Alec Butler (born 1959 in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian playwright and filmmaker. Born intersex and assigned female at birth, he identified as a butch lesbian before pursuing gender reassignment in 1999, and currently identifies as a Two-Spirit and 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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“Enough if the work has seemed,
So did she your strength renew,
A dream that a lion had dreamed
Till the wilderness cried aloud.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)