Matt Guerin

Americans vote for same sex marriage in 4 states & re-elect a pro-equal marriage President!

Let me just quickly celebrate the great re-election of Barack Obama on Tuesday night. He's the first President of the United States to publicly support same sex marriage. I do…

Republican minority voting suppression tactics will hopefully end after 2012…

Further to recent revelations about forcing voters to show government issued photo ID in certain Republican-controlled U.S. states this election, let’s look at another Republican tactic in this campaign: cancelling…

Ontario Liberal leadership race continues to take shape…

I was on this mailing list from George Smitherman (see email below), glad to say. I think George has made the right decision to stay out of the Ontario Liberal…

The gay short film I co-wrote and helped produce: "The Golden Pin"

Screenplay for ‘THE GOLDEN PIN’ by Matt Guerin & Cuong Ngo

This was the shooting script for the 2009 short film, ‘The Golden Pin’, which I co-wrote with director Cuong Ngo. I also worked as Associate Producer on this production. The…

BLOG RE-DESIGN: New professional blog for Yours Truly…

I’ve decided to end my political blogging and re-focus my online efforts to promoting my career as a screenwriter, producer and filmmaker. I’ll keep my existing content on this site…

Electoral riding commission threatens to split Toronto’s LGBT Village in Two….

The Commission looking into redistributing 338 ridings for the federal House of Commons for the next election (up from the current 308) has released its proposals. They include adding 15…

NDP launches new TV ad: Stephen Harper’s solution

So It’s so very cool to see Canada’s official opposition, the federal NDP, lash back quickly against the Conservatives and give them a taste of their own medicine. For too…

Silver fox Anderson Cooper finally makes it official: "I’m gay"

Belated Happy Pride Day and Happy Canada Day wishes for all!This news from CNN star Anderson Cooper was a nice post-Pride gift this morning. The silver fox have finally made…

Pride short-film showcase – ‘It makes for a nice escape if people get a little Prided out’ says Guerin

Very nice write-up on Xtra.ca about something I’ve been working on the last few months. I re-print it here in its entirety: Pride short-film showcase ON SCREEN / ‘It makes…

Fourth Horseman decides to postpone the Liberal Apocalypse…

Yes, Bob Rae made the right decision yesterday when he announced he won’t be a candidate for the permanent leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. It was right for…

Hate speech made easier in Canada, thanks to the Harper Conservatives

Third reading passage of a Conservative private member’s bill, Bill C304, this past week got little media attention, except from Postmedia and a great opinion piece by Warren Kinsella. The…

The dumb words of Rev. John Yake and other Catholic leaders

I have been following the ongoing debate in Ontario over the McGuinty government’s attempts to address rampant bullying in Ontario’s public schools. I support the recent amendment to Bill 13…

Yay Obama!

Today was a historic day. It’s the day President Barack Obama endorsed equal marriage in an emotional interview with ABC. I think it’s quite meaningful considering there is no consensus…

Rob Ford: the big, fat homophobe strikes again!

The Wildrose Party in Alberta has nothing on Toronto (in the bigotry department) as long as Rob Ford, aka Mayor Fraud stays in office. If there were any fiscal conservatives…

Alberta set to elect Wildrose government filled with religious bigots…

Consider this metaphor: Wildrose leader Danielle Smith seems to resemble a lovely flower in her party surrounded by dying weeds. She’s promising that the weeds won’t overtake her if she…