WASHINGTON, DC – The Immigration Equality Action Fund recently announced that best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert will join the organization for a Capitol Hill lobby day on September 30th.

Gilbert will visit lawmakers and request passage of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a bill to end discrimination against lesbian and gay binational couples who face separation under current U.S. immigration law.

Three celebrities -- Dick Van Patten, Jimmy Van Patten and Nicollette Sheridan -- are promoting September as National Guide Dog Month.

They are getting an assist from Guide Dogs of the Desert guide dog in training Parcel, guide dog in training Barbee, and puppy in training Alley.

Throughout September, pet parents can visit any of PETCO's more than 1,000 locations to help PETCO and Natural Balance Pet Foods achieve their goal to raise $1 million for guide dog organizations across the country.

SACRAMENTO -- Equality California said today that a record 14 measures sponsored by the organization passed during this year’s legislative session.

By partnering with the LGBT Legislative Caucus and allied lawmakers, Equality California helped secure approval of seven bills and seven resolutions, many of which included more bipartisan support than in any other year in the organization’s history.

Introduction by Nicholas Ritter of Collectif Arc-en-Ciel: Although LGBT issues are evolving in the right direction in Mauritius, it takes time. Mauritius is a VERY conservative country and also VERY religious. Therefore parents who learn that their child is gay rarely accept it and act sometime like barbarians.... Thanks to the courage of those girls and the media support this strory finished with a happy end. Thank God we are still in a democracy even if sometime its smell like banana.