Hey girl, hey! Make way for Mr. Gay. This Friday marks the second annual Mr. Gay Philadelphia contest, brought to you by the illustrious Bruce Yelk of Nightlifegay.com. This year's contest (don't call it a pageant) is hosted in conjunction with Buckmonkey.net and promises to be a spectacular evening of entertainment and heated competition as Philly's hottest men strut their stuff and show some brotherly love for appreciative audience members. Hosts for this year's event......

Equality Forum 2008 kicked off yesterday with a VIP reception at City Hall, marking the beginning of a week of presentations, panel discussions and, of course, parties. Panel topics run the gamut from body image and health issues in the GLBT community to politics and legal concerns. For those seeking culture as well as knowledge, an art exhibit is on display throughout the week at University of the Arts, while Hedwig and the Angry Inch......

We're guessing most of you are hungover from St. Patrick's Day. We are too. But still, we're going to muddle on through our green haze and give you (drum roll please...) this Week In -ists. We start with SFist which broke the -ist record for comments with nearly 500 comments on a post about our Mayor's girlfriend. She responded back on charges that she's not a "girl's girl" and, whoo boy-- the floodgates? They......

Turns out that Philadelphia is less angry than many people expected (comparatively speaking). However, we did make the top 10 in America's Drunkest Cities. Clearly, we're drunks of the "I love you guys," variety, rather than the bottle neck-smashing variety. The teeny-tiny robots are coming! Well...funds for them are, anyway. The Nanotechnology Institute has just been awarded $3.5 million in grant money. As everything we know about nanotech comes from Star Trek: The Next Generation......

- Identity fraud seems to be the hot crime this week. The feds shut down SIX separate id-theft related crime rings this week, and a would-be rapist got access to a building by claiming he was an FBI agent (allegedly). It's enough to make Phillyist paranoid. - July has gotten the dubious honor of being the deadliest month of the year. Let's hope none of the remaining month's in 2006 attempt to steal that......

About two weeks ago, the Phillyist Editorial Staff received a press release that AOL City Guide had ranked Philadelphia's best dining and nightlife. We read through every single category and even tried out some of the places on the list. It's not Zagat, but it's not bad. Here's our take on AOL's take. As Philly residents, we thought we'd be more than qualified to respond. Jim's Take The Down Home Diner made fourth place on......

Frugal in Philly is a weekly celebration of all things Philly that are fun, frugal (costing $10 or less), or free! Stop here each week to see what Philly's got to offer for those of us who haven't quite mastered the art of becoming Independently Wealthy (although believe us, we're trying). Featured Pick of the Week: Scaryoke In honor of Phillyist's favorite holiday, we're delving into the darker side of Philadelphia's nightlife to spotlight Scaryoke......