At 12 I grew a beard and had a period

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At 12 I grew a beard and had a period

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36092431

BBC/22 April 2016 From the section Magazine

"When Alec Butler was born in 1959 it was assumed Alec was female. But after being brought up as a girl, Alec - now an award-winning writer and film-maker - realised they were intersex, someone whose anatomical, hormonal or genetic sex is neither completely male nor female. "