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by pbhjpbhj 5325 days ago
I think this is part of the "fetish".

Turing is supposedly openly homosexual according to his friend and biographer and yet his fiancee still agrees to get engaged and appears to be surprised by his admission to her that he was attracted to men - they worked together and spent a lot of time outside of work together, you'd think she'd be the first to know if he was openly homosexual. This incident in his life certainly suggest bisexuality.

Moreover it seems that Turing considered his homosexual activity to be a perversion; his acceptance of the hormone therapy moves in that direction. Turing as an exceptional chemist himself would be more than aware of the possible consequences of continuing the treatment. Surely he'd choose prison otherwise?

I've a pet theory about his apparent ephebophilia and that he fell for a "honey" trap leading to his arrest but that's pushing us OT quite a bit I think.