal barrier.

EU level: Recent rulings by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) have strengthened protections for trans people through the outcome of four key cases (Deldits, Mousse, Mirin, Shipova).

But it’s not all good news. In April 2026, Belarus passed an anti-propaganda law banning the promotion of gender transition and stopping legal gender recognition, bringing back mandatory medical requirements.

The Trans Rights Index and Map is available in eight languages: BCMS, Czech, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and, new for 2026, Polish. 🏳️‍⚧️

Explore the data. Check your country. See how trans rights are changing across Europe and Central Asia. Link in bio

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

OUT NOW - TGEU's Trans Rights Index and Map 2026: change on paper, but no sustained political progress

🏳️‍⚧️ RU in the comments /Текст на русском в комментариях

More positive developments have been recorded this year, but the real push for change is coming from activists and courts, not governments taking the lead.

Regional and national leaders must now step up, put court rulings into practice, and make clear that human rights are not optional.

What’s happening?

In Czechia, a historic Constitutional Court ruling led to new guidelines for legal gender recognition removing compulsory sterilisation and surgical requirements. This victory came after years of advocacy by trans activists and marks one of the biggest shifts in the region this year.

What else has changed?

Austria: A Constitutional Court ruling expanded recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

Albania: New protections for gender identity and expression were introduced as part of the country’s ambition to join the EU.

Poland: A court ruling removed the need for trans people to sue their parents for legal gender recognition, ending a harmful legal barrier.

EU level: Recent rulings by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) have strengthened protections for trans people through the outcome of four key cases (Deldits, Mousse, Mirin, Shipova).

But it’s not all good news. In April 2026, Belarus passed an anti-propaganda law banning the promotion of gender transition and stopping legal gender recognition, bringing back mandatory medical requirements.

The Trans Rights Index and Map is available in eight languages: BCMS, Czech, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and, new for 2026, Polish. 🏳️‍⚧️

Explore the data. Check your country. See how trans rights are changing across Europe and Central Asia. Link in bio

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

OUT NOW - TGEU's Trans Rights Index and Map 2026: change on paper, but no sustained political progress

🏳️‍⚧️ RU in the comments /Текст на русском в комментариях

More positive developments have been recorded this year, but the real push for change is coming from activists and courts, not governments taking the lead.

Regional and national leaders must now step up, put court rulings into practice, and make clear that human rights are not optional.

What’s happening?

In Czechia, a historic Constitutional Court ruling led to new guidelines for legal gender recognition removing compulsory sterilisation and surgical requirements. This victory came after years of advocacy by trans activists and marks one of the biggest shifts in the region this year.

What else has changed?

Austria: A Constitutional Court ruling expanded recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

Albania: New protections for gender identity and expression were introduced as part of the country’s ambition to join the EU.

Poland: A court ruling removed the need for trans people to sue their parents for legal gender recognition, ending a harmful legal barrier.

EU level: Recent rulings by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) have strengthened protections for trans people through the outcome of four key cases (Deldits, Mousse, Mirin, Shipova).

But it’s not all good news. In April 2026, Belarus passed an anti-propaganda law banning the promotion of gender transition and stopping legal gender recognition, bringing back mandatory medical requirements.

The Trans Rights Index and Map is available in eight languages: BCMS, Czech, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and, new for 2026, Polish. 🏳️‍⚧️

Explore the data. Check your country. See how trans rights are changing across Europe and Central Asia. Link in bio

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

OUT NOW - TGEU's Trans Rights Index and Map 2026: change on paper, but no sustained political progress

🏳️‍⚧️ RU in the comments /Текст на русском в комментариях

More positive developments have been recorded this year, but the real push for change is coming from activists and courts, not governments taking the lead.

Regional and national leaders must now step up, put court rulings into practice, and make clear that human rights are not optional.

What’s happening?

In Czechia, a historic Constitutional Court ruling led to new guidelines for legal gender recognition removing compulsory sterilisation and surgical requirements. This victory came after years of advocacy by trans activists and marks one of the biggest shifts in the region this year.

What else has changed?

Austria: A Constitutional Court ruling expanded recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

Albania: New protections for gender identity and expression were introduced as part of the country’s ambition to join the EU.

Poland: A court ruling removed the need for trans people to sue their parents for legal gender recognition, ending a harmful legal barrier.

EU level: Recent rulings by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) have strengthened protections for trans people through the outcome of four key cases (Deldits, Mousse, Mirin, Shipova).

But it’s not all good news. In April 2026, Belarus passed an anti-propaganda law banning the promotion of gender transition and stopping legal gender recognition, bringing back mandatory medical requirements.

The Trans Rights Index and Map is available in eight languages: BCMS, Czech, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and, new for 2026, Polish. 🏳️‍⚧️

Explore the data. Check your country. See how trans rights are changing across Europe and Central Asia. Link in bio

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

OUT NOW - TGEU's Trans Rights Index and Map 2026: change on paper, but no sustained political progress

🏳️‍⚧️ RU in the comments /Текст на русском в комментариях

More positive developments have been recorded this year, but the real push for change is coming from activists and courts, not governments taking the lead.

Regional and national leaders must now step up, put court rulings into practice, and make clear that human rights are not optional.

What’s happening?

In Czechia, a historic Constitutional Court ruling led to new guidelines for legal gender recognition removing compulsory sterilisation and surgical requirements. This victory came after years of advocacy by trans activists and marks one of the biggest shifts in the region this year.

What else has changed?

Austria: A Constitutional Court ruling expanded recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

Albania: New protections for gender identity and expression were introduced as part of the country’s ambition to join the EU.

