Trans-Fuzja Foundation

Trans-Fuzja Foundation is devoted to a wide range of activities aimed to help the Polish transgender community. From supporting them with psychological help (both professional and self-help groups), legal advisory, through educating the public opinion on medical issues and structural definitions from the so-called “gender identity disorders” and also on the non-normative identities, free from the pathologizing medical discourse, to creating a real-life safe space for the Polish trangender community. In 2012 we plan to expand our work to include both intersex and queer issues.

We are a part of ILGA-Europe, TGEU, ANSO and IGLYO. Among our funders are MamaCash and OSI.

our partners

The Coalition for Advancement of Lesbian Business in Africa (CALBiA) was initiated as a response to violence against lesbian women in Africa.

The program is designed to promote equality for lesbian women and transgendered persons by enabling their financial independence and so improve their situation in society.

CALBiA is a long term project and a long term investment contributing to development of small and medium businesses in Africa.

CALBiA strives to give African lesbians the knowledge and tools to help themselves, and so ensure sustainable development and improvement of their lives, both professionally and personally. The mentoring and sponsorship of entrepreneurs gives rise to a middle class and increasingly sustainable economy. This project will not only promote equality but it will help women and transgendered persons to rise out of poverty.

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Warsaw discusses the needs of legal changes in the Polish gender recognition process
On April 21st, the „Gender under control” conference organized by Trans-Fuzja Foundation, with the support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation took place in Warsaw. The event was organized under official patronage of the Polish Human Rights Defender, prof. Irena Lipowicz.
Polish government soon to take on gender recognition
On November 16th 2011, the Polish Vice-Minister of Justice Zbigniew Wrona declared that new regulations for transgender people are in need.
Poland's key transgender activist to become a member of the new parliament
Official results of the Polish parliamentary elections show that Anna Grodzka, the president of Trans-Fuzja Foundation, will become the world's third transgender MP.
Poland to experience its first transgender hate speech lawsuit
On Saturday, October 2nd Anna Grodzka, the first openly transgender person to take part in the Polish parliamentary elections, has declared a civil lawsuit against Tomasz Terlikowski, a right-winged publicists who has, as Grodzka put it, disrespected her and thousands of Polish transgender citizens (...)
Polish Ombudsman inquires the Minister of Justice on the problems concerning gender recognition
On August 5th 2011 the Office of Polish Ombudsman, prof. Irena Lipowicz, has issued a detailed inquiry to the Minister of Justice, Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, on the current procedures allowing transgender people to have their gender legally recognized.