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.
Contents:
- ALAN TURG BGRAPHY: COMPUTER PNEER, GAY IN
- A TRAGIC ENDG TO A BRILLIANT LIFE (THE GAY MAN WHO INVENTED COMPUTERS)
ALAN TURG BGRAPHY: COMPUTER PNEER, GAY IN
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.
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.
A TRAGIC ENDG TO A BRILLIANT LIFE (THE GAY MAN WHO INVENTED COMPUTERS)
I wanted to wre an article celebratg the works of the most fluential gay, lbian, transgenr and bisexual novators, ventors and scientists throughout history. However, there was a are jt not many lists of famo homosexuals the homosexualy has often been associated wh the arts and creativy, has never been as openly accepted wh the scientific muny.
Ined, beg a homosexual was a crimal offense many untri until recently (and many untri, ntu to be today), which will have prevented many historil figur om g out of the closet.
In the UK, before 1967 (jt over 50 years ago) homosexualy ed to be punishable by sentenc as harsh as life imprisonment. As a rult, many of history’s greatt homosexual scientists may have hidn their te inty.