His soul is lost, sad.
Maybe his note made things more clear. Gay people have more rights now than ever. They just seem never satisfied. Same with the women's movement.
Yet many people who commit suicide, do so when they are in an abnormal mental state: they are "not in their right minds." So sometimes the sin of self-murder is not fully imputable in terms of personal guilt.
Which is to say, you are not fully in control of what you do when driven by mental illness.
It's pretty horrible when a person has a good deal of repenting to do, but they never repent at the end because their suicide cuts off their last chance. Such a person is exposing himself to the ultimate horror and futility: the loss of his immortal soul to the outer darkness.
However, you don't know what was going on his mind. Maybe his last SANE thought was repentance. Likely? Maybe not. But possible.
So, bottom line, we can't pretend we know for a fact that he's in hell.
Since prayer transcends time and space, I will pray for him.
lots of people take themselves out in various ways - like this guy, other quick suicides: hang, shot to head, take pills, some eat themselves to death, some live lifestyles that wear hearts - organs, etc out quicker than usual, sick people in pain choose increasing pain meds that are known to kill them slowly “comfort care” (not kovorkian).
The state of each person’s soul only God knows.