Queen Elizabeth II granted a rare "mercy pardon" Monday to Alan Turing, the computing and mathematics pioneer whose chemical castration for being gay drove him to suicide almost 60 years ago.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
#HNNGayVoices: Queen pardons British man 60 years after his suicide after being castrated for being GAY.
Queen Elizabeth II granted a rare "mercy pardon" Monday to Alan Turing, the computing and mathematics pioneer whose chemical castration for being gay drove him to suicide almost 60 years ago.
Read more: http://nbcnews.to/18IIBmR
Photo: Reuters