Alec Butler


Alec Butler is a Canadian playwright and filmmaker.

Life and career

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.

Plays

ShakedownCradle PinRadical Perversions: 2 Dyke Plays Black Friday Claposis Hardcore Memories Medusa Rising Trans Cab
Books:Radical Perversions: two Dyke Plays by Audrey Butler published by Women's Press, 1991

Films

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''