Topic
17 stories
A European Parliament report published this summer flags Montenegro's stalled Law on Legal Gender Recognition as a gap in an EU accession process the country otherwise touts as a success story.
The passport went to a non-binary Austrian living in Germany, and it's the first real-world test of a European Court of Justice ruling requiring EU states to recognize legal gender changes registered in another member state.
Ireland gets real credit for self-determined gender recognition. But the 2026 Trans Rights Index and Map shows the country scoring zero on healthcare and family rights — and advocates say the gap is no longer easy to ignore.
The Supreme Court of Cassation approved gender marker changes for four transgender Bulgarians last month, ending a six-year freeze forced open by an EU court ruling in March.
Prime Minister Rob Jetten joined the boats on Amsterdam's canals this weekend, a first for a sitting Dutch head of government, and used the moment to announce concrete follow-through on the country's Rainbow Ballot Agreement.
Eighteen months after same-sex marriage took effect, a long-stalled Gender Recognition Bill is back in play as Thailand's parliament reconvenes — the reform trans Thais have been waiting years for.
Portugal spent two decades as one of Europe's quiet success stories on LGBTQ+ rights. In 2026 that reputation is being tested by three bills that would unwind its self-ID law — here's where the country actually stands.
As France debates a bill to restrict medical care for trans youth, its own Defender of Rights is pushing the opposite way — and a promised reform to let minors change their gender marker remains stuck. Here's where things stand.
At May's accession conference the EU turned a long-standing 'to-do' into a closing benchmark: no partnership recognition and gender-recognition law, no finishing Cluster 1. For Albania's LGBTQ+ community — and for us, here in Tirana — that changes the math.
Same-sex activity has been legal since 1996, but North Macedonia still recognises no partnerships, has no working gender-recognition procedure, and is ignoring a binding European court ruling. With Skopje Pride set for June 20 and EU accession in play, here is where things actually stand.
A year and a half after Southeast Asia's first marriage equality law, Thailand's queer and trans movement is turning to the next frontier: legal gender recognition. And Pride season is in full swing while they push.
Two months after Portugal's parliament voted 151-79 to advance three sweeping anti-trans bills, the legislation is still in the Committee on Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees. The delay is not an accident — and it is not a win, either.
TGEU's annual trans rights ranking arrived this week alongside ILGA-Europe's Rainbow Map. The headline: when European governments stand still or roll back protections, courts and movements are the ones moving the needle.
The CJEU's March 11 ruling told three EU member states they must offer legal gender recognition to nationals who have exercised free movement. Sixty days on, Sofia has reopened cases but passed no law. Budapest and Bratislava are openly defying the judgment.
In a landmark 340-141 vote, the European Parliament passed a resolution affirming the full recognition of trans women as women — a symbolic but significant rebuke to the global anti-trans backlash.
A Romanian court ruled that the state must issue a new birth certificate to Arian Mirzarafie-Ahi, a trans man who transitioned in the UK — setting a binding precedent for all 27 EU member states.
The European Commission has launched its second LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy, a five-year roadmap targeting hate speech, conversion practices, employment discrimination, and legal gender recognition across all 27 member states.
