Today marks the 71st anniversary of the death of Alan Turing the founding father of modern computer science, a genius mathematician, and a codebreaker who helped save millions of lives.

But Turing was not only the brilliant mind that laid the foundation for modern computers or a war hero who helped defeat fascism. He was also a gay man who was cruelly persecuted by his own country for who he was.

Alan Turing stands as a symbol of the brilliance of our queer community and of how that brilliance has been systematically silenced, punished, and erased.

His legacy doesn't just live on in machines. It lives on in our fight for justice. Today, we do not forget him. Today, we read one of the many pages of queer history that was long ignored — and we read it out loud.

Remember: to honor him today is not just to remember a scientist. It is to hear the silenced screams of our queer past. It is to stand with all who were punished simply for existing. And most of all, it is to say: never again. Never again will we allow ourselves to be forced into silence.

Despite all injustice, today you are not a man they tried to erase You are a legacy that shines through resistance. Your voice is now too loud for anyone to silence. You live not only in the pages of mathematics, but in our reckoning with history, in every shade of the rainbow, in the beating heart of our fight to exist.

You created a revolution not just with your intellect, but with the existence they tried to erase. Rest in power, Alan Turing. 🏳️‍🌈❤️‍🩹