Alan Turg broke the German Enigma durg World War II and vised the Turg mache and the Turg tt of puter telligence. Unabashedly gay, he mted suici after beg nvicted of homosexual acts.
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- ALAN TURG BGRAPHY: COMPUTER PNEER, GAY IN
- WWII BREAKER ALAN TURG BE 1ST GAY MAN ON A BRISH BANK NOTE
- POSTHUMO APOLOGY TO GAY CO BREAKER WHO HELPED DEFEAT NAZI GERMANY
- BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH PLAYS GAY WWII CO-BREAKER ALAN TURG IN “THE IMATN GAME” TRAILER”: {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY ALEXANR STEVENSONJULY 22, 2014/8:45 AMBY ALEXANR STEVENSONJULY 22, 2014 / 8:45 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH PLAYS GAY WWII CO-BREAKER ALAN TURG IN “THE IMATN GAME” TRAILER”: WATCH","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-07-22T12:45:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-07-22T12:45:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ALEXANR STEVENSON","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH STARS AS ALAN TURG, THE GAY MATHEMATICIAN WHOSE -BREAKG SKILLS HELPED FEAT THE NAZIS WWII, THE NEW TRAILER FOR THE IMATN GAME, A TURG BPIC DIRECTED BY MORTEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM FOLLOWS TURG AS HE’S RECED BY THE BRISH ERNMENT TO CIPHER GERMAN MSAG, EVENTUALLY CRACKG THE NAZI’S VNTED ENIGMA . HE IS NSIRED THE FATHER OF MORN PUTG AND WAS RPONSIBLE FOR MANY ADVANC PUTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER HIS WARTIME HEROISM, THOUGH, TURG WAS ARRTED AND PROSECUTED FOR GROSS CENCY AFTER ADMTG TO POLICETHAT HE WAS A RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER MAN. HE WAS GIVEN THE CHOICE OF PRISON OR CHEMIL STRATN, AND CHOSE THE LATTER. TURG MTED SUICI 1954, TWO WEEKS BEFORE HIS 42ND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEIRA KNIGHTLY -STARS AS JOAN CLARKE, WHO WAS BRIEFLY ENGAGED TO TURG BEFORE HE ME OUT TO HER. THEIR RELATNSHIP WORKED, SAYS TURG BGRAPHER ANDREW HODG, “BEE HE ULD TALK TO HER AS IF SHE WERE REALLY ANOTHER MAN.” HODG IALLY CRICIZED TYLDUM'S SCRIPT FOR DOWNPLAYG TURG'S SEXUALY AND S IMPACT ON HIS LIFE, BUT ST AND CREW PROMISE THE FISHED FILM DO TURG'S LIFE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, ON WEDNDAY, THE PET SHOP BOYS WILL BUT A MAN FROM THE FUTURE, AN EIGHT-PART ORCHTRAL POP “BGRAPHY” ABOUT TURG, AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WATCH THE TRAILER FOR THE IMATN GAME, G TO THEATERS NOVEMBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- THE BLETCHLEY PARK BREAKER WHO WAS PERSECUTED BY THE UNTRY HE HELPED SAVE OM NAZISMHE DIED OM CYANI POISONGBUCKGHAMSHIRELIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYJENNA OUTHWAE05:10, 19 FEB 2022UPDATED17:07, 19 FEB 2022BOOKMARKTHE NEW ALAN TURG £50 NOTE - MR TURG WAS KNOWN FOR HIS WORK AT BLETCHLEY PARK (IMAGE: BANK OF ENGLAND)SUBSCRIBE FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM BUCKGHAMSHIRE'S DIVERSE MUNI MORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SUBSCRIBE FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM BUCKGHAMSHIRE'S DIVERSE MUNI INVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- GAY BREAKER ALAN TURG REMEMBERED STAMP SERI
- GAY COD
ALAN TURG BGRAPHY: COMPUTER PNEER, GAY IN
He killed himself 1954 after beg chemilly strated for homosexual activy. Alan Turg, a Brish -breaker durg World War II who was later subjected to chemil stratn for homosexual activy, has received a royal pardon nearly 60 years after he mted suici.
Turg’s stratn 1952 – after he was nvicted of homosexual activy, which was illegal at the time – is “a sentence we would now nsir unjt and discrimatory and which has now been repealed, ” Graylg said. Alan Turg, a crack -breaker and visnary mathematician who was nvicted unr Victorian-era homophobic laws, will be the face of Bra’s new £50 note.
Supporters have long mpaigned for Turg to receive greater regnn for his work and official acknowledgment that his nvictn for homosexual activy was wrong.
WWII BREAKER ALAN TURG BE 1ST GAY MAN ON A BRISH BANK NOTE
Unabashedly gay, he mted suici after beg nvicted of homosexual acts.
He also laid the groundwork for morn putg and theorized about artificial openly gay man durg a time when homosexual acts were illegal Bra, Turg mted suici after beg nvicted of "gross cency" and sentenced to a procre some ll "chemil stratn. " He has sce bee a martyred hero of the gay muny. At the same time, he was also beg more aware of his inty as a gay man, and his philosophy was beg closely aligned wh the liberal left.
