Relatives of gay WW2 codebreaker Alan Turing petitioned Downing Street . Turing was prosecuted for being gay but he was pardoned in 23rd June 2012 . Benedict Cumberbatch played Turing in the film The Imitation Game . Some 49,000 men were convicted of 'gross indecency ' under anti-gay laws . Miliband vowed to introduce a 'Turing 's Law ' pardoning gay prosecutions .
Relatives of gay WW2 codebreaker Alan Turing petitioned Downing Street . Turing was prosecuted for being gay but he was pardoned in 2013 . Benedict Cumberbatch played Turing in the film The Imitation Game . Some 49,000 men were convicted of 'gross indecency ' under anti-gay laws . Miliband vowed to introduce a 'Turing 's Law ' pardoning gay prosecutions .