Since the initial steps for the Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide (TvT) research project were taken in the spring of 2009, more than 200 people from over 100 countries have helped in shaping and developing this project. They provided Transgender Europe’s (TGEU) TvT research team with research data and contacts; agreed to do interviews, counselling, reviews of our questionnaires, translations and proof reading; collaborated in organising events and the layout and design of advocacy materials, publications and the website; offered general support and research grants; cooperated in regional research; organising and implementing the research in local contexts, generating data and tools of analysis, analysing the data; and gave various other forms of direct and indirect support. Without these people, the TvT research project would not have been possible.

We would therefore like to express our sincere gratitude and acknowledge these people in alphabetical order. Those who for safety reasons or because we were not able to gain consent cannot be mentioned by name are listed with aliases or as ‘Anonymous’. We have tried our best to name all those who have helped us. Should we erroneously have forgotten to mention anyone, we very much regret our oversight and apologise sincerely.

Tamara Adrián (Venezuela), Silvan Agius (Belgium), Edward Akerboom (Germany), Lisbeth Garly Anderson (Denmark), Brenda Alegre (Philippines), Aless Amparo (Philippines), Belissa Andia Pérez (Peru), Anonymous (Belize, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Cook Islands, Germany, India, Jamaica, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, St. Vincent, Suriname, Tokelau, Turkey), Anna Jonna Ármannsdóttir (Iceland), Natyra Avdiu (Kosovo), Nicolas Beger (Belgium), S. Benes (Germany), Aditya Bondyopadhyay (India), Hua Boonyapisomparn (Thailand), Natasha Boshkova (Macedonia), Whitney Quanita Booysen (South Africa), Jack Byrne (New Zealand), Mauro Cabral (Argentina), Seanel Caparas (Philippines), Jessa Carlson (Philippines), Venkatesan Chakrapani (India), Pedro Costa (Germany), C. Joy Cruz (Philippines), Masen Davis (USA), Daniel D’Esposito (Switzerland), Tamás Dombos (Hungary), Wiktor Dynarski (Poland), Lena Eckert (Germany), Kai Egener (Germany), Julia Ehrt (Germany), Lisa Eichhorn (Germany), Justus Eisfeld (USA), Juliette-Valentin Emmerson (Germany), Nick Evera (Papua New Guinea), Leilani Fainga’a (Tonga), Eva Fels (Austria), Isabel Ferreira (Brazil), Naomi Fontanos (the Philippines), Stein Wolff Frydenlund (Norway), Rob Garner (Mongolia), Hender Gercio (Philippines), Andres Gonzalez Axthammer (Germany), Alberto Roque Guerra (Cuba), Deyone Milana Guiseppi, Patsy E. Grannum (Barbados), Andrej Habjan (Slovenia), Thomas Hamilton (New Zealand), Mathilde Haubricht (Germany), Michael Heflin (USA), Berno Hellmann (Germany), Andres Hoyos (USA), Peter Hyndal (Australia), Gabriella ‘Ilolahia (Tonga), Vilai ‘Ilolahia (Tonga), Jaina Jalaluddin (India), Rena Janamnuaysook (Thailand), Orin Ivelaw Jerrick (Antigua and Barbuda), Princess Jimenez (Philippines), Chai Jindasurat (USA), Julius Kaggwa (Uganda), Chayothon Kansaen (Thailand), Ashoke Row Kavi (India), Polikalepo Kefu (Tonga), Akekarin Kerdsoong (Thailand), Kath Khangpiboon (Thailand), Anna Kirey (USA), Kseniya Kirichenko (Russia), Thamar Klein (Germany), Richard Koehler (Germany), Ins A Kromminga (Germany), S. Lamble (UK), Agniva Lahiri (India), Joel LeDeroff (Belgium), Roz Lee (USA), Seung-hyun Lee (South Korea), Yasmin Margaret Lee (the Philippines), Laura Leprince (France), Joanne Leung (China), Emiliano Litardo (Argentina), Leona Lo (Singapore), Micah Ludeke (USA), Dawn Madrona (the Philippines), Majorie Marchi (Brazil), Aya Masyo (Japan), Joleen Mataele (Tonga), Cat McIlroy (Ireland), Jana Mittag (Germany), Skipper Mogapi (Botswana), Joz Motmans (Belgium), Luiz Mott (Brazil), Daniel Moure (Germany), Chan Grey Mubanga (Zambia), Victor Mukasa (South Africa), Siddharth Narain (India), Pia Nielsen (Denmark), Samuel Laeticia Opio (Uganda), Kemal Ördek (Turkey), Daniyar Orsekov (Kyrgyzstan), Rica Paras (the Philippines) Yatin Patel (India), Nunthachai Phupoget (Thailand), Kenita Placide (St. Lucia), Fábio Queiroz (Spain/Brazil), Charles Radcliffe (USA), Kristian Randjelovic (Serbia), Sepesa Rasili (Fiji), Siwadon Rattanaket (Thailand), Alecs Recher (Switzerland), Jarad Ringer (USA), Andrés Rivera Duarte (Chile), Samuel Rutherford (Australia), Philippa Ryder (Ireland), Charlese Saballe (Philippines), Brigite Salvatore (Philippines), Ronnapoom Samakkeekarom (Thailand), Moritz Sander (Germany), Aris Sangkharom (Thailand), Sirinthip Sangsawan (Thailand), Sanja (Croatia), Amitava Sarkar (India), Shoko Sasaki (Japan), Sass Rogando Sasot (Netherlands), Satya (India), Arn Thorben Sauer (Germany), Jo Schedlbauer (Austria), Shabeena Francis Saveri (India), Vicky Sawyer (Bahamas), Erik Schneider (Luxembourg), Selina (Fiji), Joseli Maria Silva (Brazil), Yadavendra Singh (India), Piphat Sirakoat (Thailand), Adrian de Silva (Germany), Panisara Skulpichairat (Thailand), Roger Tootooalii Stanley (Samoa), Rocio Suárez (Mexico), Susan Stryker (USA), Amets Suess (Spain), Maria Sundin (Sweden), Paween Surinkham (Thailand), Carla Sutherland (USA), Jetsada Taesombat (Thailand), Honorable Salote Lupepau’u Tuita Taione (Tonga), Watcharin Tayati (Thailand), Liesl Theron (South Africa), Jedsadaporn Thongngam (Thailand), Sandra-Isabell Trautner (Germany), Benjamin Trott (Germany), Agabe Tu’inukuafe (Tonga), Beyonce Tushabe (Uganda), Roman Tyčka Kollárik (Slovakia), Aniruddhan Vasudevan (India), Pablo Vergara Pérez (Spain), J. Vreer Verkerke (the Netherlands), Rosanna Viano (Italy), Jelena Vidic (Serbia), Carolin Vierneisel (Germany), Wang Leijun (China), Stephen Whittle (UK), Sam Winter (Australia), Azusa Yamashita (Japan), Mitch Yussuf (Malaysia), Jiangang Zhao (China), Katarina Župevc (Slovenia).