The Daily Mail has this wack story about a former burly straight man, Chris Birch, 26, who claims he became a homosexual after he broke his neck, had a stroke, and went into a coma. Oh? So, say I wanted to be hetero, I just need serious bodily harm? Christ, if this was the late 90s, I would have been hurling my young self in front of traffic.
Mr Birch recalled: ‘I was gay when I woke up and I still am. It sounds strange but when I came round I immediately felt different.
‘I wasn’t interested in women any more. I was definitely gay. I had never been attracted to a man before – I’d never even had any gay friends.
‘But I didn’t care about who I was before, I had to be true to my feelings.’
I don’t know whether to laugh, hate England, or wait for the hidden camera show host to come out from behind my monitor. Birch claims he was trying to do a backflip to impress his rugger buddies when tragedy struck. Now he’s…wait for it…a hairdresser and has a 19-year-old boyfriend.
Are they serious about the Charlie’s Angels pose with the blow dryer? Kill me now. I’ll stop there and let you guys handle this in the comments. Why couldn’t it have been this guy?
– J. Harvey
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wait….you can back flip into gayness…I thought doing back flips was pretty much a sign of being gay to begin with !
Queen please!
Okay, I am not a person who buys into the notion that brain chemistry and sexual attraction are bound up together, but if we did, it doesn’t seem that far-fetched to think that a stroke/coma could alter brain chemistry in a way that would also alter sexual desire (rousing chorus of “Born This Way,” anyone?).
yeah ….right!!
Meh, he’s just using this as an excuse to shed his self imposed repression.
I second Mike’s comment, and move that we just skip ahead to the next entry. All in favour, simply comment “Aye!”
Oh, Daily Mail… as batshit crazy as you are entertaining.
If all it takes is a coma, I need a shovel and one of those maps to stars people sell in LA.
He’s just a coward, trying to find something to blame his sexuality on, get over it mate you aren’t kidding anyone!
looks like he became a queen at the same time
I believe this like I believe the moon is made of cheese LMAO
Who knows? But, these episodes aren’t unusual. People have woken up from comas with the ability to paint, play piano, talk (when they had been mute), and a different personality. I’m not saying I buy it but it isn’t out of the question. And knowing my heretosexual friends and some of their marriages, there is no way I count throwing myself in traffic for the chance to be heretosexual worth that. How about seeing gay as a good thing. Love who you are. Our differences make the world go round.
so what had happen’ was…. the big ole closet case had a near-death experience and realized he was living the life of an idiot and in his coma resigned himself to being who he was….. also…. just how badly does a queen hafta fk up a back flip to end up in a coma? jeeeze.
I’m so sick of “wait for it.” Like, really sick.
Yea……………………. I was straight I woke up after 19 years of marriage and 5 kids later and woosh I knew I was Gay. Balls I was Gay when I was born I just tried to conform and be what the world wanted me to be miserable.
Now I’m out and life could not be better
BE TRUE TO YOURSELF BE WHO YOU ARE.
he broke his neck and had a stroke, that’s how.
It could happen. Anything can happen. I once read about an American woman who emerged from a coma and spoke with a perfect English accent. Experts said they couldn’t tell she wasn’t from England.
Right on, Anthony. A near death experience makes one keenly aware of how fragile life is. Why waste it living a lie?
Fool your mom, not me!
OK.. as an english guy.. can i just point out.. the dayly mail is a pile of shit.. they have honestly tryed to blame climate change on he gays before lol.. so dont take this crap to hart. If u want more prove of how mental the Mail is check this out http://youtu.be/5eBT6OSr1TI
I think if it was that easy we should hand out shovels and head to Washington….equal rights!!!
Has any one stop to think that he made sum money on this story?..girls gotta eat!…God the Brits and their teeth..to bad he didnt wake up as a dentist..he could make more money the doing hair..
I don’t want you dying or anything so I pledge not to use it again for the rest of 2011. Merry Christmas, guy.
If he was doing backflips for attention from his team mates, I think the gay thing (closet time) started earlier than the coma. Just sayin’.
Easy? Really? A stroke and a broken neck…easy…huh I guess it’s a matter of perspective.
I wouldn’t believe this crock for all the fish ‘n’ chips in England. Because he was a rugger, he felt he couldn’t come out. Nothing about it sounds right.
And I suppose he woke up with that hairstyle?