Poland: A court ruling removed the need for trans people to sue their parents for legal gender recognition, ending a harmful legal barrier.

EU level: Recent rulings by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) have strengthened protections for trans people through the outcome of four key cases (Deldits, Mousse, Mirin, Shipova).

But it’s not all good news. In April 2026, Belarus passed an anti-propaganda law banning the promotion of gender transition and stopping legal gender recognition, bringing back mandatory medical requirements.

The Trans Rights Index and Map is available in eight languages: BCMS, Czech, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and, new for 2026, Polish. 🏳️‍⚧️

Explore the data. Check your country. See how trans rights are changing across Europe and Central Asia. Link in bio

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

OUT NOW - TGEU's Trans Rights Index and Map 2026: change on paper, but no sustained political progress

🏳️‍⚧️ RU in the comments /Текст на русском в комментариях

More positive developments have been recorded this year, but the real push for change is coming from activists and courts, not governments taking the lead.

Regional and national leaders must now step up, put court rulings into practice, and make clear that human rights are not optional.

What’s happening?

In Czechia, a historic Constitutional Court ruling led to new guidelines for legal gender recognition removing compulsory sterilisation and surgical requirements. This victory came after years of advocacy by trans activists and marks one of the biggest shifts in the region this year.

What else has changed?

Austria: A Constitutional Court ruling expanded recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

Albania: New protections for gender identity and expression were introduced as part of the country’s ambition to join the EU.

Poland: A court ruling removed the need for trans people to sue their parents for legal gender recognition, ending a harmful legal barrier.

EU level: Recent rulings by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) have strengthened protections for trans people through the outcome of four key cases (Deldits, Mousse, Mirin, Shipova).

But it’s not all good news. In April 2026, Belarus passed an anti-propaganda law banning the promotion of gender transition and stopping legal gender recognition, bringing back mandatory medical requirements.

The Trans Rights Index and Map is available in eight languages: BCMS, Czech, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and, new for 2026, Polish. 🏳️‍⚧️

Explore the data. Check your country. See how trans rights are changing across Europe and Central Asia. Link in bio

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

🏳️‍⚧️ UN Trans Advocacy Week is back!

Most trans people wish to go through life living openly and freely, as their true selves. Yet, that is not a reality for the majority. This is why we need TAW: to put trans and gender diverse activists right at the heart of democracy!

Delegates will have the chance to speak directly to diplomats, UN experts, and civil society at the @unitednations, raising their community’s voices.

This time, we will bring participants from Albania, Armenia, Belarus/Poland, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco, Nigeria, Panama, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, to the 62nd UN @humanrightscouncil.

If you have never heard about UN Trans Advocacy Week, read our article to understand what it is and why it is so important for trans and gender diverse communities to take their voices to such a high level.

🔗 Link in bio

Stay tuned as we will be sharing previous participants' experiences soon.

#UNTransAdvocacy is a collaboration between GATE, @weareaptn, @eastafricatrans, @ilgaworld, @rfsl_official and @tgeuorg

🏳️‍⚧️ UN Trans Advocacy Week is back!

Most trans people wish to go through life living openly and freely, as their true selves. Yet, that is not a reality for the majority. This is why we need TAW: to put trans and gender diverse activists right at the heart of democracy!

Delegates will have the chance to speak directly to diplomats, UN experts, and civil society at the @unitednations, raising their community’s voices.

This time, we will bring participants from Albania, Armenia, Belarus/Poland, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco, Nigeria, Panama, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, to the 62nd UN @humanrightscouncil.

If you have never heard about UN Trans Advocacy Week, read our article to understand what it is and why it is so important for trans and gender diverse communities to take their voices to such a high level.

🔗 Link in bio

Stay tuned as we will be sharing previous participants' experiences soon.

#UNTransAdvocacy is a collaboration between GATE, @weareaptn, @eastafricatrans, @ilgaworld, @rfsl_official and @tgeuorg

🏳️‍⚧️ UN Trans Advocacy Week is back!

Most trans people wish to go through life living openly and freely, as their true selves. Yet, that is not a reality for the majority. This is why we need TAW: to put trans and gender diverse activists right at the heart of democracy!

Delegates will have the chance to speak directly to diplomats, UN experts, and civil society at the @unitednations, raising their community’s voices.

This time, we will bring participants from Albania, Armenia, Belarus/Poland, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco, Nigeria, Panama, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, to the 62nd UN @humanrightscouncil.

If you have never heard about UN Trans Advocacy Week, read our article to understand what it is and why it is so important for trans and gender diverse communities to take their voices to such a high level.

🔗 Link in bio

Stay tuned as we will be sharing previous participants' experiences soon.

#UNTransAdvocacy is a collaboration between GATE, @weareaptn, @eastafricatrans, @ilgaworld, @rfsl_official and @tgeuorg

🏳️‍⚧️ UN Trans Advocacy Week is back!

Most trans people wish to go through life living openly and freely, as their true selves. Yet, that is not a reality for the majority. This is why we need TAW: to put trans and gender diverse activists right at the heart of democracy!

Delegates will have the chance to speak directly to diplomats, UN experts, and civil society at the @unitednations, raising their community’s voices.

This time, we will bring participants from Albania, Armenia, Belarus/Poland, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco, Nigeria, Panama, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, to the 62nd UN @humanrightscouncil.

If you have never heard about UN Trans Advocacy Week, read our article to understand what it is and why it is so important for trans and gender diverse communities to take their voices to such a high level.

🔗 Link in bio

Stay tuned as we will be sharing previous participants' experiences soon.

