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(Ken Ritter | Associated Press) – A federal judge in Nevada has dismissed a lawsuit that invoked sex trafficking laws in a bid to close the nation’s only legal brothels. U.S. District Judge Miranda Du in Reno said in her Tuesday ruling that she empathized with three women who claim they

Jim chats with a group of women who work at a Nevada brothel to dispel some alarming misconceptions that conflate consensual sex work with human trafficking.

Alice Little loves being a “luxury companion” and escort at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal, licensed brothel in Lyon County. The vivacious 29-year-old is passionate about sex work and sees the benefit it has on human intimacy — a basic need she feels often goes unmet. She resents any

(Robin Hebrock | Pahrump Valley Times) – Nye County is currently considering making several changes to Nye County Code Title 9, which regulates the brothel industry and one of the proposed changes, a six-hour leave rule, sparked outrage from many, particularly courtesans and advocates of the industry. However, Nye County

(Miranda Willson | Las Vegas Sun) – Nye County will not tighten the hours when legal prostitutes are permitted to leave licensed brothels, according to the latest draft of a proposed amended ordinance on the county’s prostitution rules. An earlier version of the draft ordinance would have prohibited legal prostitutes

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 (MikeSouth.com) – 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

(Miranda Willson | Las Vegas Sun) – A proposed amendment to a Nye County ordinance that would restrict the hours when legal prostitutes are permitted to leave licensed brothels has renewed a debate about the rights and working conditions of sex workers in Nevada. The ordinance would forbid legal prostitutes

(Amy Alonzo, Mason Valley News) – Nevada sex workers are angry over a potential Nye County ordinance that would limit the number of hours courtesans could leave their workplace before being retested for sexually transmitted diseases. Some workers claim they are being locked down simply for the convenience of the brothel

Shereen El Feki of BBC News reported this week that legal brothels in the African nation of Tunisia are on their last legs; victims of “pressure from women’s rights activists and religious conservatives” – primarily Ennahda, Tunisia’s Islamist party. This mirrors similar efforts by religious conservatives to close legal brothels

(Bree Zender | KUNR) – A federal lawsuit was filed earlier this year by an anti-legal brothel lawyer, claiming sex trafficking is rampant in the businesses. While brothel owners deny this, the suit aims to ban brothels in Nevada. Now, a prospective defendant is looking to add himself to the suit.