TGEU The ProTrans project cases and issues. Several of the organisations involved cial procedure for trans women to change their gender 1. A perpetrator shot his girlfriend in the chest with a Mobilisation strategies against transphobic violence in ProTrans in the project have offered their already existing servic- marker on their identity documents. hunting rifle and buried her in the vineyard he worked Because violence is part of everyday life, mobilisation es to trans victims of violence. Apart from its already at. After the killer confessed his crime to both his family against it is centred on ordinary lived experiences. established services, including psychosocial help, infor- GENDERDOC-M in Moldova focused on strengthen- and the military police, the military police found victim’s Whether that resistance is located in a city, a prison or a mational and legal counselling, Transvanilla has been ing its outreach to the trans community. It held eight body. The victim is said to have received her female university, whether it takes the form of movement and able to refer victims to free psychological care and legal bimonthly meetings on various topics, including trans- identity card only a month and a half earlier. (Turkey) community building or providing support to trans peo- assistance by participating in this coalition phobic violence for the trans community, facilitated a For the record ple, it is persistent and strategic, and it sometimes goes unnoticed by the broader society. In other cases, resist- In the hostile environment of Kyrgyzstan, Labrys chose International Transgender Day of Remembrance, or- which does not respect her gender identity. After her ance is organised and public, and it actively engages to mobilise international support to have the Gay Prop- ganised another movie screening and supported the father was admitted to the hospital, she was blamed by public discourse, legal systems and institutional power. aganda Bill, which would have criminalised the promo- trans solidarity flashmob 9 held on the occasion of the tion of LGBTI rights, withdrawn. Labrys submitted a International Transgender Day of Visibility. The idea for ProTrans has seen several forms of resistance unfolding shadow report to the UN’s Committee on the Elimina- the flashmob came from a human-rights activist whose 3. A trans woman was leaving her house with her guest, prior to, during and beyond the project period: partners tion of Violence against Women (CEDAW), which in- 18-year-old daughter is transgender. Another activity, her cousin’s wife, when the cousin (male, 50 years old), have provided legal and psychosocial support to commu- cluded information about institutionalised government the multimedia collective reading performance 10 held who was quite drunk, approached them and shouted at nity members who were confronted with different types discrimination against LBTI people in areas such as the on International Coming Out Day, featured personal his wife: “You were in a faggot’s house!” Other people of direct discrimination and violence and challenged legal recognition of transgender people, hate speech stories of transsexual individuals from Moldova. were present on the street at the time and heard the structural and institutional violence that affects the entire and crimes against LBTI communities, as well as every- comment. (Serbia) trans community. They organised community meetings to day rights violations faced by LBTI people at the hands Gayten-LGBT in Serbia used the collected cases to define anti-violence strategies, used the arts to reach out of state institutions – law-enforcement agencies, med- demonstrate how transphobia affects trans people’s to the wider public and educate them on trans issues and ical institutions, civil-registry offices and border servic- lives in the country by presenting a policy paper on the The locations in which these incidents occur also indi- engaged with civil society and international human-rights es. The document details violent incidents against trans situation of trans people in Serbia before the National cate that public spaces in general are not safe places for bodies to gather support for their cause. The following ex- people collected through the ProTrans monitoring pro- Assembly. Additionally, Gayten-LGBT established a close trans people. Public spaces and sex-work venues con- amples provide illustrations of the various advocacy tools cess. The Committee addressed the situation of at-risk alliance with Sloboda Prava, a Belgrade-based sex-work- stitute half of the locations in which transphobic hate partners capitalised on during ProTrans. groups, including transgender women, in its Concluding ers’ organisation, to address the violence faced by trans Observations to the government of Kyrgyzstan and sex workers in the country in an intersectional way. her relatives and beaten by them. (Hungary) crimes occurred. + 22 + movie screening and discussion on the occasion of the 2. The victim is regularly verbally abused by her family, Transvanilla in Hungary joined an initiative run by the recommended that the state ensure access to sustain- Ebony African Organisation called the Coalition against able and non-discriminatory services, such as shelters, The LGBT community in Turkey has seen several nega- Hate Violence in Hungary 8. The project has initiated a sexual and reproductive health services, legal aid and tive developments during ProTrans. Istanbul Pride was wide range of collaboration and cooperation strategies counselling and employment for all women, in particu- massively attacked by police forces with teargas, water among different minorities in order to fight hate crimes lar women facing intersecting forms of discrimination, cannons and plastic bullets on 28 June 2015. Several and provide help to victims of hate incidents. For Trans- and that it protect them from violence, abuse and ex- people were injured and taken to the hospital. Shortly vanilla, joining the coalition was an important step in ploitation. Furthermore, it urged the state to finalise and after the incident, Kemal Ördek, co-founder of the Red fostering long-term and widespread attention to trans adopt an expeditious, transparent and accessible offi- Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association, + 23 +