If you’re straight and like working out, it may be time to think about putting down the weights for good. Some people call the gym “gay church,” but for a U.K. man, it ended up being a lot more than that.
Chris Birch, 26, was a burly gym rat who loved to play rugby. He also was a banker and had recently proposed to his girlfriend, and, tragically, popped his collar. Then, in an accident that could happen to any gym rat, he tried to impress his friends with a back flip, but broke his neck and had a stroke instead.
When he woke up, he was in the hospital, he wasn’t paralyzed or anything, but he did wake up gay. Now he’s a hairdresser and has a boyfriend.