During turing’s life, homosexuality was a criminal offence and turing was convicted in 1952 of “gross indecency” Alan turing was faced with an impossibly cruel choice of imprisonment, or probation on the condition he underwent chemical castration. 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 […] 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. Two years ago the turing law was passed to right a historic injustice by pardoning gay men convicted in the past because of their sexuality But fewer than 200 living people have had their. Why was turing convicted for homosexual acts
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