Chris Birch

Chris Birch (born c. 1984) formerly of Ystrad Mynach, South Wales is a former rugby player who[1][2] allegedly changed from straight to gay after suffering a stroke whilst rolling down a grass verge in Bargoed, South Wales.

This article is about the rugby player. For the game designer, see Chris Birch (game designer). For the American politician, see Chris Birch (politician).

Still regularly suffering with TIAs (minor strokes), Birch has been left a totally different person after his accident as he recalls on www.chrisjbirch.com. The accident was in 2005,[1] when he was 20.[2]

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.

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.[3] The documentary aired in April 2012.[4] Vice also published a follow-up interview with Birch in 2017.[5][6]

References
  1. Loynes, Isabelle (22 September 2011). "Having a stroke made me gay". The Daily Mirror. London: MGN Ltd. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  2. Wendy Austin (10 November 2011). "Talkback: Waking up gay" (Podcast). BBC Radio Ulster. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  3. 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.
  4. "Chris Birch, Welsh Man Who Claims Stroke 'Turned Him Gay,' Featured In New BBC Documentary". Huffington Post. April 19, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  5. Sophie Wilkinson (July 24, 2017). "Catching Up with the Man Who Had a Stroke That Made Him Gay". Vice. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  6. Joe Vesey-Byrne (October 31, 2017). "This is what the man whose 'stroke made him gay' has to say, years later". Indy100 at The Independent. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
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