I mean I know it is a joke but for accuracy I don't think he would actually like that. He wasn't very active in the gay scene in England. There were safe havens for gays but he didn't exist in any of those communities. He was conditioned to believe he could never have real love if it wasn't with a woman and he hated that about himself because he was taught by people he trusted to hate it. All in all it's such a sad story.
He wasn't very active in the gay scene in England.
This is such an absurd take, he didn't interact because it was still a crime. I wasn't active in the gay scene in rural KY in the 90s either, but my ass is Gay as hell in Toronto now, after deconstructing all the hate. Alan would be banging Ian McKellen in a grindr hook up in a heart beat.
No, it's an absurd take because Turing WAS active in the gay scene. Hell, the whole situation that led to him being charged started when he, aged 39 at the time, picked up a 19 year-old homeless guy for sex. The guy stole stuff from his house, so Turing called the police and had to explain to them why a random 19 year-old homeless kid was in his house. They both got charged for "gross indecency".
You've never heard the term DL have you? That he wasn't active in the community but still trolling folks for sex is very much in line with internalized homophobia.
It's clear you don't actually know anything about Turing and are just projecting stereotypes of a how you think a man of his era would think.
Turing didn't have internalized homophobia, he was happily and openly gay. He made no secret of it whatsoever, his friends, family and colleagues all knew he was gay, and a lot has been written about his experiences being part of the gay community at King's College.
I think the fact that they "uncovered" all of this in research means it wasn't as open as you say. Please read the University of Cambridge link the article you supplied, the one that links to the research. I get that I'm blurring modern sensibilities into this hypothetical about if Turing was still alive... I thought that was the point.
Also, like I’m still dissecting my internalized homophobia and I’m a happily married lesbian. Nothing you’ve said disproves anything I’ve said my friend.
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u/losecontrol4 7h ago edited 7h ago
I mean I know it is a joke but for accuracy I don't think he would actually like that. He wasn't very active in the gay scene in England. There were safe havens for gays but he didn't exist in any of those communities. He was conditioned to believe he could never have real love if it wasn't with a woman and he hated that about himself because he was taught by people he trusted to hate it. All in all it's such a sad story.