Today in #SpyHistory : ENIGMA codebreaker #AlanTuring died (1954). He was one of the most original thinkers of the century. 🌈
Charged with indecency for homosexuality—a crime in 1952—& forced to undergo a hormone treatment, at age 42, this genius of cryptanalysis took his life.
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Il 7 giugno 1954 muore suicida a 41 anni #AlanTuring .
Nonostante il genio che consentì la decrittazione dei codici militari nazisti e quindi la sconfitta di Hitler, Turing fu condannato alla castrazione chimica perché gay.
Da lì, depressione e poi il suicidio. L'omofobia uccide
Paulo Paulino Guajajara (1992/1993-2019) was a Brazillian from Araribóia #Indigenous Land.
He was a vocal advocate for the protection of the #Amazon rainforest & worked as a forest guardian to prevent #IllegalLogging in his community's territory.
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#OnThisDay in 1959
Mathematical and computer genius #AlanTuring commits suicide by cyanide poisoning, 18 months after Great Britain gives him a choice between 2 years in prison or chemical castration as a punishment for his homosexuality.
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Today in 1954 #AlanTuring died. This picture of young Alan is something just to pause and look at. What amazing things lay ahead for this young man. What history he would make. How terribly he would be treated by others for simply loving another human.
