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Trans-led non-profit for the rights and wellbeing of trans people. Over 200 member organisations across 50 countries in Europe & Central Asia 🏳️‍⚧️ https://linktr.ee/tgeuorg

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · Apr 23

🏳️‍⚧️ TGEU is a trans-led nonprofit for the rights and wellbeing of trans people in Europe and Central Asia.

🔥 We have over 200 members in 50+ countries!

🤝🏽 We focus on three core areas: advocacy, community, and research

🔗 Learn more: tgeu.org
🤝🏽 Support us: tgeu.org/support-our-...

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ILGA-Europe @ilgaeurope.bsky.social · 5h

The European Commission’s new LGBTIQ Equality Strategy (2026–2030) falls short. At a time when LGBTI rights are under growing attack across Europe, the EU’s response must match the urgency of the moment.

EU publishes new LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy, but is it fit for purpose? | ILGA-Europe

The second EU LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy for 2026-2030 was published today, but as Europe’s leading LGBTI organisation welcomes it, the question remains: is this strategy anywhere close to responding t...

www.ilga-europe.org

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 1d

6/ With gratitude and solidarity,
Equality Australia | ILGA Oceania | @ilgaworld.bsky.social | TGEU – Trans Europe and Central Asia | Global Interfaith Network for People of All Sexes, Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities and Expressions

TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 1d

5/ 🙏🏾 Together, we will share prayers, reflections, music, and memories to celebrate Ymania, whose vision for a more just and loving world touched so many lives across her path.

🕯️ You’re welcome to bring a candle to light or something meaningful to you as we join in community across distances.

TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 1d

4/ 💜 This gathering will bring together voices from many faith and spiritual traditions to acknowledge her journey, as well as the work she did to elevate the human rights of trans people and LGBTI communities across the Pacific and the world.

TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 1d

3/ 🌍 Date & Time: Saturday 11 October 2025

Memorial session in English only: 8am CEST

Memorial session in English with Spanish interpretation:
6 pm CEST

TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 1d

2/ Please follow the links above to register to either of the sessions: tgeu.org/tuisina-yman...

Once your participation is confirmed, you will receive all access details.

TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 Dear friends and community,
We invite you to come together for an online interfaith memorial service celebrating the life of beloved activist and friend Tuisina Ymania Brown.

There will be two separate gatherings to allow for colleagues, friends, allies and family in different time zones to join.

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 1d

#Consultancy Open Call:

The Association for the Prevention of #Torture (APT) is developing a guidance document on promising practices to protect the rights of #LGBTI persons deprived of liberty.

TGEU is part of the advisory group at APT.

Apply here: www.apt.ch/consultancy-...

Consultancy: Developing a guidance document on promising practices to protect the rights of LGBTIQ+ persons deprived of liberty | APT

www.apt.ch

TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 2d

9/ 📖 Read the report, check out the data, and share it with your community to raise awareness for the lived experience of intersex people in Europe: fra.europa.eu/en/publicati...

#IntersexAwareness #IntersexRights #FRA #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 2d

8/ 💡 Overall, the results highlight the need to adopt an intersectional approach in laws and policies to better protect the fundamental rights of intersex people.

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 2d

7/ Especially those with gender non-conforming identities, living under precarious socioeconomic conditions and with further marginalised identities are overproportionately affected.

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 2d

6/ ⚠️🇪🇺With insights from 1,920 intersex respondents across 30 European countries, this report exposes the greater risks of human rights violations, exclusion and victimisation faced by intersex people.

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 2d

5/ 🔹 More than half of the intersex respondents (53 %) contemplated suicide the year before the survey, compared to 37% of all survey respondents

🔹 Intersex respondents are the survey group that experienced the highest increase of violent victimisation (34%) compared to 22% in the 2019 survey

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 2d

4/ 🔹More than half (57%) of intersex respondents said they or their parents weren’t asked for informed consent before surgery or hormone treatment to change their sex characteristics

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 2d

3/ Here are the key findings:
🔹 Every seventh intersex respondent (15 %) has been physically or sexually attacked in the 12 months before the survey, compared to 5 % of all survey respondents

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 2d

2/ Based on the latest survey of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) of 2023, it reveals that intersex people face higher levels of violence, harassment, and discrimination than the broader LGBT community.

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 2d

🧵 📢 New report: Being #intersex in the #EU

The report shines a light on the lived experiences of intersex people across Europe.

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 6d

2/ Please include:

▪ Your organisation and country/countries you focus on:
▪ Name of CJEU judgment you used:
▪ Brief description of how you used the judgments and the outcomes:
▪ Supporting documents (court ruling, law, media articles, press releases, etc.):

Thank you so much in advance!

TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 6d

🚨Calling all EU-based #trans #activists🚨

Have you used recent #CJEU rulings (Mirin, Mousse, Deldits, Shipov) in your #advocacy, #litigation, or community work? Share your experiences with us at [email protected] ✉️

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 6d

#Feminists with questions about #trans #inclusion?

Join our focus group!

Help shape a new toolkit for transfeminist solidarity:
forms.gle/7m38hRuh23Pv...

TGEU: Transfeminist Solidarity Focus Groups

Thank you for your interest in joining the TGEU Transfeminist Solidarity focus groups! These sessions are a judgment-free space to explore transfeminist solidarity, share your experiences, and give us...

forms.gle

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 6d

7/ 🔗 Read the full UN experts’ statement on ‘Reaﬃrming the Centrality of Gender as a Tool for Advancing Equality and All Human Rights’: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

www.ohchr.org

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 6d

6/ 🏳️‍⚧️ We welcome the UN experts’ call to ensure that gender-based discrimination and the protection of trans and gender diverse people remain at the core of international human rights law.

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 6d

5/ “Without this perspective, the systemic exclusion of women and gender-diverse persons – particularly those whose identities and expressions fall outside dominant binary norms – remains invisible.”

- UN Special Procedures Mandate Holders

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 6d

4/ “Gender is a vital analytical lens – essential for exposing the power disparities, structural inequalities, and discriminatory practices embedded in laws, institutions, and social norms."

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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 6d

3/ What was once seen as discrimination based only on ‘sex’ is now understood as gender discrimination, which includes gender identity.

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