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LGBT Civil Rights and Activism

pscot

(21,044 posts) Tue Dec 24, 2013, 11:03 AM Dec 2013

Nearly 60 years after his death, Alan Turing, the British mathematician regarded as one of the central figures in the development of the computer, received a formal pardon from Queen Elizabeth II on Monday for his conviction in 1952 on charges of homosexuality, at the time a criminal offense in Britain.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/world/europe/alan-turing-enigma-code-breaker-and-computer-pioneer-wins-royal-pardon.html?hp

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Queen pardons Alan Turing [View all] pscot Dec 2013 OP

An apology would have been more appropriate. Xipe Totec Dec 2013 #1

Pure symbolism, of course. MADem Dec 2013 #2

The Father of the Chaos Theory human_1 Mar 2014 #3