Julia Ehrt is the Executive Director at ILGA World, The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association; a global federation of more than 2,000 member organisations from 170 countries.
Before joining ILGA World, Julia was the Executive Director of Transgender Europe, where she contributed to how trans issues are perceived and debated today in Europe and beyond; served as a founding Steering Committee member of the International Trans Fund (ITF), and as a board member of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID); as a member of the Board of Directors of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, and a signatory to the Yogyakarta Principles plus 10.