Pierre Guénin (19 February 1927 – 1 March 2017) was a French journalist and gay rights activist.

He was the founder of the eponymous Prix Pierre Guénin for LGBT activists.

[1] He was the founding editor of Eden and Olympe, whose circulations were forbidden under President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in 1978.

[2][3] Guénin founded the Prix Off, the first awards for LGBT films in France, in 1978.

[1][2][3] In 2009, he founded the Prix Pierre Guénin, an annual prize for LGBT activists.