Alec Butler

Butler was born in 1959, and is non-binary and intersex. Butler uses they/them and he/him pronouns. Assigned female at birth, he initially presented as a butch lesbian before coming out as transgender the late 1990s. Before he came out, his work was published under his birth name.

He was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama in 1990 for his play Black Friday. He has also worked on artistic projects with The 519 Church St. Community Centre as their first artist-in-residence. He was named one of Toronto's Vital People by the Toronto Community Foundation in 2006.

He identifies as two-spirit and has Miꞌkmaq heritage.

• Shakedown
• Cradle Pin
• Radical Perversions: 2 Dyke Plays (1990)
• Black Friday (1990)
• Claposis (1990)
• Hardcore Memories (1993)
• Medusa Rising (1996)
• Trans Cab (2005)

Books:

• Radical Perversions: two Dyke Plays by Audrey Butler published by Women's Press, 1991
• Novella called Rough Paradise published May 31, 2014 by Quattro Books

• Trans Mission: Get Yer Motor Runnin', One-man show at A-Space, Toronto, 2003.
• Misadventures of PussyBoy: First Love / Sick / First Period, Screened at many queer film and video festivals, First Love won the Charles Street Award for emerging video and film makers in 2002 at the InsideOut Festival.
• Audrey's Beard, Named one of the top ten films about transitioning by Curve magazine.
• 5 Seconds of Fame, Commissioned by Toronto's Pride Committee for Pride Toronto, 2007.
• My Friend, Brindley, Works in progress; experimental doc about human rights activist and painter, Kathleen Brindley.
• Darla's Goodbye, Short film based on a short story of the same name published in Red Light: Superheroes, Saints and Sluts.
• Trans Cabaret: The Video