Busselton author Stephanie Vaughan will be launching her autobiography Half Him Half Her at the Quill Collective from 9.30am to 11.30am on April 10, 2021.
The book took Ms Vaughan three years to complete, which she described as a challenging journey since she found out about her beginnings.
Ms Vaughan was born intersex, her genitals were modified at birth and she was unaware that the medical procedure had taken place until she was aged in her 50's.
As a result of medical issues Stephanie was experiencing in 2012, it was revealed she was producing high levels of oestrogen; the problem was she was male.
"I was born in Yorkshire in 1961 to a well known farming family, the youngest of three boys and was christened Robin Vaughan Ullyott." she said.
"I spent the first 12 weeks of my life in hospital, supposedly because I was underweight. I was two weeks premature and weighed just two kilos."
According to Reachout.com, "intersex people are born with physical features, such as genitals, that don't fit what doctors expect for either female or male bodies."
"This can mean that intersex children who are healthy may have to undergo physical examinations and surgeries, and take hormones, to make their bodies look more like those of typical girls or boys," ReachOut stated on their website.
"Many people who have had surgeries and hormone treatments have been harmed by them, especially when they weren't given a choice.
"All surgeries can lead to scarring, and to a loss of feeling in and around the affected body parts."
When Stephanie was a child she presented as male, however she started having doubts about her gender at eight years of age.
"It sort of started there, the doubting in my own mind; I started thinking something did not add up but I did not know what," she said.
Ms Vaughan said she had been overwhelmed with people's kindness since her book was released and the owners of the Quill Collective have been wonderful.
"The response has been amazing and The Quill Collective is absolutely fitting for the book launch," she said.
"I am over the moon."
Ms Vaughan will be signing copies of her book which will be available for sale at the launch.
