States must better protect the rights of trans individuals, said a report released on Thursday by the Council of Europe. “States have the primary responsibility to lift the barriers trans people are facing in exercising their human rights,” Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatović said as she released a new report entitled “Human rights and gender identity and expression.” Despite the increased visibility of trans people and the significant progress made across Europe, there are “shockingly high rates of discrimination, violence and insecurity trans people experience in thei…