Straight man becomes gay after stroke

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  1. Carlid

    Carlid Banned

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    http://theweek.com/article/index/221242/did-a-stroke-really-turn-a-straight-man-gay


    Did anyone else hear about this, certainly is going to make the fundies angry...
     
    Carlid, Apr 18, 2012
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  3. DMFP

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    Not heard about it but having read the above I must admit my gut feeling is that it is at least 75% bullshit. :(
     
    DMFP, Apr 18, 2012
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  5. Carlid

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    It's in The Daily Mail but its been reported all over the news and radio stations.

    The guy is adamant that he is not lying and has even asked his exs if they thought he was gay before the stroke.

    Also there are famous cases where peoples sexual attraction has been changed by strokes, for example a man in his 40s started sexually abusing his daughter after a stroke to the point where he was arrested, he escaped charges on the grounds of mental illness, because when the blood vessel repaired it stopped soon after the procedure.

    There are many other cases, since homosexuality is clearly not purely genetic and clearly not purely a choice, but a complex interplay of genetics and environment, I think it's at least possible, although I am as skeptical as the next man.
     
    Carlid, Apr 18, 2012
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  7. DMFP

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    I respect the fact that we all are entitled to our own opinions.

    Having read about it more since my post above, it seems that it possible that he could have been gay all the time without actually realising it - that possibile explanation came from someone from the Stroke Association.

    So my feeling is that he did not 'become gay', it was part of him all along.
     
    DMFP, Apr 18, 2012
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  11. DMFP

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    He doesn't look gay to me:devil:
     
    DMFP, Apr 18, 2012
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  13. Vanilla Gorilla

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    Well Rugby is pretty gay, close to two hours of tugging each others scrotums in the scrum.
     
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  15. DMFP

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    I used to play rugby - was a scrum half.

    And I'm GAY! LOL:sunny:
     
    DMFP, Apr 18, 2012
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  17. Lucretia

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    My guess is that he was always gay. Maybe the jolt back to reality after suffering something so life threatening allowed him to stop blocking it out. Who knows really though, it could be possible.
     
    Lucretia, Apr 18, 2012
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    maybe his buddies raped him before they called the amberlamps..
     
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  21. newbie-one

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    could he have become gay after the stroke?


    depends on who was stroking him...
     
    newbie-one, Apr 18, 2012
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  23. Shivaya

    Shivaya Y'a rien de trop beau pour la classe ouvrière.

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    HAHAHAH! ZING!

    I tried repping you for that but I need to spread more love. hilarious though!
     
    Shivaya, Apr 18, 2012
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  25. DMFP

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    Agreed mate:)
     
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  27. newbie-one

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    ;) hey thanks though
     
    newbie-one, Apr 18, 2012
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  29. funktastic

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    interesting story , true or not ...
     
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  31. Bonkai

    Bonkai Later guys

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    I'm with Lucretia, sometimes after a near death experience people can't stand to live a lie, life is short after all.
     
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  33. guerillabedlam

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    That must've been a fabulous stroke.
     
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  35. biteen1

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    I can only imagine that the stroke turned him into a golfer as well, why else would he have a golf tee in his ear.:)
     
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    banker or wanker ? behold the question ,
     
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  39. The Imaginary Being

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    lololololololol... only in caerphilly.
     
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