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What is the story of Alan Turing in 1952?

LGBT+ History Month: Alan Turing and his enduring legacy ...

During Turing’s life, homosexuality was a criminal offence and Turing was convicted in 1952 of “Gross Indecency”. Alan Turing was faced with an impossibly cruel choice of imprisonment, or probation on the condition he underwent chemical castration. Turing died from suicide two years later.

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