So essentially ESR is butthurt that Turing is remembered for being gay. This somehow diminishes him. And Turing most definitely wasn't persecuted for being gay. It's just that he was prosecuted and forcibly treated with female hormones. In ESRs head, that's not persecution because he had the chance to get out of it, most likely by denying who he is, ie a gay man:

   Rather than confront Turing’s homosexuality, the British authorities
   from the arresting constable on up tried to look the other way and
   gave every easy out they could; Turing, through some combination of
   carelessness and self-destructiveness, took none of them.

Shorter esr:

   Silly queers should stay in the closet.

Has esr gone full mens' rights / misogynist while I haven't been paying attention?