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 LGBTQ issues and prejudices through his appearance on MTV's reality television series, The Real World: San Francisco.
Zamora in 1993
Pedro Zamora (left) with Alonso R. del Portillo in 1993
Pedro Zamora a few days before his death with his father and most of his siblings.
Zamora's family at the dedication of Pedro Zamora Way and the Pedro Zamora Garden on March 1, 1995
The Real World: San Francisco
The Real World: San Francisco is the third season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the second season of The Real World to be filmed in the Pacific States region of the United States, specifically in California after The Real World: Los Angeles.
The initial cast of The Real World: San Francisco
Alex Escarno with Pam, Judd, Rachel and Cory at Mercy Hospital in Miami on November 11, 1994, a few hours before Pedro died.
