Why are Jesse Archer, Mike Ruiz, Jack Mackenroth and Perez Hilton losing their pants? Because artist Paul Richmond has enlisted their modeling services for his upcoming exhibit of male pin-up paintings called CHEESECAKE. The show, which will feature oil paintings of fourteen gay male celebrities, opens at the Center on Halsted in Chicago this June.

According to Richmond, "It intrigues me that it was almost exclusively women who were depicted as hapless victims of comical wardrobe malfunctions in early pin-up art. Those ladies couldn't even walk down the street without their skirts blowing up or their underwear falling down (or both!). Meanwhile, male pin-ups by artists like Tom of Finland were generally afforded more control over their sexy shenanigans. I believe gravity and other forces conspiring to rob people of their clothing should take an equal-opportunity approach."

Brendon Riley, Chief Executive Officer of IBM UK, and Vice Admiral Alan Massey Second Sea Lord, Royal Navy both used their keynote speeches to call on employers keep focused on workplace equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff at Stonewall’s workplace conference, supported by Barclays.

Vice Admiral Alan Massey Second Sea Lord, Royal Navy said ‘Changing behaviours takes some time. Changing the underlying attitudes and culture takes a whole lot longer. The continued engagement of the LGBT community is vitally important to us to ensure that it becomes an embedded part of our business, a fundamental part of a fair leadership culture.’

Antony Grey Jenkins, Chief Executive of Global Retail Banking, Barclays said ‘Organisations that focus on diversity tend to be higher performing organisations than those that don’t. People take their lead from what they see around them. Creating a workplace where all colleagues are able to be themselves is absolutely critical to the overall wellbeing of any business.’

Stonewall's annual 10k Equality Walk takes place on Bank Holiday Sunday May 2, starting at Brighton's Pavilion Gardens. This year's walk is building on the success of the 2009 walk which attracted over 400 walkers. Supported by American Express the seventh annual walk is in aid of Stonewall’s work to stamp out homophobic bullying in schools.

Registration for the walk is just £10. Walkers receive a goody bag and special edition t-shirt, and can enjoy entertainment on the day. All participants need to do is raise more than the registration fee with prizes for the top fundraising individuals and groups.

Once registered, Stonewall encourages all walkers to fundraise to support the campaign to end homophobic bullying in schools. There’s also a top fundraising prize - a luxury weekend for two in Paris including business-class travel on Eurostar, two nights' stay in a luxury hotel and £500 spending money. This fantastic prize comes courtesy of American Express Business Travel.

The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association is proud to present the UK premiere screening of "La Folle histoire d'amour de Simon Eskenazy" - English title "He's my Girl" - a poignant love story and comedy.

Simon is an Ashkenazi Jew and a celebrated performer of Jewish traditional music. His life is turned upside down when he meets and falls in love with Naim, a young Arab who is both deeply Muslim and someone who in a heartbeat can transform himself into a femme fatale: the artist of his own life, inventing all kinds of different characters. Meanwhile Simon is still "looking for himself" when his own desire takes him by surprise. He never thought he'd fall madly in love with such an extravagant, wise, crazy man/woman.

The BBC has announced the six acts hoping to take part in music's biggest annual extravaganza as they compete to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in Your Country Needs You! on Friday 12 March 2010 at 8.30pm on BBC One.

Performing live in the studio, the Eurovision hopefuls will be out to impress Pete Waterman – producing this year's entry with long-time collaborator Mike Stock – plus a specially-selected panel consisting of Pete, with last year's UK entrant Jade Ewen and performance-judge supremo Bruno Tonioli.

They will hear four solo singers, one all-girl trio and a five-piece group – all vying for the opportunity to sing for the UK in Oslo this May.

Pete Waterman says: "So far we've got the song and we've got six acts – now all we're waiting for is the public to get behind the search for the UK entry and then we can really get to work. But we're in it together and myself and Mike Stock are proud to be involved."