#UNTransAdvocacy is a collaboration between GATE, @weareaptn, @eastafricatrans, @ilgaworld, @rfsl_official and @tgeuorg

🏳️‍⚧️ RU in the comments /Текст на русском в комментариях

Join us for the 10th TGEU European and Central Asian Trans Council on 10–13 September in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in collaboration with TGEU member organisations Legebitra and TransAkcija.

This edition of the TGEU Council brings our community together once again for two and a half days of connection, strategy, and celebration.

Around 200 activists, organisers, and allies from across Europe and Central Asia will gather to exchange knowledge, strengthen alliances, and shape the future of trans rights in the region.

This year’s theme, Transphoria: collectively resist and celebrate again and again, reflects both the urgency of the challenges we face and the strength that defines our communities - holding space for both collective resistance and euphoria.

As attacks on trans rights intensify, we come together to resist through solidarity and shared action, while continuing to celebrate the resilience, creativity, and care that sustain our movement.

We are committed to accessibility. The event will be held in English and Russian and interpretation provided, and individual accessibility needs will be gathered through the registration process.

A limited number of scholarships are available, with priority given to TGEU members and trans people from under-represented and marginalised backgrounds.

Be part of this landmark moment. Find all details on registration, scholarships, and the programme on our website - link in bio.

We look forward to gathering in Ljubljana to resist, celebrate, and reimagine the future of our movement, with joy, euphoria, and solidarity, again and again.

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

🏳️‍⚧️ RU in the comments /Текст на русском в комментариях

Join us for the 10th TGEU European and Central Asian Trans Council on 10–13 September in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in collaboration with TGEU member organisations Legebitra and TransAkcija.

This edition of the TGEU Council brings our community together once again for two and a half days of connection, strategy, and celebration.

Around 200 activists, organisers, and allies from across Europe and Central Asia will gather to exchange knowledge, strengthen alliances, and shape the future of trans rights in the region.

This year’s theme, Transphoria: collectively resist and celebrate again and again, reflects both the urgency of the challenges we face and the strength that defines our communities - holding space for both collective resistance and euphoria.

As attacks on trans rights intensify, we come together to resist through solidarity and shared action, while continuing to celebrate the resilience, creativity, and care that sustain our movement.

We are committed to accessibility. The event will be held in English and Russian and interpretation provided, and individual accessibility needs will be gathered through the registration process.

A limited number of scholarships are available, with priority given to TGEU members and trans people from under-represented and marginalised backgrounds.

Be part of this landmark moment. Find all details on registration, scholarships, and the programme on our website - link in bio.

We look forward to gathering in Ljubljana to resist, celebrate, and reimagine the future of our movement, with joy, euphoria, and solidarity, again and again.

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Non-binary people in Austria can now choose the gender markers ‘inter’, ‘diverse’, ‘open’, no indication and a cancellation of the entry. This follows a Constitutional Court ruling that expanded the recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

The legal change confirms that forcing intersex and non-binary people to identify as only male or female violates their human rights. It also makes clear that personal autonomy is a basic right, not something the state can choose to give or deny.

Beyond Austria, this is a crucial moment for international human rights law. It reflects a gradual trend towards legal recognition of non-binary identities. Another great development: only 15 out of 38 countries with legal gender recognition in Europe and Central Asia still require divorce.

Additionally, there are positive legal changes in smaller countries such as Liechtenstein and San Marino. Liechtenstein introduced a new Equality Body Mandate covering gender identity. In San Marino, trans people of all ages can change their name and activists updated us about hate crime and hate speech protections.

Yet, it’s not all good news. In countries such as Hungary and Russia the rights of trans people are being used to advance increasingly authoritarian agendas. This further weakens human rights, pluralism and democratic standards.

Legal changes captured by the 2026 Trans Rights Index & Map don’t automatically mean greater safety, dignity, or the ability to access human rights for trans people. Even where protections exist in law, trans people often face barriers to accessing them in practice.

This disconnect highlights a central challenge: without sustained political commitment from governments, legal progress remains fragile and incomplete.

From anti-discrimination protections to legal gender recognition, find out more on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia. Check the Trans Rights Index & Map. Link in bio.

#nonbinary #legalgenderrecognition #selfdetermination #Austria #nonbinaryAustria #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Non-binary people in Austria can now choose the gender markers ‘inter’, ‘diverse’, ‘open’, no indication and a cancellation of the entry. This follows a Constitutional Court ruling that expanded the recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

The legal change confirms that forcing intersex and non-binary people to identify as only male or female violates their human rights. It also makes clear that personal autonomy is a basic right, not something the state can choose to give or deny.

Beyond Austria, this is a crucial moment for international human rights law. It reflects a gradual trend towards legal recognition of non-binary identities. Another great development: only 15 out of 38 countries with legal gender recognition in Europe and Central Asia still require divorce.

Additionally, there are positive legal changes in smaller countries such as Liechtenstein and San Marino. Liechtenstein introduced a new Equality Body Mandate covering gender identity. In San Marino, trans people of all ages can change their name and activists updated us about hate crime and hate speech protections.

Yet, it’s not all good news. In countries such as Hungary and Russia the rights of trans people are being used to advance increasingly authoritarian agendas. This further weakens human rights, pluralism and democratic standards.

Legal changes captured by the 2026 Trans Rights Index & Map don’t automatically mean greater safety, dignity, or the ability to access human rights for trans people. Even where protections exist in law, trans people often face barriers to accessing them in practice.

This disconnect highlights a central challenge: without sustained political commitment from governments, legal progress remains fragile and incomplete.

