Pedro Zamora
TV Personality
1972 – 1994
Who was Pedro Zamora?
Pedro Pablo Zamora was a Cuban-American AIDS educator and television personality. As one of the first openly gay men with AIDS to be portrayed in popular media, Zamora brought international attention to HIV/AIDS and LGBT issues and prejudices through his appearance on MTV's reality television series, The Real World: San Francisco.
Zamora's romantic relationship with Sean Sasser was also documented on the show; their relationship was later nominated by MTV viewers for "Favorite Love Story" award, and the broadcast of their commitment ceremony, in which they exchanged vows, was the first such same-sex ceremony in television history, and is considered a landmark in the history of the medium.
U.S. President Bill Clinton credited Zamora with personalizing and humanizing those living with HIV—especially to Latino communities—with his activism, including his testimony before Congress. Zamora's personal struggle with AIDS, and his conflict with housemate David "Puck" Rainey is credited with helping to make The Real World a hit show, for which Time ranked it #7 on its list of "32 Epic Moments in Reality-TV History".
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- Born
- Feb 29, 1972
Diezmero - Also known as
- Pedro
- Pedro Pablo Zamora
- Pedro Pablo Zamora y Díaz
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Sean Sasser
(1994/06 - 1994/11/11)
- Sean Sasser
- Ethnicity
- Cuban American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Nov 11, 1994
Coconut Grove
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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