This guide provides a basic overview of EU directives in which trans people are protected from discrimination, including through the explicit inclusion of the grounds of “gender reassignment”, “gender identity”, or “gender expression”.

Your rights arise from a variety of sources that govern services and entitlements. This includes the Constitution of Ireland, domestic Irish laws, European Union (EU) laws, the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and international human rights law. This guide explains your rights and how to stand up for them, for example, by using complaints mechanisms.

This guide is designed to help trans people speak with their local and national elected representatives, both from a position of self advocacy, but also on broader advocacy goals surrounding trans healthcare in Ireland.