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Revision as of 04:37, 23 November 2016
Chris Birch (born c. 1984) formerly of Ystrad Mynach, South Wales is a former rugby player who[1][2][3] transformed from a straight man to a gay man after he suffered a stroke whilst rolling down a grass verge in Bargoed, South Wales.
Still regularly suffering with TIA (Mini Strokes), Birch has been left a totally different person after his accident as he recalls on www.chrisjbirch.com[2] The accident was in 2005,[1] when he was 20.[3]
Birch had TV appearances on The Saturday Night Show, Doctors and Filip and Fredrik in 2011, as well as I Woke up Gay and Sunday Night in 2012.[citation needed]
Totally Different Me is a BBC documentary about Birch's life before and after the incident and how he began to cope with his new life.[4] The documentary aired in April 2012.[5]
References
- ^ a b Loynes, Isabelle (22 September 2011). "Having a stroke made me gay". The Daily Mirror. London: MGN Ltd. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ a b Salkeld, Luke (9 November 2011). "Burly rugby player has a stroke after freak gym accident… wakes up gay and becomes a hairdresser -- A rugby-playing straight man claims he woke up homosexual after suffering a stroke". The Daily Mail. London: Associated Newspapers. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ a b Wendy Austin (10 November 2011). "Talkback: Waking up gay" (Podcast). BBC Radio Ulster. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ Paul Flynn (17 April 2012). "What the man 'turned' gay by a stroke can teach us about attitudes to sexuality". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Chris Birch, Welsh Man Who Claims Stroke 'Turned Him Gay,' Featured In New BBC Documentary". Huffington Post. April 19, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2015.