POSTHUMO APOLOGY TO GAY CO BREAKER WHO HELPED DEFEAT NAZI GERMANY
Gross cencyTurg had never been secretive about his homosexualy. [Countdown: 10 Milton Gay Rights History]He ntued his work quantum physics and cryptanalytics, but known homosexuals were eligible for secury clearance. Dpe this, however, he died as a disgraced “crimal” — simply for beg a gay man.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH PLAYS GAY WWII CO-BREAKER ALAN TURG IN “THE IMATN GAME” TRAILER”: {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY ALEXANR STEVENSONJULY 22, 2014/8:45 AMBY ALEXANR STEVENSONJULY 22, 2014 / 8:45 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH PLAYS GAY WWII CO-BREAKER ALAN TURG IN “THE IMATN GAME” TRAILER”: WATCH","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-07-22T12:45:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-07-22T12:45:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ALEXANR STEVENSON","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH STARS AS ALAN TURG, THE GAY MATHEMATICIAN WHOSE -BREAKG SKILLS HELPED FEAT THE NAZIS WWII, THE NEW TRAILER FOR THE IMATN GAME, A TURG BPIC DIRECTED BY MORTEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM FOLLOWS TURG AS HE’S RECED BY THE BRISH ERNMENT TO CIPHER GERMAN MSAG, EVENTUALLY CRACKG THE NAZI’S VNTED ENIGMA . HE IS NSIRED THE FATHER OF MORN PUTG AND WAS RPONSIBLE FOR MANY ADVANC PUTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER HIS WARTIME HEROISM, THOUGH, TURG WAS ARRTED AND PROSECUTED FOR GROSS CENCY AFTER ADMTG TO POLICETHAT HE WAS A RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER MAN. HE WAS GIVEN THE CHOICE OF PRISON OR CHEMIL STRATN, AND CHOSE THE LATTER. TURG MTED SUICI 1954, TWO WEEKS BEFORE HIS 42ND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEIRA KNIGHTLY -STARS AS JOAN CLARKE, WHO WAS BRIEFLY ENGAGED TO TURG BEFORE HE ME OUT TO HER. THEIR RELATNSHIP WORKED, SAYS TURG BGRAPHER ANDREW HODG, “BEE HE ULD TALK TO HER AS IF SHE WERE REALLY ANOTHER MAN.” HODG IALLY CRICIZED TYLDUM'S SCRIPT FOR DOWNPLAYG TURG'S SEXUALY AND S IMPACT ON HIS LIFE, BUT ST AND CREW PROMISE THE FISHED FILM DO TURG'S LIFE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, ON WEDNDAY, THE PET SHOP BOYS WILL BUT A MAN FROM THE FUTURE, AN EIGHT-PART ORCHTRAL POP “BGRAPHY” ABOUT TURG, AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WATCH THE TRAILER FOR THE IMATN GAME, G TO THEATERS NOVEMBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
“However, his many ntributns to society were still not enough to spare him the appallg treatment to which he was subjected simply bee he was gay.
Now we know them as programs, ” acrdg to David Llie of the Alan Turg beg an outstandg puter scientist and a war hero didn’t spare Turg om what some have lled a “wch hunt” of gay and bisexual men the U. K., which led to the imprisonment of thoands of gay men and those spected of beg gay throughout the January 1952, Turg was prosecuted for cency over his relatnship wh another man Manchter.
THE BLETCHLEY PARK BREAKER WHO WAS PERSECUTED BY THE UNTRY HE HELPED SAVE OM NAZISMHE DIED OM CYANI POISONGBUCKGHAMSHIRELIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYJENNA OUTHWAE05:10, 19 FEB 2022UPDATED17:07, 19 FEB 2022BOOKMARKTHE NEW ALAN TURG £50 NOTE - MR TURG WAS KNOWN FOR HIS WORK AT BLETCHLEY PARK (IMAGE: BANK OF ENGLAND)SUBSCRIBE FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM BUCKGHAMSHIRE'S DIVERSE MUNI MORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SUBSCRIBE FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM BUCKGHAMSHIRE'S DIVERSE MUNI INVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
Homosexualy was crimalized the U. This is the first time that a gay man is featured on a Brish bank note.
GAY BREAKER ALAN TURG REMEMBERED STAMP SERI
It has been weled by parts of the LGBTQ muny as a symbol of the untry facg up to s dark past of the horrific persecutn of gay men.
GAY COD
Turg, who was openly gay at a time when homosexualy was a crime Bra, talked his way to a job helpg the Brish crack the German lled Enigma. On the way the state punished Turg for beg gay It's disgtg to thk that wh ls than 100 years [that] this was gog on hundreds — thoands fact — of men were prosecuted and given the chance to choose simply between two years' imprisonment or two years' state-sanctned chemil stratn through weekly trogen jectns. But the man was a marathon nner as well as a sexually active homosexual man, and not only did the dg ravage his body and affect his physily but also started slowly to impge on his faculty, on his md, on his abily to do that work.