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Alice Little Establishes Legal Defense Fund for Nevada Brothels

BrothelBeat — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 22:37:01 +0000

Last month we reported that Alice Little, the highest-earning courtesan at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel, was instituting legal proceedings against Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak over his “arbitrary” refusal to reopen the state’s legal bordellos amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The case is filed, but as legal battles can be incredibly costly, Little has established a […]

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Bad News for Area Brothels as CES Announces it Will Not Return to Las Vegas in 2021

xxxReporter — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 18:40:51 +0000

CES, the world’s largest consumer electronic show, has long been one of the top two Las Vegas expos bringing business to the legal brothels just across the border with Nye County. The annual convention brings more than 150,000 visitors and hundreds of millions of dollars to the Las Vegas valley every year — and along with […]

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Berlin bondage studios can reopen as long as clients and staff wear masks

xxxReporter — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 18:52:28 +0000

Bondage studios and erotic massage parlors in Berlin, Germany were shuttered when a city-wide ban of brothels was put in place to help control the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Now they have been given the green light to reopen. The owners of a parlor offering intimate massages and a BDSM studio recently campaigned for an injunction to […]

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Bar closed, masks required, no physical contact: Mustang Ranch proposes ridiculous plan to re-open

Sam Langhorne — Wed, 27 May 2020 19:25:00 +0000

Lance Gilman’s PR firm is working overtime, but has failed conclusively A Nevada brothel owner is brainstorming ways to re-open his business, even as the state says there are no decisions on when brothels can resume operations. With some extensive modifications in services, “we can open safely, we know that,” said Mustang Ranch owner Lance […]

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Nevada Brothels, Strip Clubs, Casinos to be Shuttered for 30 Days as State Orders Closure of ‘Non-Essential Businesses’

xxxReporter — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 02:13:20 +0000

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak Tuesday announced an order for all non-essential businesses across the state — including strip clubs, legal brothels and casinos — to close for 30 days due to coronavirus. Only essential services and businesses will be allowed to remain open. These include medical offices, grocery, drug and convenience stores, banks and gas stations. […]

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Employee / Independent Contractor fight hits Nevada brothels, as state Employee Security Division classifies sex workers as employees

xxxReporter — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 01:37:52 +0000

A licensed brothel in Nevada is protesting that the state has classified sex workers as its employees rather than as independent contractors — a change that could mean the brothel owes a large sum to the state’s unemployment insurance fund — is now arguing over public records before the Nevada Supreme Court. The matter comes after a […]

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Nye County, Nevada Kills ’24-Hour Lockdown Rule’ for Brothels

Sam Langhorne — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 02:23:05 +0000

The Nevada Brothel Association, a coalition of legal brothel workers co-founded by sex workers Alice Little, Ruby Rae, and Moonlite Bunny Ranch owner Suzette Cole, posted news of the proposed law changes on the Association’s official website.

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After Northern Territory decriminalizes sex work, Victoria announces inquiry to review outdated and ‘unfit for purpose’ laws

Sam Langhorne — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 21:02:12 +0000

The state of Victoria in southeastern Australia has announced its first large-scale review of the sex industry in more than 35 years

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Nye County Commission Quietly Pulls Draconian Brothel Lockdown Rule from Proposed Ordinance

xxxReporter — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 01:01:20 +0000

Sex workers had not been included in the Nye County Commission’s initial discussions about the proposed changes to the hours when prostitutes could leave brothels After sparking outrage among sex workers and civil libertarians, a proposed government mandated “lockdown” policy for sex workers in Nye County, Nevada’s legal brothels – forcing them to remain on the […]

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Religious Crusaders Target the Last Legal Brothels in Tunisia

Sam Langhorne — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 15:35:18 +0000

BBC News reports that decades-old, state-regulated legal brothels in the African nation of Tunisia are being forced to close; victims of “pressure from women’s rights activists and religious conservatives” – Muslim groups including Ennahda (Tunisia’s Islamist party), and Salafist extremists. Chuck Muth of the Nevada Brothel Association notes that this crusade “mirrors similar efforts by religious conservatives […]

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