🌱 The Internet is Gay! Remembering Alan Turing
Part IV: Making the Revolution Queer-resistible
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Why do we celebrate gay & trans icons who shaped our society after society has destroyed them? This week we reflect on the father of the internet, Alan Turing, and the other marginalized people who led in tech & media, but are sidelined today. Plus, this is the week to put the pressure on. Call congress! Read on for more...
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🌱 Alan Turing: Tech Pioneer & Gay Icon
Part III: Making the Revolution Queer-resistible (Part I, II, III, IV)
I was recently getting lost on Reddit, as I am wont to do when the world is on fire and I just need to be under the covers for a second. What I found was a who. Alan Turing. A pioneer, a gay icon, and the father of the digital world we now live in. It was the reminder I needed. The post began...
"Today marks the 71st anniversary of the death of Alan Turing the founding father of modern computer science, a genius mathematician, and a codebreaker who helped save millions of lives.
But Turing was not only the brilliant mind that laid the foundation for modern computers or a war hero who helped defeat fascism. He was also a gay man who was cruelly persecuted by his own country for who he was.
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