From anti-discrimination protections to legal gender recognition, find out more on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia. Check the Trans Rights Index & Map. Link in bio.

#nonbinary #legalgenderrecognition #selfdetermination #Austria #nonbinaryAustria #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Non-binary people in Austria can now choose the gender markers ‘inter’, ‘diverse’, ‘open’, no indication and a cancellation of the entry. This follows a Constitutional Court ruling that expanded the recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

The legal change confirms that forcing intersex and non-binary people to identify as only male or female violates their human rights. It also makes clear that personal autonomy is a basic right, not something the state can choose to give or deny.

Beyond Austria, this is a crucial moment for international human rights law. It reflects a gradual trend towards legal recognition of non-binary identities. Another great development: only 15 out of 38 countries with legal gender recognition in Europe and Central Asia still require divorce.

Additionally, there are positive legal changes in smaller countries such as Liechtenstein and San Marino. Liechtenstein introduced a new Equality Body Mandate covering gender identity. In San Marino, trans people of all ages can change their name and activists updated us about hate crime and hate speech protections.

Yet, it’s not all good news. In countries such as Hungary and Russia the rights of trans people are being used to advance increasingly authoritarian agendas. This further weakens human rights, pluralism and democratic standards.

Legal changes captured by the 2026 Trans Rights Index & Map don’t automatically mean greater safety, dignity, or the ability to access human rights for trans people. Even where protections exist in law, trans people often face barriers to accessing them in practice.

This disconnect highlights a central challenge: without sustained political commitment from governments, legal progress remains fragile and incomplete.

From anti-discrimination protections to legal gender recognition, find out more on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia. Check the Trans Rights Index & Map. Link in bio.

#nonbinary #legalgenderrecognition #selfdetermination #Austria #nonbinaryAustria #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Non-binary people in Austria can now choose the gender markers ‘inter’, ‘diverse’, ‘open’, no indication and a cancellation of the entry. This follows a Constitutional Court ruling that expanded the recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

The legal change confirms that forcing intersex and non-binary people to identify as only male or female violates their human rights. It also makes clear that personal autonomy is a basic right, not something the state can choose to give or deny.

Beyond Austria, this is a crucial moment for international human rights law. It reflects a gradual trend towards legal recognition of non-binary identities. Another great development: only 15 out of 38 countries with legal gender recognition in Europe and Central Asia still require divorce.

Additionally, there are positive legal changes in smaller countries such as Liechtenstein and San Marino. Liechtenstein introduced a new Equality Body Mandate covering gender identity. In San Marino, trans people of all ages can change their name and activists updated us about hate crime and hate speech protections.

Yet, it’s not all good news. In countries such as Hungary and Russia the rights of trans people are being used to advance increasingly authoritarian agendas. This further weakens human rights, pluralism and democratic standards.

Legal changes captured by the 2026 Trans Rights Index & Map don’t automatically mean greater safety, dignity, or the ability to access human rights for trans people. Even where protections exist in law, trans people often face barriers to accessing them in practice.

This disconnect highlights a central challenge: without sustained political commitment from governments, legal progress remains fragile and incomplete.

From anti-discrimination protections to legal gender recognition, find out more on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia. Check the Trans Rights Index & Map. Link in bio.

#nonbinary #legalgenderrecognition #selfdetermination #Austria #nonbinaryAustria #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Non-binary people in Austria can now choose the gender markers ‘inter’, ‘diverse’, ‘open’, no indication and a cancellation of the entry. This follows a Constitutional Court ruling that expanded the recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

The legal change confirms that forcing intersex and non-binary people to identify as only male or female violates their human rights. It also makes clear that personal autonomy is a basic right, not something the state can choose to give or deny.

Beyond Austria, this is a crucial moment for international human rights law. It reflects a gradual trend towards legal recognition of non-binary identities. Another great development: only 15 out of 38 countries with legal gender recognition in Europe and Central Asia still require divorce.

Additionally, there are positive legal changes in smaller countries such as Liechtenstein and San Marino. Liechtenstein introduced a new Equality Body Mandate covering gender identity. In San Marino, trans people of all ages can change their name and activists updated us about hate crime and hate speech protections.

Yet, it’s not all good news. In countries such as Hungary and Russia the rights of trans people are being used to advance increasingly authoritarian agendas. This further weakens human rights, pluralism and democratic standards.

Legal changes captured by the 2026 Trans Rights Index & Map don’t automatically mean greater safety, dignity, or the ability to access human rights for trans people. Even where protections exist in law, trans people often face barriers to accessing them in practice.

This disconnect highlights a central challenge: without sustained political commitment from governments, legal progress remains fragile and incomplete.

From anti-discrimination protections to legal gender recognition, find out more on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia. Check the Trans Rights Index & Map. Link in bio.

#nonbinary #legalgenderrecognition #selfdetermination #Austria #nonbinaryAustria #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Non-binary people in Austria can now choose the gender markers ‘inter’, ‘diverse’, ‘open’, no indication and a cancellation of the entry. This follows a Constitutional Court ruling that expanded the recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

The legal change confirms that forcing intersex and non-binary people to identify as only male or female violates their human rights. It also makes clear that personal autonomy is a basic right, not something the state can choose to give or deny.

Beyond Austria, this is a crucial moment for international human rights law. It reflects a gradual trend towards legal recognition of non-binary identities. Another great development: only 15 out of 38 countries with legal gender recognition in Europe and Central Asia still require divorce.

