Dennis Hof Archives - Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Sun, 09 Jul 2023 11:49:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Dennis Hof Archives - Mike South 32 32 1788040 How COVID Has Totally Screwed Things Up for Nevada’s Legal Sex Workers https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/how-covid-has-totally-screwed-things-up-for-nevadas-legal-sex-workers-66088/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/how-covid-has-totally-screwed-things-up-for-nevadas-legal-sex-workers-66088/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2020 19:16:04 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=66088 At the start of 2020, it looked like things were about to change for the better for Nevada’s legal brothels. The industry was riding high following a huge win against a referendum to shutter the establishments in Lyon County, and legal sex workers were anxiously awaiting a review from a legislative interim committee to study […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/how-covid-has-totally-screwed-things-up-for-nevadas-legal-sex-workers-66088/feed/ 1 66088 Nevada brothel ban ballot measure FAILS; deceased Dennis Hof elected to state assembly https://mikesouth.com/politics/nevada-brothel-ban-ballot-measure-fails-deceased-hof-elected-to-state-assembly-30159/ https://mikesouth.com/politics/nevada-brothel-ban-ballot-measure-fails-deceased-hof-elected-to-state-assembly-30159/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2018 07:43:13 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=30159 A bad night for anti-sex work authoritarians: there will be no brothel ban in Lyon County, Nevada. The brothel ban ballot measure has gone down in flames — and it was a landslide: 16,642 votes against to 4,031 for. The estimated population of Lyon County is only 54,122, and it has only 30,965 registered voters. Brothel worker Alice Little […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/politics/nevada-brothel-ban-ballot-measure-fails-deceased-hof-elected-to-state-assembly-30159/feed/ 5 30159 Dennis Hof: Showman and sex industry modernizer https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/dennis-hof-showman-and-sex-industry-modernizer-29706/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/dennis-hof-showman-and-sex-industry-modernizer-29706/#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:12:24 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=29706 An astute op/ed from UNLV sociology professor and sex work researcher Barbara Brents on the late Dennis Hof Dennis Hof was a showman who capitalized on the caricature bestowed by his business – the world’s greatest pimp. He would love the attention his death is getting. But let’s not confuse his flamboyant thorn-in-your side image […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/dennis-hof-showman-and-sex-industry-modernizer-29706/feed/ 0 29706 Photos of Dennis Hof taken just hours before his death! EXCLUSIVE https://mikesouth.com/interviews/photos-of-dennis-hof-taken-just-hours-before-his-death-mike-south-exclusive-29538/ https://mikesouth.com/interviews/photos-of-dennis-hof-taken-just-hours-before-his-death-mike-south-exclusive-29538/#respond Thu, 18 Oct 2018 22:41:25 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=29538 Dennis Hof turned 72 on Sunday. He spent Monday night celebrating his birthday at a party and campaign rally with guests, including former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, adult film star Ron Jeremy and his trusted friend and bodyguard, Mark Behar. Ron Jeremy was the one who discovered his body Monday morning, after the previous night’s […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/interviews/photos-of-dennis-hof-taken-just-hours-before-his-death-mike-south-exclusive-29538/feed/ 0 29538 Dennis Hof, Nevada Brothel Owner and Political Candidate, Dead at 72 https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/dennis-hof-nevada-brothel-owner-and-political-candidate-dead-at-72-29518/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/dennis-hof-nevada-brothel-owner-and-political-candidate-dead-at-72-29518/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2018 19:39:58 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=29518 Nevada brothel owner, TV star, showman, and candidate for the Nevada state legislature, Dennis Hof, has died, according to his campaign manager. Nye County Commissioner John Koenig confirmed the news Tuesday at a commission meeting, according to Nye County spokesman Arnold Knightly. Hof “went to sleep last night and didn’t wake up,” Koenig said, according to Knightly, who added […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/dennis-hof-nevada-brothel-owner-and-political-candidate-dead-at-72-29518/feed/ 5 29518 Dennis Hof’s The Love Ranch Officially Loses its License https://mikesouth.com/legal/dennis-hofs-the-love-ranch-officially-loses-its-license-27732/ https://mikesouth.com/legal/dennis-hofs-the-love-ranch-officially-loses-its-license-27732/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:36:29 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=27732 “It’s like banging your head against a wall,” one lawmaker in Nye County said in regards to trying to deal with Dennis Hof. The brothel kingpin has failed yet again to renew his brother license and pays the associated fees on time and the county is fed up with his shenanigans and have decided to pull […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/legal/dennis-hofs-the-love-ranch-officially-loses-its-license-27732/feed/ 1 27732 NV brothel owner Dennis Hof ousts incumbent James Oscarson in state Assembly primary https://mikesouth.com/politics/nv-brothel-owner-dennis-hof-ousts-incumbent-james-oscarson-in-state-assembly-primary-26709/ https://mikesouth.com/politics/nv-brothel-owner-dennis-hof-ousts-incumbent-james-oscarson-in-state-assembly-primary-26709/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2018 07:30:28 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=26709 Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof beat incumbent Assembly member James Oscarson and a third candidate in the GOP primary for a Southern Nevada Assembly seat by a landslide. Hof will face Democrat Lesia Romanov in November. The Los Angeles Times reports that Hof “won handily Tuesday night, defeating Oscarson and getting a concession from the incumbent […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/politics/nv-brothel-owner-dennis-hof-ousts-incumbent-james-oscarson-in-state-assembly-primary-26709/feed/ 1 26709 Dennis Hof political enemies seek to put NV brothels out of business via referendum https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/dennis-hof-political-enemies-seek-to-put-nv-brothels-out-of-business-via-referendum-25433/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/dennis-hof-political-enemies-seek-to-put-nv-brothels-out-of-business-via-referendum-25433/#comments Sat, 19 May 2018 22:09:19 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=25433 Referendum petitions submitted by anti-sex work crusaders tied to brothel kingpin Dennis Hof‘s political opponent could put Nevada brothels out of business and cost local taxpayers millions.   There are currently around 22 active, legal brothels in Nevada, dispersed among seven counties. Anti-prostitution activists are targeting brothels in Lyon County—home to the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, The […]

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