Gay Latter-day Saint; died by suicide
Stuart Matis
1967–2000
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Gay Latter-day Saint; died by suicide
Matis was a returned missionary, former elders quorum president and temple worker who had never been sexually intimate. He died by suicide in February 2000 during the Proposition 22 campaign in California. His parents Fred and Marilyn afterward petitioned successfully for changes to Church language on homosexuality in at least one youth publication and co-wrote a book about his life; they later objected publicly to his death being used 'for a political purpose of any kind.'
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Stuart Matis dies by suicide
Matis, thirty-two, a returned missionary and former elders quorum president who had worked in the temple and had never been sexually intimate, died by suicide during the Proposition 22 campaign. His mother had called twenty temples every two weeks to put his name on the prayer rolls. In a final letter he hoped his parents' action 'to help others understand the true nature of homosexuality might help to save many young people's lives.'
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