Yes, he was gay. He was tried and convicted for it, and given the choice of chemical castration or prison. He chose chemical castration so he could continue his work. It made him suicidally depressed, and then he killed himself. It was a fucking tragedy and an incalculable loss to humanity.
You may not have meant gay when you said "sex offenders". Some people do. Because of cases like Alan Turing's I have a large a gut "NO!" reaction to chemical castration as I do to the death penalty.
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Date: 2011-08-21 01:13 am (UTC)You may not have meant gay when you said "sex offenders". Some people do. Because of cases like Alan Turing's I have a large a gut "NO!" reaction to chemical castration as I do to the death penalty.