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About us

Who are we?

Founded in 2018, Fransgenre was born from the observation that many people were unable to access in-person support organisations, while no alternative options were available at the time.

An online organisation provides these people with peer support and regular contact with other trans people, allowing them to support one another, share information, help each other and reduce isolation.

An online approach also makes it possible to centralise and share resources and information about gender transition, in order to provide the best possible support to people across France and more, without focusing on any particular city, department or region.

Why operate online?

Physical spaces are not always accessible to everyone, particularly disabled people, people experiencing financial hardship, those with social anxiety, speech difficulties, or simply those who live far from major cities. Yet these people have just as much need for information and support as those who are able to attend in-person organisations.

Online spaces help these people access the support and information they need. They also make it possible to gather information from across France and share resources more widely.

In addition, online spaces do not require the same financial resources as physical premises. This allows us to offer memberships, activities and training all for free, while making it possible for people to participate from home. Our organisation and support are therefore accessible every day, almost 24 hours a day.

Our values

Fransgenre is an intersectional feminist organisation.

We denounce systemic forms of oppression, including transphobia, intersexphobia and anti-LGBTQIA+ discrimination more broadly, as well as racism and ableism.

We stand against the prison system, the police, the criminalisation of sex work and drug use. We advocate for full and total bodily autonomy for all, and we stand against far-right rhetoric and values, which are harmful to trans and LGBTI+ rights, particularly those of our non-white siblings.

We do not recognize SOFECT / FPATH as a legitimate authority for the provision of transition-related care.

Our organisation is based on principles shared by its members, which guide our actions and reflections:

  • Respect and recognition of the diversity of trans and intersex experiences.
  • Respect for the self-determination of trans and intersex people.
  • Making transition-related care and support more accessible to anyone who wishes to pursue one or more aspects of transition, in whatever form it may take, whether they are trans, detransitioned and/or intersex, or none of these.
  • Defending the rights of trans and intersex people.
  • A positive understanding of trans identities and intersex experiences.
  • Opposition to the pathologisation of our identities.

Our demands

We call for:

  • The effective depathologisation and depsychiatrisation of trans identities
  • A ban on intersex genital mutilation and forced medical interventions imposed on intersex people, as well as the prosecution and conviction of the healthcare professionals responsible for these acts
  • Training for all healthcare professionals on trans identities and intersex variations, in line with the recommendations of organisations led by and representing the people concerned.
  • The dissolution of so-called "official" teams
  • Simplified access to hormone therapy and surgeries
  • Full reimbursement of gender-affirming medical care, and the recognition of gender transition-related hormone treatments as approved medical indications
  • Measures to address shortages and discontinuations of our hormone treatments
  • Authorisation for injectable oestrogen products to be marketed, and simplified procedures for their importation
  • Legal gender recognition based solely on the person’s own declaration
  • The repeal of the 2016 law commonly known as the “client penalisation law” concerning sex work, as well as the Darmanin asylum and immigration law
  • The removal of sex markers from civil status records
  • The complete removal of previous first names and sex markers from birth certificates after they have been changed
  • Access to assisted reproductive technology (ART) for trans people, regardless of whether they have changed their legal gender
  • Measures allowing trans minors to freely live according to their gender identity, even without parental consent
  • Stronger laws protecting trans and intersex people from discrimination

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