Former Big Brother Star In Coma

<p>A former contestant of Big Brother in 2009, Rebekah Shelton is currently in a coma, following the discovery of a brain tumour.</p> <p>by Newsdesk | 19th May 2014</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4609916558.png" width="460" height="305" alt="Rebekah revealed her transformation on Twitter in Feb." title="Rebekah revealed her transformation on Twitter in Feb."/></p> <p></p><p>Rebekah Shelton who took part in the tenth series of Big Brother as Rodrigo Lopes is in hospital after doctors found a brain tumour her family have said.</p><p></p><p>The Brazillian student, started living life as woman in 2012 two years after starring in the reality show, as has used Twitter to show her transition. </p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4609916617.jpg" width="380" height="245" alt="As Rodrigo in 2009 | Big Brother" title="As Rodrigo in 2009 | Big Brother"/></p> <p></p><p>Taking to Shelton's official <a href="https://twitter.com/RodrigoLopesUK">Twitter</a> her family tweeted, 'The doctors found a head tumour and she is in come [sic]. We cannot speak anymore. Please just pray for our Rebekah'</p><p></p><p>In 2012, speaking to Heat Magazine she said, 'I’ve always felt like I had a woman inside of me, always, but I used to hide it. I’ve always liked make-up, treatments and other womanly things, and I was 18 when I first started experimenting. But early this year I told my best friend Andrea how I was really feeling.</p><p></p><p>'She encouraged me. When I came back to the UK I started wearing my friends’ clothes first, then I began shopping for them. People in the shops were surprisingly normal about it. Now I go out with a transvestite I made friends with. She’s very glam. We go to straight clubs and get a lot of attention.'</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4609840223.png" width="460" height="30" alt="" title=""/></p> <p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-gay-uk/id616631043?mt=8&uo=4&at=11luiF">Read this and other stories on our free app for iTunes</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n52474532">or for Android phones</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-gay-uk/id770600575?mt=8&uo=4&at=11luiF">Download our latest edition of TheGayUK on your Apple Device</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.presspadapp.thegayuk">Download our latest edition of TheGayUK on your Android Device</a></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p>