TGEU The ProTrans project Implementing organisations GENDERDOC-M Information Centre is Moldova’s only Gayten-LGBT, founded in Belgrade in 2001, is the first community-based LGBT advocacy organisation. Estab- all-inclusive LGBTIQ organisation in Serbia, and the lished in 1998, it has grown into a reputable organisation first organisation in Serbia to acknowledge and base its that works nationally and regionally, and is considered a work primarily on gender identity and expression, and resource centre for other LGBT organisation in former not only on sexual orientation. Besides working directly Soviet countries. GENDERDOC-M provides free direct with beneficiaries through its various services – an LGB- informational, psychological, legal, support and health TIQ helpline; a trans-support group; and peer, legal and services to the local LGBT community, families of LGBT psychological consultations, both in-person and online people and other stakeholders, and it works extensively – Gayten-LGBT also works with various stakeholders with various professional groups. One of its core activi- on gender-identity, trans, intersex and queer issues. In ties is strategic litigation in the areas of hate speech, bi- 2013, Gayten-LGBT presented a model law on gender as-motivated violence, discrimination and legal gender identity intended to promote the rights of trans people, recognition. and it is currently advocating for its adoption in Serbia’s National Assembly. “The main impact of the ProTrans project on GENDERDOC-M T + 10 + is that the organisation has finally expanded its activities with “The ProTrans project provided Gayten-LGBT with the oppor- and for the trans community, thereby making itself a more tunity to focus on monitoring hate crimes and discrimination trans-inclusive and trans-sensitive organisation, thanks to the against trans people in Serbia in a more systematic way, and to increased outreach to trans and gender-nonconforming people. develop an online monitoring tool and database to record and an- Of course, this is the minimum any organisation claiming to work alyse those incidents. The data collected through the project has ransgender Europe (TGEU) is a charitable European and international levels. We advocate for for the entire LGBT community should meet. However, it be- been communicated to stakeholders as part of our advocacy for non-governmental human-rights network that better protection from violence, access to healthcare comes quite challenging to meet this minimum when there’s no the adoption of the gender-identity law, as well as to raise aware- works for the protection of trans persons’ human rights. and quick, accessible and transparent legal gender rec- staff member or volunteer who identifies as trans or gender-non- ness of the situation of trans people in Serbia.” TGEU has 78 member organisations in 40 countries in ognition at the international level and, together with conforming. A lot of work needs to be done for trans people by Europe, including Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The our members, at the national level. 2) Capacity Build- GENDERDOC-M, including ensuring the adoption of a legal Jelena Vidić mission of TGEU is to work for the improvement of the ing, for and with trans organisations: we regularly train gender-recognition mechanism based on modern human-rights Website: http://www.transserbia.org/ situation of trans people across Europe. Since 2005, we our members in organisational development and pro- standards and the availability of adequate trans healthcare. It is Email: have combined advocacy work aimed at European in- vide research data, advocacy tools and direct support clear that this work cannot be done without the direct participa- stitutions with work at the national level, in partnership to trans-rights organisations in Europe. 3) Through the tion of trans people themselves, and this is what we are working with our members, and with and for local communities. Transrespect versus Transphobia (TvT) project, TGEU on now in Moldova.” Our key activities are as follows. 1) Human-rights Ad- has gained extensive experience in empowering peer vocacy: TGEU raises awareness of trans issues and the research and training at the global level. Artiom Zavadovsky human-rights violations faced by trans persons among Website: http://www.tgeu.org Website: http://www.gdm.md/ decision-makers, policymakers and civil society at the Email: Email: tgeu@tgeu.org gayten@gmail.com info@gdm.md + 11 +