Vision

Transgender Europe envisions a Europe free from discrimination, where each person can live according to their gender identity and gender expression without interference and where trans people and their families are respected and valued.

Mission

TGEU works for the equality of all trans people in Europe.

• They give trans people a voice in Europe
• They advocate for trans people’s human rights
• They raise awareness on issues trans people are facing
• They support a strong trans movement
• They conduct and encourage research for the benefit of trans people
• They are an active part of the international trans movement

History

TGEU was established on the first European Transgender Council in Vienna in November 2005 and formally registered as an Austrian charitable organisation 14 months later. Run as a volunteer organisation for many years TGEU established itself as legitimate voice of the trans community in Europe.

In 2008 they acquired their first independent project based funding, however it took until 2009 to hire first project staff (to implement the TvT project). In 2012 the General Assembly held in Dublin decided to move the seat of the organisation to Berlin, a process that was finalized with the closing of the Austrian association at the General Assembly held in Budapest in 2014.

Today, TGEU has an office in Berlin, ten members of staff and a Steering Committee of nine volunteers governing the organisation. They successfully continue to combine advocacy work on the European level with work on the national level in partnership with their members with and for local communities.