> (edit: I had it wrong, the age of majority was 21 in all cases) No, you're still wrong -- and spreading an awful lot of misinformation in this thread. The ag

> (edit: I had it wrong, the age of majority was 21 in all cases) No, you're still wrong -- and spreading an awful lot of misinformation in this thread. The age of consent for straight sex was 17 when Turing was convicted. There was no "age of consent" for gay sex as gay sex was illegal at the time. When gay sex was legalized in 1967 (long after Turing was convicted), the age of consent was set to 21 for gay sex and remained at 17 for straight sex. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_reform_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_reform_in_the_U... It's so easy to find this stuff out that I have to wonder if you have some kind of agenda here.