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Title: Sean Sasser and Pedro Zamora collection
Dates: 1992-2000
Collection Number: 2014-04
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2.1 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection contains items from the relationship and commitment/wedding ceremony between AIDS activists Sean Sasser (1968-2013)
and Pedro Zamora (1972-1994).
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Sean Sasser and Pedro Zamora collection. Collection Number: 2014-04. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Michael Kaplan on March 27, 2014.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains items from the relationship and commitment/wedding ceremony between AIDS activists Sean Sasser (1968-2013)
and Pedro Zamora (1972-1994). Includes Pedro and Sean’s wedding bands and wedding book; photographs and a photo collage of
them and their friends, miscellaneous negatives and contact sheets; an advance copy of “Pedro and Me” by Judd Winick; a personal
card from Pedro to Sean; a few posters and documents surrounding Zamora’s AIDS activism, his death and his memorial service;
and videotapes of a benefit for Zamora and his address to the National Commission on AIDS. Sasser and Zamora’s relationship
was a focal point on MTV’s “Real World: San Francisco” in 1994 and their commitment ceremony was featured on the show. GSSO
Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000521; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000823; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008344;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008514; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007641; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007675;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_006371
AIDS (disease)
Long-term relationships
Comic books, strips, etc.
Television
Latinx people
Black people
People of color
African Americans
Latinos