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Alec Butler (born 1959) is a Canadian playwright and filmmaker.
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- Alec butler queer profiles 10 lgbtq oral history toronto 2spirit trans intersex activist
- audrey s beard by alec butler
- Plays
- Films
- References

Butler was born in 1959 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was assigned female at birth. He identified as a butch lesbian before pursuing gender reassignment in 1999, and currently identifies as a Two-Spirit trans man. Prior to his gender reassignment, his work was published under the name Audrey Butler.

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.

He is a Métis of Mi'kmaq heritage.

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Plays


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
Films
