[wideawake]

Just a note on the editorial slant of this article: Turing's legal problems associated with cruising young men in public places has never been established as his motivation for suicide.

He was a pretty moody, emotional individual with many personal issues and he left no suicide note of any kind.

His conviction occurred in March 1952. He died in June 1954. I doubt that it took him more than two years to realize that he received a slap on the wrist on a public indecency charge, and that only then did he decide to commit suicide with a two-year-old incident as his motive.

[Doctor Stochastic]

I suppose if Tien Kieu's work is correct, I'll just say thank you.

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[r9etb]

OTOH, Turing is something of a gay icon. I once began reading a short biography of him. I had to stop once the author began referring to him only (and often) as "Alan," and began waxing poetic about him in a most unscientific manner. It began reading like something written by a 6th grade girl in the throes of her first crush. Yuck.

[Physicist]

I doubt that it took him more than two years to realize that he received a slap on the wrist on a public indecency charge, and that only then did he decide to commit suicide with a two-year-old incident as his motive.

I agree. The circumstances of his death suggest to me that it was accidental. If it was a suicide, it seems probable that there was another motive. Unfortunately, the "homosexual oppression" angle is too politically useful for it ever to go away.