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The Bank of England has chosen to honor Alan Turing on the £50 note. Alan Turing was a gay mathematician whose theories were highly influential in the development of computer science, and his work during World War II helped Allied forces crack coded Nazi messages and defeat Axis forces, a crucial part in winning the war. After World War II, he was prosecuted because he admitting to having a relationship with another man and was forced to take feminizing hormones. In...

Istanbul Pride could be cancelled due to the threats A Nazi youth group wants to block Istanbul Pride as ‘gay people want to stop straights from having sex’. The Alperen Hearths, linked to the right-wing nationalist Great Union Party (BBP), has vowed the march on 25 June will not take place. Istanbul Pride is scheduled to start from Taksim Square. ‘If the state allows it, we will not. We will not allow them to walk,’ Kürşat Mican, the group’s head in Istanbul, said...

News Corp newspaper The Australian has set the stage for a public debate on equal marriage by printing a cartoon likening gay people to Nazi stormtroopers. The Murdoch paper this week printed the shocking cartoon from controversial artist Bill Leak. It features a depiction of Nazi soldiers depicted as gay men, wearing rainbow outfits and carrying brutal weapons. The cartoon is captioned ‘Waffen-SSM’, a play on words linking ‘Same-Sex Marriage’ and the Nazi Party’s military Waffen-SS wing, which was responsible for numerous war crimes. The...