Just imagine if Alan Turing would of been excluded from working at Bletchly Park on the basis of his sexuality. Potentially millions of lives were saved by his contributions to the work breaking enigma.
Designed the automatic computing engine.
Had did we repay him? Chemical castration which ultimately likely contributed to his frame of mind to commit suicide.
The time for persecuting people because they are different is over. People can be heroes and make incredible contributions to society regardless of if they want to be a different sex or sleep with the same gender.
I would of been proud to have my kids educated by Alan. What my country did to him disgusts me.
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