Additionally, there are positive legal changes in smaller countries such as Liechtenstein and San Marino. Liechtenstein introduced a new Equality Body Mandate covering gender identity. In San Marino, trans people of all ages can change their name and activists updated us about hate crime and hate speech protections.

Yet, it’s not all good news. In countries such as Hungary and Russia the rights of trans people are being used to advance increasingly authoritarian agendas. This further weakens human rights, pluralism and democratic standards.

Legal changes captured by the 2026 Trans Rights Index & Map don’t automatically mean greater safety, dignity, or the ability to access human rights for trans people. Even where protections exist in law, trans people often face barriers to accessing them in practice.

This disconnect highlights a central challenge: without sustained political commitment from governments, legal progress remains fragile and incomplete.

From anti-discrimination protections to legal gender recognition, find out more on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia. Check the Trans Rights Index & Map. Link in bio.

#nonbinary #legalgenderrecognition #selfdetermination #Austria #nonbinaryAustria #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Non-binary people in Austria can now choose the gender markers ‘inter’, ‘diverse’, ‘open’, no indication and a cancellation of the entry. This follows a Constitutional Court ruling that expanded the recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

The legal change confirms that forcing intersex and non-binary people to identify as only male or female violates their human rights. It also makes clear that personal autonomy is a basic right, not something the state can choose to give or deny.

Beyond Austria, this is a crucial moment for international human rights law. It reflects a gradual trend towards legal recognition of non-binary identities. Another great development: only 15 out of 38 countries with legal gender recognition in Europe and Central Asia still require divorce.

Additionally, there are positive legal changes in smaller countries such as Liechtenstein and San Marino. Liechtenstein introduced a new Equality Body Mandate covering gender identity. In San Marino, trans people of all ages can change their name and activists updated us about hate crime and hate speech protections.

Yet, it’s not all good news. In countries such as Hungary and Russia the rights of trans people are being used to advance increasingly authoritarian agendas. This further weakens human rights, pluralism and democratic standards.

Legal changes captured by the 2026 Trans Rights Index & Map don’t automatically mean greater safety, dignity, or the ability to access human rights for trans people. Even where protections exist in law, trans people often face barriers to accessing them in practice.

This disconnect highlights a central challenge: without sustained political commitment from governments, legal progress remains fragile and incomplete.

From anti-discrimination protections to legal gender recognition, find out more on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia. Check the Trans Rights Index & Map. Link in bio.

#nonbinary #legalgenderrecognition #selfdetermination #Austria #nonbinaryAustria #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Non-binary people in Austria can now choose the gender markers ‘inter’, ‘diverse’, ‘open’, no indication and a cancellation of the entry. This follows a Constitutional Court ruling that expanded the recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

The legal change confirms that forcing intersex and non-binary people to identify as only male or female violates their human rights. It also makes clear that personal autonomy is a basic right, not something the state can choose to give or deny.

Beyond Austria, this is a crucial moment for international human rights law. It reflects a gradual trend towards legal recognition of non-binary identities. Another great development: only 15 out of 38 countries with legal gender recognition in Europe and Central Asia still require divorce.

Additionally, there are positive legal changes in smaller countries such as Liechtenstein and San Marino. Liechtenstein introduced a new Equality Body Mandate covering gender identity. In San Marino, trans people of all ages can change their name and activists updated us about hate crime and hate speech protections.

Yet, it’s not all good news. In countries such as Hungary and Russia the rights of trans people are being used to advance increasingly authoritarian agendas. This further weakens human rights, pluralism and democratic standards.

Legal changes captured by the 2026 Trans Rights Index & Map don’t automatically mean greater safety, dignity, or the ability to access human rights for trans people. Even where protections exist in law, trans people often face barriers to accessing them in practice.

This disconnect highlights a central challenge: without sustained political commitment from governments, legal progress remains fragile and incomplete.

From anti-discrimination protections to legal gender recognition, find out more on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia. Check the Trans Rights Index & Map. Link in bio.

#nonbinary #legalgenderrecognition #selfdetermination #Austria #nonbinaryAustria #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Non-binary people in Austria can now choose the gender markers ‘inter’, ‘diverse’, ‘open’, no indication and a cancellation of the entry. This follows a Constitutional Court ruling that expanded the recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

The legal change confirms that forcing intersex and non-binary people to identify as only male or female violates their human rights. It also makes clear that personal autonomy is a basic right, not something the state can choose to give or deny.

Beyond Austria, this is a crucial moment for international human rights law. It reflects a gradual trend towards legal recognition of non-binary identities. Another great development: only 15 out of 38 countries with legal gender recognition in Europe and Central Asia still require divorce.

Additionally, there are positive legal changes in smaller countries such as Liechtenstein and San Marino. Liechtenstein introduced a new Equality Body Mandate covering gender identity. In San Marino, trans people of all ages can change their name and activists updated us about hate crime and hate speech protections.

Yet, it’s not all good news. In countries such as Hungary and Russia the rights of trans people are being used to advance increasingly authoritarian agendas. This further weakens human rights, pluralism and democratic standards.

Legal changes captured by the 2026 Trans Rights Index & Map don’t automatically mean greater safety, dignity, or the ability to access human rights for trans people. Even where protections exist in law, trans people often face barriers to accessing them in practice.

This disconnect highlights a central challenge: without sustained political commitment from governments, legal progress remains fragile and incomplete.

From anti-discrimination protections to legal gender recognition, find out more on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia. Check the Trans Rights Index & Map. Link in bio.

