London: Islington and Camden to host UK’s ‘biggest’ LGBT History Month...
Organisers in the London boroughs of Islington and Camden say February’s programme of events for LGBT History Month will be the largest in the UK. The nationwide theme for LGBT History Month in 2013...
View ArticleNew Alan Turing sculpture revealed in London
A new sculpture of gay computer genius and WWII codebreaker Alan Turing has been revealed in Paddington, London, as one of three heroes voted for by local residents. The two-dimensional sculpture...
View ArticleComment: Hollywood should stay true to the real story of Alan Turing
Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Harriet Lucas says the decision of producers of the upcoming Alan Turing biopic to change aspects of the gay scientist’s life for the benefit of the movie is a betrayal of...
View ArticleHouse of Commons Speaker to honour Alan Turing ‘the gay man who saved the...
The late gay computer genius and World War II codebreaker Alan Turing will be honoured with a posthumous award at the Attitude Awards this evening. The posthumous Icon Award for Outstanding...
View ArticleAlan Turing’s nephew: ‘I’m not sure his Royal Pardon added a great deal’
One of Alan Turing’s last surviving relatives has spoken in an interview to say that he isn’t sure that a posthumous pardon “added a great deal”, but did praise it for drawing attention to others...
View ArticleHeartbreaking Alan Turing letters reveal turmoil over gay ‘cure’ treatment
Heartbreaking new letters from gay codebreaker Alan Turing reveal the trauma he went through while being chemically castrated to ‘cure’ his homosexuality. Turing, often hailed as the grandfather of...
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How the British government grew obsessed with persecuting its own gay civil...
Dr Dan Lomas, a British intelligence lecturer at the University of Salford, explains how the government grew to persecute LGBT staff, after a historic apology from the director of GCHQ. Computer...
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Codebreaker Alan Turing’s gay sex conviction documents go on display
Documents from the trial of gay war hero Alan Turing have gone on display in public for the first time. Turing, often hailed as the grandfather of modern computing, was convicted of ‘gross indecency’...
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Rare Alan Turing postcard fetches nearly £30k at auction
A postcard written by World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing has sold for £28,000 at auction. 41 at the time, Turing sent the postcard from Corfu in 1953, a year before he killed himself by taking...
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