beside alan turing

[mopinko]

my son posted a pic of this statue on his fb


one of his friends made a comment about statues of gays. he noted freddie mercury, but couldn't think of any others.
would my du friends care to enlighten the young man.

(serious question. just cuz this is du, i add- no offense intended, no phony curiosity. completely sincere.)

[MinneapolisMatt]

1. This might be a good place to start.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gay,_lesbian_or_bisexual_people

I bet there are statues of lots of those people!

[4th law of robotics]

2. There are quite of few of Alexander the Great

He's pretty widely believed to have been homosexual (granted this was ancient greece . . . )

[xfundy]

3. Thanks.

That's the first time I've seen or heard of the Turing statue. Are you aware of his role in WWII and how his nation rejected him upon learning he was gay? It's quite a story. Sad story.

We've always been here, and were forced to fight back when the "religious" right decided to demonize us for political gain. I was raised to be a Christer, but actually read the Bible--few actually do, and those who do usually become atheist or agnostic.

[mopinko]

5. yes, i know turings sad story.

should be a crime. glad he is at least finally getting his due.

[HopeHoops]

4. Elton John and Rachel Maddow come to mind.

[mopinko]

6. there is a statue of rachel maddow?

where?

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Generally acknowledged as bisexual: King James VI of Scotland/I of England

http://www.123rf.com/photo_774918_statue-of-king-james-i-above-great-gates-of-trinity-college-facing-inwards-towards-great-court.html
Working backwards in that Wikipedia list given above - from the W-Z:

Oscar Wilde: Dublin http://www.vulgo.ie/features/sculptor-danny-osborne-on-his-oscar-wilde-statue/ , and London:

Walt Whitman: New York http://home.roadrunner.com/~trudge/at/p35waltw.html , Philadelphia http://www.philart.net/tour.php?id=18 , Moscow http://hillary.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/10/14/clinton_unveils_walt_whitman_statue_in_moscow

[mopinko]

8. very good. thanks.

just don't have time for all that googling.
thank you.

[baldguy]

9. .

[mopinko]

10. who is the statue?

not surprised to see a border collie acting this way.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. It's Alan Turing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing_Memorial

(notice also the rainbow flag at his feet)