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Chris Birch | |
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| Born | Christopher John Birch 1984 (age 39–40) Caerphilly, Wales |
| Occupation | Business consultant |
| Known for | Personality changes following a stroke |
Christopher John Birch (born 1984) is a Welsh business consultant who reportedly underwent personality changes and a change in sexual orientation following a stroke in 2005 when he was 20.[1][2]
Birch has given TV interviews about his stroke on The Saturday Night Show, Doctors and Filip and Fredrik in 2011, as well as A Totally Different Me and Sunday Night in 2012.[citation needed]
Totally Different Me is a BBC documentary about Birch's life before and after the accident 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 in which he criticised how the media had portrayed his experience.[5][6]
- ^ "'The stroke had turned me gay'". BBC News. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Chris J Birch - Birkenhaus Investments". birchgroup.org.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Chris Birch, Welsh Man Who Claims Stroke 'Turned Him Gay,' Featured In New BBC Documentary". Huffington Post. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ Sophie Wilkinson (24 July 2017). "Catching Up with the Man Who Had a Stroke That Made Him Gay". Vice. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ Joe Vesey-Byrne (31 October 2017). "This is what the man whose 'stroke made him gay' has to say, years later". indy100.com. Retrieved 22 August 2019.