Chris Birch (stroke survivor)

Chris J Birch
Born	Christopher John Birch 1984 (age 40–41) Caerphilly, Wales
Occupation	Welsh Arts Advocate & Broadcaster
Known for	Personality changes following a stroke

Christopher John Birch (born 1984) is a Welsh Arts and Theatre Advocate 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]}

References

1. "'The stroke had turned me gay'". BBC News. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
2. "Chris J Birch - Birkenhaus Investments". birchgroup.org.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
5. Sophie Wilkinson (24 July 2017). "Catching Up with the Man Who Had a Stroke That Made Him Gay". Vice. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
6. 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.