Pedro Pablo Zamora (born Pedro Pablo Zamora y Díaz, February 29, 1972
â€" November 11, 1994) 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 LGBTQ 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 1994, 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.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 1994, 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 HIVâ€"especially to Latino
communitiesâ€"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".Pedro Zamora was born in Diezmero,
San Miguel del Padrón, on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, to Héctor
Zamora, a food-warehouse worker, and Zoraida Díaz, a housewife.
Zamora was their eighth and youngest child. Díaz had been told she
could not have any more children, thus Zamora's birth on a leap day
was seen as charmed. Héctor had fought in the Cuban Revolution for
Fidel Castro, but became disillusioned with changes after Castro came
to power. This earned him an unfavorable reputation with local
informants. As a result, life became increasingly difficult for the
Zamoras, who lived in a small house with a dirt floor. Zoraida traded
on the black market for food. Pedro Zamora Top Movies & Young Movies