Alina Tryfonidou

Legal Gender Recognition and Free Movement in the EU

New on @verfassungsblog.de !
My take on AG de la Tour’s Opinion in C-43/24 Shipov on whether refusing legal gender recognition and leaving trans citizens unable to change their ID documents violates EU free movement law.
Read here verfassungsblog.de/ag-opinion-s...
#EULaw #transrights #LGBTI

Quote from Alina Tryfonidou's blog post: “The Advocate General appears to adopt a 'safe' route. While he safeguards the effective exercise of free movement rights, he does so with the least possible intrusion into national competences.”

In 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘰𝘷, the European Court of Justice is asked to determine the extent of trans citizens' gender recognition rights under EU law.

ALINA TRYFONIDOU defends Advocate General de la Tour's opinion in the case.

verfassungsblog.de/ag-opinion-shipov

Highly recommending this important piece by the fantastic @alinatryfonidou.bsky.social on the recent AG opinion on trans Union citizens' gender recognition and free movement rights!

Excited to speak tomorrow in Malta at the Conference on “Ensuring equality for rainbow families in Europe”. I’ll be addressing the European legal landscape for #RainbowFamilies. For details & to follow the livestream 👉 pace.coe.int/en/pages/con...

#Equality #LGBTI

Flying to Lund tomorrow for the SNELS European Legal Studies Workshop. I'll be giving a keynote on Commission v Malta. Looking fwd to exploring this much-debated case and exchanging views with colleagues from across Europe and beyond www.snef.se/en/activity/...

On First View: @alinatryfonidou.bsky.social discusses the Court of Justice's ruling in Mirin on the cross-border recognition of changes in legal sex of transgender persons.

Read open access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Your Friday read 👇

🚨 Hot off the press! My latest piece in EuConst analyses the ECJ’s landmark ruling in Mirin (C-4/23), which requires full cross-border recognition of changes in legal gender in the EU - a huge win for #TransRights. Read here (open access): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Contributed to @osce_odihr’s legal opinion on Bulgaria’s 2024 legislation, which effectively bans so-called “LGBT propaganda” in education. The Opinion raises concerns regarding the law's compliance with international human rights standards.
Read here 👉 www.osce.org/files/f/docu...

New publication alert! Two case notes (in Greek):

Mirin – cross-border recognition of legal gender change under EU law www.qualex.gr/el-GR/periex...

ΜΠρΑθ 1407/2025 – recognition of same-sex parenthood under Greek law www.qualex.gr/el-GR/periex...

PS: Longer Mirin analysis soon in EuConstLRev!

Ισότητα στη θεωρία ή στην πράξη; Πώς κατοχυρώνονται τα ΛΟΑΤΚΙ+ δικαιώματα σε Ελλάδα και Ευρώπη - NOMIKI BIBLIOTHIKI Daily Πόσο κατοχυρωμένα είναι τα δικαιώματα των ΛΟΑΤΚΙ+ ατόμων στη σύγχρονη Ευρώπη και ειδικά στην Ελλάδα;

Pride month in Greece! daily.nb.org/featured/iso...

Discussing Comm v Hungary: AG Ćapeta Opinion published today at @alinatryfonidou.bsky.social seminar in🇬🇧London: curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
❗️What an honour to see my work with @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social & @kimlanelaw.bsky.social cited in the Opinion‼️
@ceudeminst.bsky.social

On my way to Newcastle for this excellent Workshop 👇🏻

The ECJ ruled today that Malta’s golden passport scheme violates EU law by commercialising Union citizenship.
🔗 curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

A few years ago I argued this in a short chapter 👉 www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/e... (pm me for a copy)

Op-Ed: “AG De La Tour’s familiar Detour: same-sex Marriages contracted in… | Alina Tryfonidou Resharing my latest blog post analysing the Advocate General’s Opinion in C-713/23, Cupriak-Trojan and Trojan, a case with potentially far-reaching implications for the cross-border recognition of sam...

I’m pleased to share my latest blog post analysing the Advocate General’s Opinion in C-713/23, Cupriak-Trojan and Trojan, a case with potentially far-reaching implications for the cross-border recognition of same-sex marriages for all legal purposes under EU law.

eulawlive.com/op-ed-ag-de-...

Join us in May in beautiful Padova (or online!) for this excellent series of LGBTIQ+ seminars! Huge thanks to Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, Giuridiche e Studi Internazionali - Università di Padova and the Human Rights Centre - University of Padova for hosting us!

Very positive AG Opinion in an extremely important case (the sequel to Coman!). The full text of the Opinion is available here: curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

On my way to Dublin!

We welcome the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe's resolution calling for Georgia to repeal its anti-LGBTI law, which severely restricts information about LGBTI people and directly harms their rights and freedoms search.coe.int/cm/eng?i=090...

I look fwd to speaking about the #ECJ 's ruling in the Mirin case (C-4/23) at the Law School @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social this Wednesday afternoon. This is a hybrid event - if you're interested in joining, see the link www.abdn.ac.uk/law/news-eve...

Thank you, Steve! 🙋🏻‍♀️

Thank you!