SAN DIEGO — The Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF) will hold its Proud Hearts Reach Out service events across the nation on Saturday, Oct. 9, ahead of National Coming Out Week.

Community service events will take place in cities across the United States.

In San Diego, where the organization is headquartered, volunteers will begin a canyon restoration project. ESF volunteers will assist the San Diego Park and Recreation Department in restoring the Gonzalez Canyon in Del Mar from 9 a.m. to noon.

This fall season, The San Diego LGBT Community Center has something for everyone! No matter what strikes your passion and heart most deeply, there are a menu of giving opportunities to help support the 46,000 service visits for LGBT San Diegans that we provide every year.

Rapper 50 Cent made a joke about violence against gays in his Twitter feed on Sept. 6, in response to an insult made by Perez Hilton.

As reported by AfterElton and Queerty, after Hilton referred to him as a “douchebag,” 50 Cent responded on Twitter, saying:

“Perez Hilton calld me douchebag so I had my homie shoot up a gay wedding. wasnt his but still made me feel better. “

The tweet was accompanied by a photo of two men in suits running from an angry mob.

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.