A Tragic Endg to a Brilliant Life (The Gay Man Who Invented Computers)

Contents:

• ALAN TURG BGRAPHY: COMPUTER PNEER, GAY IN
• FILM ABOUT WW2 BREAKER ALAN TURG IS ATTACKED BY BGRAPHER FOR EXAGGERATG LOVE AFFAIR WH WOMAN BEE HE WAS GAY AND SAYS KEIRA KNIGHTLEY IS 'TOO GLAMORO'
• 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. Alan Turg was a closeted gay man Rulg: Fact Alan Turg was gay at a time when homexual activy was outlawed England.

FILM ABOUT WW2 BREAKER ALAN TURG IS ATTACKED BY BGRAPHER FOR EXAGGERATG LOVE AFFAIR WH WOMAN BEE HE WAS GAY AND SAYS KEIRA KNIGHTLEY IS 'TOO GLAMORO'

” (He admted to beg gay but pled not guilty bee he thought the law was unjt. Gay men were nsired a secury risk to the ernment bee they were open to blackmail, so Turg lost his secury clearance. It shows the geni that was stroyed by a society that was serly homophobic.

"Now that WWII hero is fally beg regnized by receivg a long-awaed big screen film treatment The Imatn Game, starrg Benedict Cumberbatch as the gay film, beg released by the Weste Company, looks to create a heartpoundg race-agast-the-clock thriller om what was mostly a behd-the-scen breakg enavor. They were engaged for a short perd, but Turg nfsed that he was gay and cid to ll the marriage plans off, which seems to be addrsed the European premiere of The Imatn Game set for Oct. A socially awkward trovert and closeted homosexual, Turg preferred crossword puzzl to the pany of others and seemed almost pable of gettg along wh lleagu.

A TRAGIC ENDG TO A BRILLIANT LIFE (THE GAY MAN WHO INVENTED COMPUTERS)

Film about WW2 breaker Alan Turg is attacked by bgrapher for exaggeratg love affair wh woman bee he was gay and says Keira Knightley is 'too glamoro'Turg played a key role breakg the German Enigma durg WWII He is creded wh savg thoands of liv durg the nflict An Amerin fund film is soon to be filmed about the gay breakerWill star Benedict Cumberbatch as Turg and Keira Knightley as girliend But has been slated by his tobgrapher, who has lled ludicro Published: 14:40 BST, 23 June 2013 | Updated: 17:19 BST, 23 June 2013 A film about homosexual wartime breaker and father of morn putg Alan Turg has been attacked by his bgrapher.

Turg was a well known homosexual.

' Fellow Bletchley breaker Joan Clarke (left) is set to be played by Keira Knightley (right) as Turg's girliend - spe the fact that he was gay He said: 'I'm not beg about her, but Joan Clarke was no glamourps. Forbidn to talk about his secret activi, he took a teachg post at Manchter Universy, where he beme volved wh a 19-year-old youth lled Arnold turned a bld eye to Murray pilferg petty sh om him, but when a sentimentally valuable watch went missg, he unwisely reported the crime to the police vtigatg the robbery turned their attentns to Turg’s private life and he was nvicted of gross cency and given the choice by the urt of gog to jail or acceptg ‘chemil stratn’ – a urse of the female hormone otrogen to lower his persecutn and police surveillance Turg found himself unr (there were fears that, at the height of the Cold War, his homosexualy would make him a target for blackmail by Soviet spi) wore him June 1954, he cid to imate his favoure film, Walt Disney’s Snow Whe - which he had watched seven tim - and fatally b to an apple ated wh cyani.