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Gay Rodeo, Reno, August 5, 1979.
“Blond Cowboy Dave Wilson,”
“Shirtless Cowboy #1,” and “Shirtless Cowboy #2.” Three photographs by Jack Fritscher.
©Jack Fritscher
Randy Shilts as reporter and Jack Fritscher as photographer together covered the
Gay Rodeo for the Associated Press and for the San Francisco Chronicle. Shilts’ article
and Fritscher’s photograph of “Dave Wilson” were published nationally by the AP and in
the Chronicle, August 6, 1979. Drummer editor Tim Barrus wrote: “In the 1970s, there
were two gay jobs in San Francisco. Randy Shilts had one [reporter at the Chronicle]; Jack
Fritscher had the other [editor in chief of Drummer].”

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