world-shaking: This is Alan Turing.  Many of you don’t know him, but he’s a man you should be plenty thankful for. He invented the computer, but he was also a homosexual. In Alan’s time, being gay was illegal. Several tragedies went on around him, and Alan was not a very happy person. At one point he had a sexual encounter with a man. The same man came to his house a while later and tried stealing his objects. When Alan called the police he had to admit to his sexual encounter. The government said that he had participated in ‘gross indecency’  and as punishment he was put through chemical castration.  Two years later he killed himself, at the young age of 41. To this day, Alan’s record is smudged by the court’s actions. You and I know there is nothing wrong with what he did. What can we do to stop it? Please, if you are a UK Resident or British Citizen, sign this petition. Even if you aren’t, pass it along. We can make a difference in unjust actions done to the father of modern technology. 

world-shaking:

This is Alan Turing. 

Many of you don’t know him, but he’s a man you should be plenty thankful for.

He invented the computer, but he was also a homosexual.

In Alan’s time, being gay was illegal. Several tragedies went on around him, and Alan was not a very happy person.

At one point he had a sexual encounter with a man. The same man came to his house a while later and tried stealing his objects. When Alan called the police he had to admit to his sexual encounter.

The government said that he had participated in ‘gross indecency’  and as punishment he was put through chemical castration. 

Two years later he killed himself, at the young age of 41.

To this day, Alan’s record is smudged by the court’s actions. You and I know there is nothing wrong with what he did. What can we do to stop it?

Please, if you are a UK Resident or British Citizen, sign this petition.

Even if you aren’t, pass it along. We can make a difference in unjust actions done to the father of modern technology. 

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