News of ECOM
July 27, 2023
Transphobic Law Adopted in Russia
On July 14, 2023, the law prohibiting transgender transition was adopted unanimously by all the deputies in the third and final reading. And on July 24, it was signed by...
June 8, 2023
Meeting of Trans People Working Group Was Held in Georgia
At the end of May, a meeting of Trans People Working Group (TPWG) on HIV and Sexual Health in EECA was held, the purpose of which was to update the...
May 31, 2023
ECOM Conducts Training for Trainers on Advocacy for Trans People's Rights
ECOM continues to develop the capacity and expertise of the LGBT community in the field of human rights advocacy. Participants of the training “Education as a component of advocacy activities”...
March 31, 2023
Transgender Day of Visibility: war through the eyes of trans people
March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility, and on this day we should all reflect and give a voice to people whose lives are made more difficult by intolerance...
March 2, 2023
Trans women sex workers migrants became first victims of new Russian anti-LGBT “propaganda” law
Is there a new anti-LGBT propaganda law? In December 2022, the new draft legislation to further restrict freedom of expression for LGBT people came into force in Russia. This version...
September 29, 2022
WPATH Releases the 8th Version of the Standards of Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People
We are pleased to announce that the new Standards of Care for transgender people have been released by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). This document will undoubtedly...
September 5, 2022
ECOM Holds a Meeting of the Regional Working Group of Trans* People
In August, a meeting of the Regional Working Group of Trans* People was held, which was organized with the financial and technical support of the “Trans*Map in EECA” project. The...
July 28, 2022
A Study Among Transgender Individuals Held in Kyrgyzstan — The First of Its Kind in Central Asia
The Republican AIDS Center of the Kyrgyz Republic published the results of a formative assessment conducted among transgender people. ECOM actively supported and was involved in the study as part...
July 26, 2022
ECOM Conducts the First Study in the EECA Region on the Level of Internalized Transphobia
Internalized transphobia still remains a “gray area” for research in the post-Soviet space. In 2021, ECOM conducted the first study in the EECA region on the level of internalized transphobia...
May 20, 2022
Depathologization of Transgenderness: Changes in the ICD-11
On April 26, ECOM organized the first round table discussion in the region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia on the depathologization of transgenderness, following the release of the new...
