During turing’s life, homosexuality was a criminal offence and turing was convicted in 1952 of “gross indecency” alan turing law is an informal term for the portion of the policing and crime act 2017 [1] which serves to pardon men who were cautioned or convicted under obsolete laws criminalising homosexual acts Alan turing was faced with an impossibly cruel choice of imprisonment, or probation on the condition he underwent chemical castration.
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Alan turing, the math genius who broke nazi codes during world war ii, made a fateful choice in 1952
While reporting a burglary to police, he openly said he was in a relationship with another man, then a crime in britain
This led to his prosecution for “gross indecency,” ended his groundbreaking computer work, and […] Despite the contributions to his country and the mathematics community, turing was ultimately criminalised for his sexuality, with homosexuality remaining illegal until 1967, 13 years after his A historic gay codebreaker’s papers were almost shredded Wwii hero alan turing's personal correspondence with a gay colleague was almost lost to history, until.
Turing was a gay man living in a time when being queer was a criminal offense in the uk Alan turing was criminalized simply for being gay.
