The Real World

AIDS activist and educator Sean Sasser has died, according to an announcement Wednesday evening by longtime friends.

Pedro Zamora was an AIDS activist who appeared on MTV’s reality series “The Real World.” As the first openly gay and openly HIV-positive person on a television series, he brought national attention to HIV/AIDS and LGBT issues.

During the roomies’ first night out on ‘Real World 24’, an encounter at a gay bar leaves Ryan, 21, a “straight hairdresser” from Arizona, freaked when a guy kisses him on the neck. Watch the video.