Remains of the Day (03/19)

Sun-Sentinel: "Queer Miami" exhibit looks at South Florida's LGBTQ community over the past 100 years, including the late Pedro Zamora

The New York Times: Special counsel sought Michael Cohen's emails in 2017, documents show

Instagram: Remembering Merritt Butrick of "Square Pegs" fame, who died 30 years ago this week

Socialite Life: Is Sam Heughan really this handsome? 

Towleroad: Anti-gay flyers target lesbian Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot with lies and hate

Boy Culture: First look at the new Netflix version of "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City" (Murray Bartlett makes an adorable Mouse!)

HuffPost: Activist John Voelcker revisits his 1992 gaybashing after Jussie Smollett

Dlisted: Calvin Klein's ripped ex-boy toy got in trouble for attacking a guy with a frying pan

The Plum Line: How Democrats can defeat Trump and his ugly ideas, according to Pete Buttigieg

The Hill: Trump's Supreme Court sides with Trump, again

The Daily News: Woman clings to purse as mugger drags her down the street

New York Post: Prosecutors reportedly offer to drop prostitution charges against Trump pal Robert Kraft if he admits what he did

Kevin Roose: How I ditched my phone and unbroke my brain

Matthew's Island: Shirtless Sikh model alert

The Randy Report: It's very early, but polling shows that Joe Biden continues to lead among Democratic contenders

Back2Stonewall: West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin acts very Joe Manchin

Baseline: Five things to know about Bianca Andreescu

Bammer: Ever wonder about gay life in Nigeria?

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Hot Cat of the Day: Siouxsie Sioux would approve!

Remembering Pedro

Pedro Zamora of ‘The Real World: San Francisco’ Remembered 20 Years Later 

Two decades after his death, the impact of the 'Real World: San Francisco' star/AIDS activist is still being felt.

Loved this kid. His on-camera marriage ceremony to Sean Sasser (d. 2013) seemed like a pipe dream then. How I wish he could see the progress we have made since then. Read HERE.

RIP: Sean Sasser, AIDS Activist and Early MTV 'Real World' Star, Is Dead at 44

Things got all too real in San Francisco

Sad to read about the passing of Sean Sasser, best remembered as the boyfriend of Pedro Zamora on the third season of "The Real World." 

With partner Michael Kaplan

Fellow "Real World" alum Dan Renzi reports on Queerty:

According to his life partner, Michael Kaplan, Sasser died of mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the lungs. [Typically associated with asbestos inhalation.] No other information was released immediately about his medical condition, but mesothelioma has been linked to a weakened immune system in some people with AIDS.   

The news is especially shocking as just three months ago the Washington Blade wrote a review of the restaurant in D.C. where Sasser had recently moved and started working as a pastry chef, that quickly turned into a love letter to everyone's favorite early '90s boyfriend. (Kaplan led the relocation to the East Coast to become president and CEO of AIDS United.) As you can see, Sean was just beaming and full of life in the photo. Prior to moving to Washington, he and Kaplan were living in Oregon, where they were foster parents to a little girl named Alice. What was supposed to be a two-week stint -- she was 4 when she arrived -- lasted a year and a half before she was eventually adopted by her aunt. 

Although their relationship was under terrifying circumstances, watching Sean be strong and stand by Pedro was a character-building lesson for me as a young gay man. My condolences to everyone who loved him. His legacy will most certainly live on.

In the kitchen at the West End eatery RIS