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Transgender Europe. A bit of history. Vienna 2005: "First European TransGender Council on Civil and Political Rights". Structure TGEU. Transgender Europe. Found on the first European Transgender Council in Vienna in 2005 75 member organizations in 35 countries
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A bit of history... Vienna 2005: "First European TransGender Council on Civil and Political Rights"
Transgender Europe Found on the first European Transgender Council in Vienna in 2005 75 member organizations in 35 countries advocating for and promoting of trans* persons' rights, capacity building, awareness raising, research
Key Activities – European Transgender Council 5th European Transgender Council 1 – 4 May 2014 Budapest
Key Activities – support local trans groups [Poster reads: Immediate release of Yasar! Residencial Rights for all!] Austria, Vienna 2011
Key Activities - Resources • Facebook.com/TransRightsEurope • Twitter.com/TGEUorg • Trans-Info-Europe list (500 subscribers in Europe and beyond) • Facebook Group “Trans Rights Europe”
Key Activities - Research [transrespect versus transphobia worldwide research project: global map of murdered trans people 2008 – 2011]
Lessons learnt Advocacy vs Community Building? Transgender vs Transsexual vs ... ? More is less! Size the Opportunity! Accountability