#nonbinary #legalgenderrecognition #selfdetermination #Austria #nonbinaryAustria #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Non-binary people in Austria can now choose the gender markers ‘inter’, ‘diverse’, ‘open’, no indication and a cancellation of the entry. This follows a Constitutional Court ruling that expanded the recognition of non-binary gender markers beyond intersex people.

The legal change confirms that forcing intersex and non-binary people to identify as only male or female violates their human rights. It also makes clear that personal autonomy is a basic right, not something the state can choose to give or deny.

Beyond Austria, this is a crucial moment for international human rights law. It reflects a gradual trend towards legal recognition of non-binary identities. Another great development: only 15 out of 38 countries with legal gender recognition in Europe and Central Asia still require divorce.

Additionally, there are positive legal changes in smaller countries such as Liechtenstein and San Marino. Liechtenstein introduced a new Equality Body Mandate covering gender identity. In San Marino, trans people of all ages can change their name and activists updated us about hate crime and hate speech protections.

Yet, it’s not all good news. In countries such as Hungary and Russia the rights of trans people are being used to advance increasingly authoritarian agendas. This further weakens human rights, pluralism and democratic standards.

Legal changes captured by the 2026 Trans Rights Index & Map don’t automatically mean greater safety, dignity, or the ability to access human rights for trans people. Even where protections exist in law, trans people often face barriers to accessing them in practice.

This disconnect highlights a central challenge: without sustained political commitment from governments, legal progress remains fragile and incomplete.

From anti-discrimination protections to legal gender recognition, find out more on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia. Check the Trans Rights Index & Map. Link in bio.

#nonbinary #legalgenderrecognition #selfdetermination #Austria #nonbinaryAustria #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Since 2016, Trans Advocacy Week has welcomed trans and gender-diverse activists to the UN to advocate for our collective rights. A decade later, through every triumph and setback, our resistance only grows stronger.

Celebrating 10 years of #UNTransAdvocacyWeek and our shared struggle for freedom! ✊✨

TAW is organized jointly by APTN, @eastafricatrans, @gateorg, @ilgaworld, @rfsl_official, and @tgeuorg

Since 2016, Trans Advocacy Week has welcomed trans and gender-diverse activists to the UN to advocate for our collective rights. A decade later, through every triumph and setback, our resistance only grows stronger.

Celebrating 10 years of #UNTransAdvocacyWeek and our shared struggle for freedom! ✊✨

TAW is organized jointly by APTN, @eastafricatrans, @gateorg, @ilgaworld, @rfsl_official, and @tgeuorg

Since 2016, Trans Advocacy Week has welcomed trans and gender-diverse activists to the UN to advocate for our collective rights. A decade later, through every triumph and setback, our resistance only grows stronger.

Celebrating 10 years of #UNTransAdvocacyWeek and our shared struggle for freedom! ✊✨

TAW is organized jointly by APTN, @eastafricatrans, @gateorg, @ilgaworld, @rfsl_official, and @tgeuorg

Since 2016, Trans Advocacy Week has welcomed trans and gender-diverse activists to the UN to advocate for our collective rights. A decade later, through every triumph and setback, our resistance only grows stronger.

Celebrating 10 years of #UNTransAdvocacyWeek and our shared struggle for freedom! ✊✨

TAW is organized jointly by APTN, @eastafricatrans, @gateorg, @ilgaworld, @rfsl_official, and @tgeuorg

“The Trans Rights Index and Map 2026 reveals a paradox: legal movement without genuine broader political will behind it. This year’s gains mask a grim reality, as only a few of the legal changes represent substantive new protections.

“The rights of trans people remain under coordinated attack by states weaponising traditionalist binary notions of the nuclear family to consolidate power. True progress demands an end to the systemic control of all minorities for the sake of an exclusionary status quo.”

Linn Julian Koletnik (they) - @queerethicsandesthetics, TGEU Research Consultant, reflecting on the changes regarding trans rights this past year across Europe & Central Asia.
Covering the legal situation for trans people in 54 countries in Europe and Central Asia, our Trans Rights Index and Map is the most comprehensive view of trans rights in the regions.

Explore the data. Check your country. See how trans rights are changing across Europe and Central Asia. Link in bio.

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

“The Trans Rights Index and Map 2026 reveals a paradox: legal movement without genuine broader political will behind it. This year’s gains mask a grim reality, as only a few of the legal changes represent substantive new protections.

“The rights of trans people remain under coordinated attack by states weaponising traditionalist binary notions of the nuclear family to consolidate power. True progress demands an end to the systemic control of all minorities for the sake of an exclusionary status quo.”

Linn Julian Koletnik (they) - @queerethicsandesthetics, TGEU Research Consultant, reflecting on the changes regarding trans rights this past year across Europe & Central Asia.
Covering the legal situation for trans people in 54 countries in Europe and Central Asia, our Trans Rights Index and Map is the most comprehensive view of trans rights in the regions.

Explore the data. Check your country. See how trans rights are changing across Europe and Central Asia. Link in bio.

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

“The Trans Rights Index and Map 2026 reveals a paradox: legal movement without genuine broader political will behind it. This year’s gains mask a grim reality, as only a few of the legal changes represent substantive new protections.

“The rights of trans people remain under coordinated attack by states weaponising traditionalist binary notions of the nuclear family to consolidate power. True progress demands an end to the systemic control of all minorities for the sake of an exclusionary status quo.”

Linn Julian Koletnik (they) - @queerethicsandesthetics, TGEU Research Consultant, reflecting on the changes regarding trans rights this past year across Europe & Central Asia.
Covering the legal situation for trans people in 54 countries in Europe and Central Asia, our Trans Rights Index and Map is the most comprehensive view of trans rights in the regions.

