Tag: Alan Turing

Why I Oppose a General Pardon for Historical Convictions for Homosexual Offences

By Justin Bengry August 4, 2015 LGBTQ, United Kingdom 0 comments

Justin Bengry UK Labour Party leadership contender Andy Burnham recently proposed automatic pardons for all men convicted of historical homosexual offences that are no longer crimes. This has been an ongoing conversation in the UK, which in 2013 granted WWII Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing a posthumous royal pardon. The issue reappeared […]

Gender, Sex and Sexuality in 20th-Century British History: Some new directions

By Ben Mechen April 28, 2014 Dispatches, United Kingdom 1 comment

Ben Mechen and Kevin Guyan On Tuesday 8th April 2014, thirteen speakers and twenty delegates, from PhD students to professors, gathered for a one-day symposium at University College London called ‘New Directions: Gender, Sex and Sexuality in 20th Century British History‘. Across twelve papers and one keynote address, tackling everything […]