gxm
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I am not sure if his family knew that he was gay. His friend from high school was interviewed, and said Tyler did not date either males or females in high school, just was concentrating on playing the violin and not dating. So if he was interested in males he might have not done so out in the open while he was living in home. And if he was anonymously posting on some gay oriented website, how many parents really know all their children do on the internet? So I think that possibly his family did not know.
That's the impression that I get. Unless Tyler was not out to his family then, as horrible as this invasion of privacy is, it does not seem likely that it would produce enough distress for a suicide. I am not trying to downplay how despicable it was to film Tyler's private encounters. I just don't see his sexual preference as a suicidal issue if he was out, and his family and friends had accepted that fact. For some reason, I find myself wondering what else was going on in his life that could have prompted him to such a tragic end.