When Chris Birch, 27, om south Wal claimed a stroke had turned him gay he suffered a backlash om iends and strangers alike. Now a BBC documentary has revealed how he is tryg to rebuild his life.
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- I WOULDN'T CHANGE BACK: RUGBY PLAYER WHO 'WOKE UP GAY' AFTER STROKE AND NOW HAS FIANCE SAYS HE’S THE HAPPIT HE’S EVER BEEN
- EX-RUGBY PLAYER WOKE UP GAY AFTER SUFFERG OM STROKE
I WOULDN'T CHANGE BACK: RUGBY PLAYER WHO 'WOKE UP GAY' AFTER STROKE AND NOW HAS FIANCE SAYS HE’S THE HAPPIT HE’S EVER BEEN
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I wouldn't change back: Rugby player who 'woke up gay' after stroke and now has fiance says he’s the happit he’s ever been 'It was weird, you walk to somewhere and you go om likg that girl to likg that boy'Chris is tryg to rebuild his relatnship wh his mother who has stggled wh his personaly changeChris' boyiend believ Chris had always been gay but hadn't realised Published: 10:35 BST, 17 April 2012 | Updated: 15:59 BST, 17 April 2012 When 19-stone gby player Chris Birch suffered a stroke durg a eak accint, his life was transformed - but not a way that anyone uld have he regaed nscns, the 26-year-old – who was engaged to his girliend at the time – found his sexualy had pletely altered. I me to the realisatn that the stroke had turned me gay, ' he is now the subject of a BBC3 documentary, chroniclg his attempt over the past few months to make sense of his new inty.
EX-RUGBY PLAYER WOKE UP GAY AFTER SUFFERG OM STROKE
Wh a few months of movg out om home he met his then boyiend and now fiance Jak Powell has his own theory that Chris has always been gay and the accint jt helped him to realise . 'People grow up not knowg they are gay and have fai and then they realise they are gay, but they don't have a stroke to realise , ' Mr Powell said.