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The documentary Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing examines Turing and other gay men convicted under the U.K.’s 1885 anti-homosexuality law. It opens for a one-week run in NYC on Dec. 6.
Convictions of "buggery" and "indecency" will remain for now, thanks to wrangling in London.
So far, the government has declined every opportunity to wipe away sodomy convictions with the Turing law.Â
As with Brexit, Scotland goes in a different direction from its southern sister.
The PS50 credits the man who helped win World War II.
Those convicted under now-defunct antisodomy laws can apply for pardons and have their criminal records cleared.
"It is only right that where offenses have been abolished, convictions for consensual activity between same-sex partners should be disregarded too."
The catharsis that comes from world leaders making amends for past abuses travels beyond borders.Â
It comes too late for Oscar Wilde, but not for thousands convicted under now-repealed laws.
A report says Martin Shkreli's Turing Pharmaceuticals will 'roll back' the price of a lifesaving treatment for people living with HIV — but only for hospitals.
The celebration of October as Gay History is getting a boost this year from Equality Forum, which is honoring the lives and achievements of 31 LGBT leaders, past and present.
