08/12/2025
🌈✨ Alan Turing: the genius who imagined the tech future… and to whom the world failed
Alan Turing (1912–1954) was the British mathematician who laid the foundations of modern computing and helped break the Enigma cipher, shortening World War II and saving millions of lives.
Despite his brilliance, he was persecuted for being gay, a criminal offense in the UK at the time. In 1952 he was convicted and forced to undergo hormone therapy.
Two years later, he was found dead from cyanide poisoning. The official ruling was su***de, but some historians and people close to him have raised doubts—suggesting the possibility of an accident, and leaving open questions that have never been fully resolved.
Today, Turing is a symbol of LGBTQ+ rights and a reminder of the long-overdue recognition owed to those who helped build the digital age.
