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His suicide has not been conclusively proven (as was probably his intention) so a news article about his personal effects isn’t really the right place to discus

• greglindahl 7y ago
  The last article I read about him was the government apologizing for being shitty to him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing_law This is a huge milestone in the history of LGBT people in the UK, so it's hard to imagine that it's not worth mentioning in any article about him.
  • yostrovs 7y ago
    But aren't his possessions valued because of his accomplishments in computer science rather than because he was gay and prosecuted for it?
    • greglindahl 7y ago
      Like many people, there are multiple reasons to value his life highly.
    • aspaceman 7y ago
      Arguably, it's both now. He is both a legend to computer scientists and to folks in the LGBT community. It also touches a nerve since in the past Turing's gayness is always whitewashed by the news. Why still do it? Especially when it was so important to who he was and specifically why we died.
      • yostrovs 7y ago
        Being gay is very important to most gay people. They don't become famous for that. He's famous for his science. The gay aspect of his life is an interesting interlude for us (not for him mind you).