1. Alec Butler
33-1a VermontAvenue Toronto, Ontario M6G 1X6
www.alecbutler.com
Lectures, Seminars and Panels: mostrecent
Workshop Presenter: International Health Program at University of Toronto
Dalla Lana School ofPublic Health, University ofToronto
March 7, 2014 2:00pm-3:00pm & 3:30-4:30pm
Panelist, “Lives in Protest’, Decolonizing Our Minds 2014
Equity Studies StudentUnion, Koffler Center, University ofToronto
February 28, 2014 1:00pm-2:30pm
Guest Lecturer: Gender and Literature Studies, Ryerson University
February 9, 2015 11:00am-1:00pm
Guest Lecturer: Trans & Intersex Sexualities Seminar
Linked Oppressions 2014, Equity Studies StudentUnion, University ofToronto
Friday, November 28, 2014 11:30am–3:30pm
Residencies:
Intergenerational LGBTQ Artists’ Residency, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Islands, July 2014,
live installation called “Mourning Lodge”
Artist-in-Residence, 519 Church StreetCommunity Center, Toronto, October 2005-September2006
Playwright-in-Residence, Theatre Passe Murielle, 1990-91 Season
Playwright-in-Residence, Kam Theatre, Thunder Bay, Winter 1984
Playwright-in-Residence, Blyth Summer Theatre Festival, 1983
Publications:
Rough Paradise, a novella aboutgrowing up Intersex/2Spirit, published by Quattro Books, Toronto,
May 2014
Outspoken: A Canadian Collection ofLesbian Scenes & Monologues, edited by Susan G. Cole,
Playwrights Canada Press, 2009, monologue from “Claposis”, one-actplay
Lesbian Plays: Coming ofAge in Canada, edited by Rosalind Kerr, Playwrights Canada Press,
2006, “Black Friday”, full length play, nominated for the Governor General’s Award for Drama
Redlight: Superheroes,Saints and Sluts, edited by Anna Camilleri, Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver,
2005, “Darla’s Goodbye”, shortstory

2. She Speaks: Monologues for Women, edited by Judith Thompson, Playwrights Canada Press,
Toronto, 2004, two monologues
Taking the Stage: Selections from Plays by Canadian Women, edited by Cynthia Zimmerman,
Playwrights Canada Press, 1994
Radical Perversions: 2 Dyke Plays by Audrey Butler, Women’s Press,Toronto, 1991 available
through Scholastic Canada Books, Toronto, two one actplays, “Black Friday” & “Claposis”
Upcoming Publications: Essay aboutinfluence ofthe novels “Mad Shadows” and “Manuscripts of
Pauline Archange” by Marie-Claire Blais on my own work called “Sacred Monsters” to be published
by Biblioasis, Fall 2015 “Queers Were Here” will be their second non-fiction title. RJ Gilmour, Robin
Ganev, editors
Films:
“My Friend Brindley”, documentary, currently in postproduction
“Trans Cabaret” an edu-tainment video aboutall things “trans”
“Misadventures ofPussy Boy Trilogy” world wide release 2000, award winning trilogy of films that
have been screened atnumerous festivals in North America, South America and Europe
“Audrey’s Beard” released 2001, screened mostrecently in Melbourne, Australia
Visual Media:
Trans Time, L’Heure de la visibility des artistes trans en arts actuel(time for trans visibility in
contemporary art) Montreal, Quebec, September 25, 2014-October 2, 2014
“Mourning Lodge” Visual Media Presentation, for Artscape Gibraltar Point’s 15 Year Anniversary
May 30, 2015
“Lost & Found” Transgender Image Making, Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam,
April 19-Juy 21, 2013
“Trans Missions”, Retrospective,A Space Gallery, Toronto, December 2006
Canadian Museum for Human Rights, film features a color still from Trans Rights March, 2009
Awards & Nominations:
BestShort Film, Audience Favorite, International Transgender Film Festival
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 8-12, 2013
Vital Person Award, Toronto Community Foundation, 2006
Charles Street Video Award for Emerging Filmmakers, 2000
Dora Mavor Moore Award for Theatre, numerous nominations for play “Medusa Rising”, 1996
Governor General’s Award for Drama(English) for play “Black Friday”, 1991
Boardmore Trophy for BestOne Act Play, University of Cape Breton, 1983
Boardmore Trophy for BestOne Act Play, University of Cape Breton, 1982