For transgender individuals, the dream of seamless travel and residence across EU member states is often undermined by a patchwork of legal and bureaucratic barriers surrounding recognition standards of gender identities that vary widely across EU states. These inconsistent regulations of gender recognition create significant obstacles for transgender individuals. While some member states have progressive laws allowing for self-determination of gender markers in passports or else, without medical or psychological intervention, others impose difficult or inhumane requirements such as mandatory sterilisation or prolonged psychological evaluations.