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Executive Director

Julia Ehrt

Julia Ehrt (she/her) is the Executive Director at ILGA World and a widely respected LGBTI advocate and community leader. Before joining ILGA World she was the Executive Director of Transgender Europe where she contributed significantly to how trans issues are perceived and debated today in Europe and beyond. She served as a founding Steering Committee […]

Bio Current as of: September 19, 2025

Julia Ehrt (she/her) is the Executive Director at ILGA World and a widely respected LGBTI advocate and community leader.

Before joining ILGA World she was the Executive Director of Transgender Europe where she contributed significantly to how trans issues are perceived and debated today in Europe and beyond. She served as a founding Steering Committee member of the International Trans Fund (ITF) until 2019, severd as a board member of the Association for Womens’ Rights in Development (AWID) for six years, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice and is a signatory to the Yogyakarta Principles plus 10.

Julia holds a PhD in mathematics and lives with her partner and child in Berlin.

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