The right to move and reside freely is the cornerstone of European Union citizenship, established by EU law and the Free Movement Directive (2004/38/ EC).2 In its 2009 guidelines on the transposition and application of the Directive, the European Commission affirmed that this right.TGEU welcomes these commitments. This report seeks to support the Commission in its undertakings by sharing evidence on the specific barriers of trans parents and their families in cross-border situations. For the purposes of this report, TGEU conducted semi-structured interviews with 18 trans parents and two organisations in February and March 2021. In accordance with the scope of this report, we are including the testimonies of 16 trans parents.TGEU has found that the experiences of trans parents in the area of free movement are very much influenced by the national laws of Member States, including on legal gender recognition, access to reproductive health and rights, and partnership and parenthood recognition
