Alan Turing

Both the American and British governments have taken the first steps toward reckoning with their past ostracization of LGBTQ servicemembers. But more must be done.

Despite his essential work in WWII, Turing was punished by the British government for his sexuality.

The bill also includes Turing’s birthday in binary, formulae from his papers, and a quote.

The root of the inequalities in the United States and many other nations rests on a foundation, a system, of patriarchal white supremacy benefiting from so-called laissez-faire “free market” capitalist economics.

We do not have to wait for another crisis to come our way for us to respond proactively.

“The Imitation Game” portrays Alan Turing as a weak whiny, and possibly a traitor to his country. But the real Alan Turing was a hero.

Turing was a gay mathematician who figured out how to decode Nazi messages in WW2. After the war he was prosecuted for having a relationship with another man.

Despite the size and popularity of Pride, the United Kingdom has had a long struggle with queer rights.

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

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