The Gay International Group is an organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland that offers an informal meeting space for gay men, expatriates, internationals or tourists in Geneva and the region. Only organization dealing with homosexuality to be officially registered at the Geneva Welcome Center of Geneva, it totals more than 500 members from more than 100 countries and all continents, mainly from the UN and its agencies, covering a wide range of professional interests. The group was created in 1994 by Yves de Matteis, a Geneva gay militant, and is affiliated to the LGBT organisation 360 (member, at the Swiss level, of Pink Cross, and, at the international level, of ILGA)