LGBTQ+ charity backs plan for Turing statue on fourth plinth
The Guardian|July 24, 2023
An LGBTQ+ armed forces charity has backed proposals to erect a statue of the second world war codebreaker Alan Turing on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth, a high-profile platform for contemporary art commissions
- Nadia Khomami
LGBTQ+ charity backs plan for Turing statue on fourth plinth

Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, made the suggestion in the Commons last week in response to a review of the service and experience of LGBTQ+ veterans who had served under the pre-2000 ban on homosexuality in the armed forces.

Craig Jones, the executive chair of the charity Fighting With Pride, has backed the proposals. He told the PA Media news agency: "Alan Turing is a man who today the UK is immensely proud of, but in his life he suffered greatly because of his sexual orientation. His achievements changed the world, and therefore it would be incredible to see him recognised in this way in a position just yards away from Admiral Lord Nelson, whose immortal memory we celebrate.

"I think [Turing's] treatment in his time is a stark contrast to the debt we recognise we owe him today."

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