Despite the lobbying attempts since 2014, the Ministry of Justice remains reluctant to change the existing practice of legal gender recognition for transgender persons. A round table meeting dedicated to legal gender recognition was held in cooperation with the Georgian Human Rights Secretariat and the Council of Europe’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Unit on the 29th of November 2016. Representatives of Transgender Europe, the European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA-Europe), WISG, the Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre (EMC), members of transgender community as well as representatives of Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia took part in the event. While no concrete plans of working on a solution to the issue were agreed at the meeting, we believe that the discussion that took place is a step forward towards better cooperation between the authorities responsible and the organisations working on the rights of transgender persons. Transition procedures for transgender persons are also an enormous grey area, where it is left for doctors to decide what tests they will require to “diagnose” a trans person and the way in which they GEORGIA Georgian legislation is not explicitly repressive towards transgender persons, however, many issues relevant to the group are not regulated by law. While changing one’s name is very easy, legal gender recognition is only possible after “full gender reassignment surgery”, even if it is not directly required in any Georgian law and even though no law, decree or standing order defines what “full gender reassignment surgery” is. FOR THE RECORD 2016 | 19 Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG) is a feminist organisation working on LGBT issues in Georgia. The primary aim of the organisation is to empower lesbians, bisexual women and transgender persons. Along with being a grassroots organisation, WISG is also a major expert when it comes to advocating for the improvement of the legal situation of LGBT people in Georgia. Since 2014, WISG has been actively working on the issue of legal gender recognition and access to transition procedures for transgender persons.