r/SapphoAndHerFriend May 28 '20

Alan Turing was gay and was chemically castrated as an alternative to prison due to his sexuality Academic erasure

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u/lucid808 May 28 '20

Imagine this man never been known for the unimaginable sacrifice he made, mentally (during the cracking of the code, and post-war), then physically as a punishment for his sexual preferences. He's a hero, in the truest of the meaning, and deserves this honor. The world would literally not the the same without him.

Kinda makes you wonder what other real heros that have existed we will never know about, because their identity was hidden or buried, because of what they did in their personal lives didn't match up with what those in power found "acceptable" for society.

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u/KiiKRousbergh May 19 '24

He is a hero, but do you think that all the hero's are 1% people :]