Old Glory might have been replaced...

If Alan Turing hadn't invented the machines that broke the Nazi Enigma Code, baseball games in the U.S. might be starting with a very different national anthem today.

Alan Turing's career included the development of revolutionary new concepts in digital computing. The computer you are using at this very moment wouldn't have been possible without his work. Unfortunately, his career and life were cut short when he was driven to suicide by an experimental hormone treatment he was ordered to take for a year. The order came from a Liverpool judge who thought Turing was...

Of course, that is also the reason you never heard about Turing in your high school history classes.

Fifty years later, people still get fired for having the "wrong" sexual orientation. We can't afford to loose anyone's talents. Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals just want to use their many talents in work environments that don't require them to work in a closet. No one should have to lie about who they are.