06/24/2013
June 23
1912 - Alan Turing was born near London. Turning designed some of the world's first computers during WWII, and during the early 1950's further experimented with artificial intelligence. He committed su***de in 1954 - his colleagues believed it was the result of being blackmailed over his homos*xuality.
1992 - The Gay Officers Action League of New York created and hosted the first International Conference Of Gay And Le***an Criminal Justice Professionals. Held in New York City at the exclusive Merchants Club, it was the first time that GLBT law enforcement personnel from all over the world met to collectively address issues that they have in common and, in the spirit of unity, offer each other mutual support.
2001 - John Herbert, drag queen, pioneering gay playwright and "mordant gadfly" of the Canadian theatre scene in the 1960s and 70s, dies at his Toronto home. He was 74 and had been ill for a month after undergoing a biopsy for prostate cancer Herbert was best known as the author of Fortune and Men's Eyes, his 1964 play that mercilessly exposed the homos*xual reality of prison culture