Thousands of gay men could finally be pardoned for historical 'offences'

Theresa May's government is "committed" to a law that would pardon thousands of gay men convicted under historical gross indecency laws. A spokesperson for Downing Street confirmed to Mashable reports that the legislation, called the "Alan Turing law", would be introduced "in due course". Turing, a World War Two codebreaker, was pardoned posthumously in 2013 after an official apology was made by Gordon Brown, then prime minister, in 2009. The mathematician had been convicted of gross indecency in 1952 after an affair with a 19-year-old man. He took his life two years later.