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Sean Sasser and Pedro Zamora collection
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    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

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Sean Sasser and Pedro Zamora collection. Collection Number: 2014-04. GLBT Historical Society

    Acquisition Information

    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

    Indexing Terms

    AIDS (disease)
    Long-term relationships
    Comic books, strips, etc.
    Television
    Latinx people
    Black people
    People of color
    African Americans
    Latinos