Explore the data. Check your country. See how trans rights are changing across Europe and Central Asia. Link in bio.

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Ready to Take a Scoop? 🍨
Join the SCOPE Closing Meeting!

As EATG’s SCOPE project comes to a close, we invite you to join us for an interactive online session to take stock of what we’ve achieved and collectively explore what comes next.

26 May 2026 | 16:00-17:00 CET (online)

Sign up now via the QR code and link in bio

Ready to Take a Scoop? 🍨
Join the SCOPE Closing Meeting!

As EATG’s SCOPE project comes to a close, we invite you to join us for an interactive online session to take stock of what we’ve achieved and collectively explore what comes next.

26 May 2026 | 16:00-17:00 CET (online)

Sign up now via the QR code and link in bio

Trans people have always been central to art and culture.

Together with our co-hosts, @drustvo.legebitra, and @transakcija, we’re gathering for the 10th European and Central Asian Trans Council this September in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

We’re inviting trans artists, performers, DJs, poets and creatives of all kinds to share work, connect, and take space together.

Applications are open via the TGEU website. Link in bio.

Deadline: 24 May.

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

“Trans people across Europe and Central Asia have forced change against all odds, through courts, through activism, through sheer persistence. That cannot be the primary mechanism for rights in a democracy. There is a political class that has fully normalised misinformation about trans people as an instrument of power.”

- @isaborrelli (they/them), Chair, TGEU

Speaking today at the IDAHOT Forum in Copenhagen, on the panel on anti-democratic backlash and core challenges for LGBTI communities, Isa emphasised the responsibility of governments in upholding the rights of trans people to strengthen democratic systems.

Across the global anti-rights movements are targeting gender equality and LGBTI people. Central to these movements are coordinated misinformation and disinformation campaigns that undermine equality, increase discrimination, stigma and social division.

Covering the legal situation for trans people in 54 countries in Europe and Central Asia, our Trans Rights Index and Map is the most comprehensive view of trans rights in the regions. Link in bio.

#IDAHOT #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

“Trans people across Europe and Central Asia have forced change against all odds, through courts, through activism, through sheer persistence. That cannot be the primary mechanism for rights in a democracy. There is a political class that has fully normalised misinformation about trans people as an instrument of power.”

- @isaborrelli (they/them), Chair, TGEU

Speaking today at the IDAHOT Forum in Copenhagen, on the panel on anti-democratic backlash and core challenges for LGBTI communities, Isa emphasised the responsibility of governments in upholding the rights of trans people to strengthen democratic systems.

Across the global anti-rights movements are targeting gender equality and LGBTI people. Central to these movements are coordinated misinformation and disinformation campaigns that undermine equality, increase discrimination, stigma and social division.

Covering the legal situation for trans people in 54 countries in Europe and Central Asia, our Trans Rights Index and Map is the most comprehensive view of trans rights in the regions. Link in bio.

#IDAHOT #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

“Trans people across Europe and Central Asia have forced change against all odds, through courts, through activism, through sheer persistence. That cannot be the primary mechanism for rights in a democracy. There is a political class that has fully normalised misinformation about trans people as an instrument of power.”

- @isaborrelli (they/them), Chair, TGEU

Speaking today at the IDAHOT Forum in Copenhagen, on the panel on anti-democratic backlash and core challenges for LGBTI communities, Isa emphasised the responsibility of governments in upholding the rights of trans people to strengthen democratic systems.

Across the global anti-rights movements are targeting gender equality and LGBTI people. Central to these movements are coordinated misinformation and disinformation campaigns that undermine equality, increase discrimination, stigma and social division.

Covering the legal situation for trans people in 54 countries in Europe and Central Asia, our Trans Rights Index and Map is the most comprehensive view of trans rights in the regions. Link in bio.

#IDAHOT #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

The EU moves closer to ending conversion practices following the Commission’s decision to develop a Recommendation for a ban in 2027.

Conversion practices are banned in just eight EU countries, and these bans vary significantly in how they define the practices, address consent, and impose sanctions.

An EU-wide Recommendation will set a common standard across EU member states and help to align national laws.
Further, the Commission will propose additional protections alongside the Recommendation covering aspects such as support for those who have experienced conversion practices.

The Commission has also made it clear that the Recommendation will protect all LGBTI people, including trans and non-binary people. Data from the recent EU @fundamental.rights Agency LGBTI survey shows that nearly half of trans men and trans women and one-third of non-binary people in the EU have been subjected to conversion practices. Most of these experiences were non-consensual, with 72% of trans respondents saying they did not consent.

Conversion practices, sometimes harmfully referred to as ‘conversion therapies’, are degrading and inhuman practices that aim to suppress or change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.

A European Citizens’ Initiative launched by the organisation @act_lgbt in January 2024 called for a ban on conversion practices in the European Union and collected over one million signatures across the EU.

Check out the Trans Rights Index and Map 2026 to see which countries are leading the way with bans on conversion practices. Link in bio.

#EndConversionPractices #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

On #IDAHOBIT, we’re calling on governments, EU institutions and international human rights bodies to protect trans people’s rights, safety and dignity across Europe and Central Asia.

Attacks on trans people are never only about trans people. They signal a broader erosion of democratic safeguards: when governments decide whose dignity and rights are negotiable, they weaken the democratic system.

