[1] Butler previously served on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission for Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.[2] in Ward 2.

[4][5][6] In April 2015 Butler was appointed as Chair of the Council of Review of the North Carolina Democratic Party.

That marked the first time an out LGBT DNC member had ever been elected by the North Carolina Democratic Party.

[9][10] It was the first documentary about same-sex marriage to air on national television in the United States.

[11][12] After the release of A Union in Wait, Butler worked as a television editor in Washington, D.C., for ABC 7, the National Geographic Channel, and CNN.