Author: Matt Guerin

I’m very pleased that John Tory has stepped forward to run for mayor of Toronto.  This offers our city a clear chance of ridding itself of Rob Ford’s reign of terror.  Tory’s an excellent candidate and would make an exceptional mayor! I’m definitely considering voting for him.  I will wait

Very glad to hear this news today.  Plus she’s cute.  Makes me wish I were a lesbian 😉 “In a speech at the Time to Thrive conference Friday, actress Ellen Page came out as gay. “I’m here today because I am gay,” she told the audience of LGBT youth at the Bally’s Hotel and

Kathleen Wynne’s Ontario Liberals got decisively whipped in yesterday’s provincial by-elections in Niagara Falls and Thornhill.  Their result in Thornhill, which was slightly stronger than their 2011 result in the same seat, showed Liberal support in the GTA is, at least, hanging in there under Wynne’s leadership.   For a party

I will not be watching Russia’s disgusting celebration of itself tomorrow.  The opening ceremonies for the Sochi Games will not be playing on my TV at work, nor at home on Friday night.  I can’t bear to watch a celebration of Russia’s history knowing full well this is a country

“Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote in “Capote” and created a gallery of other vivid characters…was found dead Sunday in his Greenwich Village apartment with what law enforcement officials said was a syringe in his arm. He was 46.“What

I’m hooked!  HBO has posted the first episode of its new 30-minute gay drama, ‘Looking’, set in beautiful San Francisco, on YouTube. Genius marketing.  I’ll be watching this one all the way to the end!  LINK TO THE FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE HERE!  

How horrible it must be to be LGBT in Russia these days. My heart truly goes out to all LGBT people living in Russia and their allies. Next month’s Sochi Olympics are shining a light on that country’s despicable treatment of its gay people and rightly so. Ignorance about LGBT

I’m excited about seeing this documentary this year, the only Canadian feature to make it to the Sundance Film Festival, which opened this past week. ‘My Prairie Home’ follows a transgender musician named Ray from a staunch Christian family in Alberta.   Based on this CBC story on it that

Filmmakers (including myself on occasion) struggle greatly for years to get their stories on the big screen, from writing dozens of screenplay drafts, to finding money, to shooting, to post-production, to the agonizing process of distribution. Audiences invest as little as nothing (if illegally downloading) or perhaps $13 if going

The Niagara Falls result in the 2011 Ontario provincial election was one of the narrowest wins by a Liberal incumbent in that election.  Former MPP Kim Craitor, the incumbent since 2003, held on by only 500 or so votes in a tight three-way race, just ahead of the Tories with

It was startling late last night hearing the news that Christopher Peloso, husband of George Smitherman, was missing again, just a few short months after a similar incident that ended positively.   George tweeted the following yesterday night: “Freedom from depression has been elusive for Christopher and once again he

As an avid cinema lover, it was a great year in film viewing.  I haven’t shared a list of my favourites in a few years, so I thought I’d do so this year.  I saw dozens of films this year either in commercial theatres, at film festivals, or in the

U.K. diving star and Olympic bronze medallist Tom Daley has confirmed what many gay men around the world had hoped. In a frank, five-minute YouTube video he posted today to his YouTube channel, which has racked up more than a half-million views in its first few hours online, Daley said,

After many years of support from the federal Department of Canadian Heritage for the annual Rhubarb Festival, which will celebrate its 35th year in February, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (which puts on the festival) received some bad news last month from the feds. Buddies’ application to the department’s Building

Monday’s by-election day in Toronto Centre, and three other federal ridings in Canada. I’ll be out pulling the vote all day in Toronto Centre, where I live. If you’re a voter in Toronto Centre and haven’t made up your mind, or want to remind yourself how great a candidate the

It sucks when lefties so desperately want to win that they toss out their basic principles or judgment in order to try to do it. Such is the case with NDP candidate Linda McQuaig in theToronto Centre byelection. We’ve seen innumerable sleazy attacks coming from the NDP during this campaign

In January 2013, Xtra Toronto had hoped to get more videographers accredited to attend the Ontario Liberal leadership convention, but unfortunately the party wasn’t able to accommodate them and many other media in their demands. In response, Xtra Toronto published an article entitled “Access Denied” that insinuated that Xtra had

All political parties have checkered histories when it comes to supporting LGBTTQ rights. Some individuals in all parties have shown great leadership in promoting equality. Yes there has been some dissent by Liberal MPs when issues of LGBT equality have come up, one or two of whom are still in

With less than two weeks to go until by-election day on November 25th in Toronto Centre, federal New Democrats supporting candidate Linda McQuaig are ramping up their nasty sides, shamefully trying to throw dirt at their main opponent, Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland. Logging onto Twitter and searching the hashtag #TorCen

Dear Friends & Readers — Please allow me to put aside politics for today and instead write about a new short film project being undertaken by my friend, director Leon Le. I’m proud to say that Leon’s launched an Indiegogo campaign to help raise funds to produce the film, tentatively