We call on leaders across the region to commit to positive change by:

- Ensuring fast, transparent and accessible legal gender recognition based on self-determination, open to everyone regardless of citizenship status, including young trans and non-binary people.
- Removing abusive medical, judicial, and administrative barriers to ensure comprehensive trans-specific healthcare
- Holding other governments accountable and pushing the EU Commission to ensure implementation of existing standards

Trans rights are at the heart of democracy.

Explore the latest data on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia through our Trans Rights Index and Map. Link in bio.

#IDAHOBIT2026 #IDAHOBIT #AtTheHeartOfDemocracy #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

On #IDAHOBIT, we’re calling on governments, EU institutions and international human rights bodies to protect trans people’s rights, safety and dignity across Europe and Central Asia.

Attacks on trans people are never only about trans people. They signal a broader erosion of democratic safeguards: when governments decide whose dignity and rights are negotiable, they weaken the democratic system.

We call on leaders across the region to commit to positive change by:

- Ensuring fast, transparent and accessible legal gender recognition based on self-determination, open to everyone regardless of citizenship status, including young trans and non-binary people.
- Removing abusive medical, judicial, and administrative barriers to ensure comprehensive trans-specific healthcare
- Holding other governments accountable and pushing the EU Commission to ensure implementation of existing standards

Trans rights are at the heart of democracy.

Explore the latest data on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia through our Trans Rights Index and Map. Link in bio.

#IDAHOBIT2026 #IDAHOBIT #AtTheHeartOfDemocracy #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

On #IDAHOBIT, we’re calling on governments, EU institutions and international human rights bodies to protect trans people’s rights, safety and dignity across Europe and Central Asia.

Attacks on trans people are never only about trans people. They signal a broader erosion of democratic safeguards: when governments decide whose dignity and rights are negotiable, they weaken the democratic system.

We call on leaders across the region to commit to positive change by:

- Ensuring fast, transparent and accessible legal gender recognition based on self-determination, open to everyone regardless of citizenship status, including young trans and non-binary people.
- Removing abusive medical, judicial, and administrative barriers to ensure comprehensive trans-specific healthcare
- Holding other governments accountable and pushing the EU Commission to ensure implementation of existing standards

Trans rights are at the heart of democracy.

Explore the latest data on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia through our Trans Rights Index and Map. Link in bio.

#IDAHOBIT2026 #IDAHOBIT #AtTheHeartOfDemocracy #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

On #IDAHOBIT, we’re calling on governments, EU institutions and international human rights bodies to protect trans people’s rights, safety and dignity across Europe and Central Asia.

Attacks on trans people are never only about trans people. They signal a broader erosion of democratic safeguards: when governments decide whose dignity and rights are negotiable, they weaken the democratic system.

We call on leaders across the region to commit to positive change by:

- Ensuring fast, transparent and accessible legal gender recognition based on self-determination, open to everyone regardless of citizenship status, including young trans and non-binary people.
- Removing abusive medical, judicial, and administrative barriers to ensure comprehensive trans-specific healthcare
- Holding other governments accountable and pushing the EU Commission to ensure implementation of existing standards

Trans rights are at the heart of democracy.

Explore the latest data on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia through our Trans Rights Index and Map. Link in bio.

#IDAHOBIT2026 #IDAHOBIT #AtTheHeartOfDemocracy #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

On #IDAHOBIT, we’re calling on governments, EU institutions and international human rights bodies to protect trans people’s rights, safety and dignity across Europe and Central Asia.

Attacks on trans people are never only about trans people. They signal a broader erosion of democratic safeguards: when governments decide whose dignity and rights are negotiable, they weaken the democratic system.

We call on leaders across the region to commit to positive change by:

- Ensuring fast, transparent and accessible legal gender recognition based on self-determination, open to everyone regardless of citizenship status, including young trans and non-binary people.
- Removing abusive medical, judicial, and administrative barriers to ensure comprehensive trans-specific healthcare
- Holding other governments accountable and pushing the EU Commission to ensure implementation of existing standards

Trans rights are at the heart of democracy.

Explore the latest data on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia through our Trans Rights Index and Map. Link in bio.

#IDAHOBIT2026 #IDAHOBIT #AtTheHeartOfDemocracy #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

On #IDAHOBIT, we’re calling on governments, EU institutions and international human rights bodies to protect trans people’s rights, safety and dignity across Europe and Central Asia.

Attacks on trans people are never only about trans people. They signal a broader erosion of democratic safeguards: when governments decide whose dignity and rights are negotiable, they weaken the democratic system.

We call on leaders across the region to commit to positive change by:

- Ensuring fast, transparent and accessible legal gender recognition based on self-determination, open to everyone regardless of citizenship status, including young trans and non-binary people.
- Removing abusive medical, judicial, and administrative barriers to ensure comprehensive trans-specific healthcare
- Holding other governments accountable and pushing the EU Commission to ensure implementation of existing standards

Trans rights are at the heart of democracy.

Explore the latest data on trans rights across Europe and Central Asia through our Trans Rights Index and Map. Link in bio.

#IDAHOBIT2026 #IDAHOBIT #AtTheHeartOfDemocracy #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

The 2026 @tgeuorg Trans Rights Index & Map is now live! 🗺️

Since 2013, this report has illustrated the legal reality for trans people across Europe and Central Asia. This year’s data reveals a critical trend: legal progress is being driven primarily by activists and courts, not governments.

While some legal developments have taken place, many trans people continue to face growing political hostility, barriers to rights, and democratic backsliding.

It is urgent to take concrete actions. Trans rights are not negotiable — they are part of protecting democracy and human dignity.

🔗Discover the full findings on their website (link in bio)

#TransRights #HumanRights #Europe #CentralAsia #LGBTQIRights