Membership Types

• Full Membership: Full professional membership is available to professionals working in disciplines such as medicine, psychology, law, social work, counselling, psychotherapy, nursing, family studies, sociology, anthropology, speech and voice therapy and sexology. Full membership costs €120 per year.
• Full LIEC Membership: Low Income, Lower-Middle Income, Upper-Middle Income Economy Countries – Full membership is available for a reduced fee of €60 per year for individuals residing in low, lower-middle and upper-middle economy countries. For the current 2024 fiscal year, low-income economies are defined as those with a GNI per capita, calculated using the World Bank Atlas method, of $1,135 or less in 2022; lower middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $1,136 and $4,465; upper middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $4,466 and $13,845; high-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of $13,846 or more. – click here for 2024 fiscal year list.
• Supporting Membership: Supporting membership is available to individuals who do not work in the professional disciplines listed above, but still have an interest in being an active member of the organization. Supporting membership costs €120 per year.
• Supporting LIEC Membership: Low Income, Lower-Middle Income, Upper-Middle Income Economy Countries – Supporting membership is available for a reduced fee of €60 per year for individuals residing in least developed countries. For the current 2024 fiscal year, low-income economies are defined as those with a GNI per capita, calculated using the World Bank Atlas method, of $1,135 or less in 2022; lower middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $1,136 and $4,465; upper middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $4,466 and $13,845; high-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of $13,846 or more. – click here for 2024 fiscal year list.
• Emeritus Membership: Emeritus membership is for current members of the Association who have been full members of the Association for the previous three years consecutively and are fully retired, making them eligible for a reduced membership rate set currently at €100 per year.
• Student Membership: Student members, €35 per year, are individuals enrolled in a graduate program who, upon graduation, would be eligible for professional membership in the association. Areas of study include law, medicine, social work, counselling, psychology, speech and language therapy, public health, family studies, psychotherapy, marriage and family therapy, women/gender/queer studies, sexology, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, pharmacology and other academic and applied disciplines that contribute, or have the potential to contribute, to the well being of transgender individuals and to the field of transgender health.
• Student LIEC Membership: Low Income, Lower-Middle Income, Upper-Middle Income Economy Countries – Student membership is available for a reduced fee of €15 per year for individuals residing in least developed countries. For the current 2024 fiscal year, low-income economies are defined as those with a GNI per capita, calculated using the World Bank Atlas method, of $1,135 or less in 2022; lower middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $1,136 and $4,465; upper middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $4,466 and $13,845; high-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of $13,846 or more. – click here for 2024 fiscal year list.

All membership types carry voting privileges within the Association.