Alec Butler

Alec Butler

Alec Butler (born 1959 in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian playwright and filmmaker. Born intersex and raised as a female, he was known as Audrey and identified as a butch dyke before pursuing gender reassignment in 1999, and currently identifies as a transman and two-spirit.

He was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English 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.

Plays

* "Shakedown"
* "Cradle Pin"
* "Radical Perversions: 2 Dyke Plays" (1990)
* "Black Friday?" (1990)
* "Claposis" (1990)
* "Hardcore Memories" (1993)
* "Medusa Rising" (1996)
* "Ruf Paradise" (2003)
* "Trans Cab" (2005)
* "Cassandra File" (work in progress)

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, 3 short films about human rights activist and painter, Kathleen Brindley)
* "Darla's Goodbye", short film based on short story of the same name published in Red Light:Superheroes, Saints and Sluts
* "Trans Cab:the video" (work in progress)


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