West Hollywood is grieving the loss of a well-known friend and neighbor.
Matt Palazzolo, an actor, writer, and LGBTQ activist, died Tuesday while hiking in Australia.
33-year-old Palazzolo was a longtime member of West Hollywood’s Lesbian and Gay Advisory Board, as well as a member of the Christopher Street West board. He was also active in local politics, hosting political events and rallies, including helping to organize a 12,000 person rally for the “No on Prop 8” movement in 2008.
Palazzolo died of a heat stroke while climbing a 10 mile stretch on Mount Sonder, a 4,265-foot mountain in Central Australia. He suffered heat stroke in the 108 degree temperatures.
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After separating from his hiking partner, Palazzolo disappeared. He was missing for three hours before his body was located more than a thousand feet away from the trail.
His father, Pat Palazzolo, expressed his pride in his son’s work in a Facebook post:
Dear family and friends,
There were times when I reacted with resentment when people acted or spoke badly towards or about my son Matt because of his sexuality. But he seemed to always react with compassion, love and understanding.
He told me once that everybody has their own timetable for understanding what they previously didn’t understand.
But he was also a determined advocate for gay rights, determined to bring awareness and knowledge to those who didn’t yet have it. This video was one moment from Matt’s young life that we are all so proud of.
Kangol
Sad news. May he rest in peace.
Danny595
If he worked to oppose Prop 8 and if he served on the Lesbian and Gay Advisory Board, then he was an activist for LGB rights, not “LGBTQ rights.” There is no evidence that he had anything to do with transgenderism or with self-described “queers.”
May he rest in peace.
paul dorian lord fredine
you couldn’t just say ‘rest in peace’ without being a prick about his role as an activist? i can imagine you being the type who’d send a bouquet of stink weed to the funeral home.
Notright
Wow. Turning a brother’s death into a soapbox for your overly sensitive drivel. Not good for your cause sir or ma’am
ladycookie
Danny595 is a troll, and most likely not even gay. His mission is to make it seem like there are deep divisions between gay people over stupid things like this, but he fails at this, as he has failed in his own life, bringing him here to us on this day. May you rest in peace as well, Danny.
rodzilla
what a shame! the dad sounds like a very wise man so i have no doubt the son was also. the world need more folk like them, not less. RIP!
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