Gay Icon Alan Turing's Face Is Now on a New £50 Note in United Kingdom
The honor comes after he was arrested and chemically castrated for his sexuality.
March 26 2021 10:28 AM
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Alan Turing
Alan Turing to Appear on England’s £50 Note
Just years after Turing helped defeat the Nazis by breaking their codes during World War II, he was criminalized for being gay. Now Turing is being honored with his own bank note.
July 15 2019 10:46 AM
New UK Law to Pardon Gay Men Accused of 'Gross Indecency'
Prime Minister Theresa May is pursuing a law named after World War II codebreaker Alan Turing to pardon 49,000 men who were convicted of gross indecency.
September 22 2016 10:54 AM
Turing's Notebook Sells for Over $1 Million at Auction
The 56-page manuscript contains his complex mathematical and computer science notations
April 14 2015 10:30 AM
Imitation Game Screenwriter Graham Moore: 'Stay Weird. Stay Different.'
Although he says he's not gay, he has battled depression and honored Alan Turing in his acceptance speech at the Oscars.
February 23 2015 8:54 AM
Controversy at the HRC Greater NY Gala
The organization geared up to celebrate, while HIV/AIDS activists prepared to protest.Â
February 02 2015 4:30 PM
Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Fry Want Pardon for Gay Men Wronged Alongside Alan Turing
The Imitation Game subject was persecuted for being gay along with 49,000 other men
January 26 2015 12:59 PM
Benedict Cumberbatch Dedicates Award to Alan Turing
While accepting an award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, Benedict Cumberbatch gave a passionate speech about the legacy of gay scientist Alan Turing.
January 05 2015 2:21 PM
Alan Turing's Pardon Opens Door for 50,000 More
Prominent LGBT leaders want apologies and pardons for the 50,000-plus men charged in Britain with criminal homosexuality.
December 26 2013 2:04 PM
Alan Turing Receives Royal Pardon
The man considered to be the father of modern computer science no longer guilty of 'indecency'
December 24 2013 8:49 AM
Today In Gay History: Don't Be Gay in England
The most miserable of birthdays to an awful law.
August 06 2013 9:25 AM
House of Lords Joins Turing Fight
Hero codebreaker may soon be pardoned for having a boyfriend.
July 19 2013 5:00 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A Music Homage to Gay Icon Alan Turing
UK band Fiction's debut cd features 'The Apple' as a tribute song to the WWII British mathematician and father of computer science
February 22 2013 8:02 AM
Pet Shop Boys Working on Alan Turing Project
It's the centenary of the gay hero's birth, and he's finally getting much-deserved respect
September 13 2012 4:59 PM
Gay Computer Geeks Unite!
Jon 'Maddog' Hall comes out on the anniversary of Alan Turing's birthday
June 26 2012 1:50 PM
DiCaprio Alan Turing Movie Tops 2011 Black List
Persecuted British gay (and possibly Leo) will make for boffo box office
December 12 2011 5:27 PM
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