Bruce Bastian
Bruce Bastian is the co-founder of the word processing program WordPerfect. Bastian is an ex-member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon church) and is an openly gay man. Bastian donated $1 million to help counter the effort to push Proposition 8, an anti-gay marriage law in California. Brad Pitt also contributed to help keep gay marriages legal in the state.
Fast Facts
- Born in Twin Falls, Idaho1
- Bastian is the co-founder of WordPerfect
- On the board of directors of the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, DC1
- Is a former Mormon
- Is openly gay
- The LDS Church donated $120,550 to push Proposition 8 in California2
- Proposition 8 would ban the newly legalized gay marriage right in California
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