http://www.choike.org a portal on Southern civil societies http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/854.html The 2008 version of the map created by the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) shows the legal status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people in the world. It is release on occasion of the association’s 30th anniversary. Founded in 1978, ILGA is now a federation of over 600 groups in over 90 countries campaigning for LGBTI rights. http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/1197.html Sexual rights are an important battlefield in our fight against poverty. Our work for inclusion and for the realisation of the rights of excluded people cannot be complete if we don’t consider sexual rights as a necessary element that affects many other domains of development work. Taking sexuality into consideration means to have respect for the people that we work with and to treat them as citizens. http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/1029.html Homophobic laws are still in place in many African states, violating the fundamental rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people. On the occasion of the Europe-Africa meeting in Lisbon (December 2007), Pan Africa ILGA, (African region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association), ILGA-Europe and ILGA together with a number of human rights organizations call on European and African governments to clearly state that LGBT rights are human rights and to adopt the Yogyakarta Principles, which are an authoritative compilation of those fundamental rights.