Marriage equality activist Tony Brannon said his campaigning wore him down to the point of illness, but he recovered sufficiently to attend last night’s public meeting on civil unions.

Securing same-sex marriage for Bermuda has been a priority cause for the musician, whose petition last year induced the Bermuda Government to examine the topic more closely.

“I’m fine now — better than I was last week, for sure,” Mr Brannon said, after two days in King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and a rigorous course of antibiotics.

Mr Brannon said he had been working 20-hour days in the run-up to last Tuesday’s demonstration by same-sex marriage opponents Preserve Marriage, with a counter demonstration on the grounds of Cabinet.

With a gig to perform on top of holding vigil with marriage equality proponents, Mr Brannon said he became unwell that night and had to back out of a music therapy session the next day.

A trip to the doctor ended with him taken to the emergency room for severe dehydration and an internal infection.

Mr Brannon was in hospital on Thursday night during the “outrageous” announcement by Trevor Moniz, the Attorney-General, that Bermuda would maintain traditional marriage while offering civil unions.

While he had to miss that night’s meeting, he said he was determined to attend last night’s second event at the Berkeley Institute.

“I guess it was good for me to be forced not to go anywhere,” Mr Brannon said.