Alan Turing

Is Alan Turing about to become the face of the UK’s new £50 note?

Turing is a frontrunner to replace inventor James Watt on the redesigned bank note.

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Here’s how Stephen Hawking supported LGBTQ rights while he was alive

"We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that, I am extremely grateful."

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Did you know there is an outdoor museum of LGBTQ history?

Chicago's Legacy Walk teaches our history in a unique and fascinating manner.

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The first positive gay character in a mainstream film helped change British law

Melville Farr refused to be a victim, but eight years before Stonewall might as well have been eighty.

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The history of LGBT rights in England & how it affected American attitudes

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the decriminalization of adult same-sex sexual expression in England.

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Germany clears path to erase convictions of gay men

The antigay law that dated back to the 19th century was used to vigorously prosecute gay men in the post-war era.

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UK could posthumously pardon over 100,000 sodomy convictions

Those people, including some lesbians, convicted for same-sex kissing and cuddling under laws such as the Public Order Act of 1986, are not eligible for a pardon.

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Remembering the gay man who saved 17 million lives

The WWII hero saved millions of lives before being chemically castrated for being gay. He killed himself two years later.

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British bill to pardon men with convictions under antigay laws fails

A Conservative Party lawmaker filibustered a bill that would have cleared men of convictions from antigay laws that have since been overturned.

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Britain will pardon thousands of men convicted under anti-gay laws

The pardons apply to men convicted for consensual same-sex sexual relations before homosexuality was decriminalized several decades ago.

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