# History fact check-What were you taught about Alan Turing?

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**Created:** [March 25, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-fact-check-what-were-you-taught-about-alan-turing/1016067 "2025-03-25T00:50:45Z")\
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Ah, thanks to [@AndyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-pretty-good-at-sf-story-identification/462417/1667) for helping me remember: Greg Bear wrote a short story in 1989 called “Tangents”, where one of the main characters is clearly based on Turing, and he’s gay. So it was known to the public (or at least to Greg Bear) at least by then.

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