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Archives for March 2019

March 30, 2019 By NBA Staff

Nevada brothel owner steps in to defend legal sex trade

(Brian Joseph | Las Vegas Review-Journal) – A Storey County Commissioner and the owner of the Mustang Ranch brothel filed a motion in federal court this month to intervene in a lawsuit to end legal prostitution in Nevada.

Lance Gilman, who has been in the brothel business for nearly two decades, is seeking to become another defendant in the suit against the state of Nevada, the state Legislature and Gov. Steve Sisolak. . . . Gilman said this month he had to try to insert himself into the lawsuit in order to defend his business interests. . . .

“If you take the entire state and everybody there, the financial damages are significant,” he said, referring to Nevada’s other brothel owners and the working women themselves, who operate as independent contractors within the houses.  Gilman also has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

Charleston’s attorney, Jason Guinasso, who helped lead the unsuccessful campaigns last year to ban brothels in Lyon and Nye counties, is opposing Gilman’s request…

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March 28, 2019 By NBA Staff

Must-Hear Podcast: “Mamas of the Brothels”

The Double Shift is a national podcast about a new generation of working mothers.

“It’s not about parenting or kids,” explains show host Katherine Goldstein, an award-winning journalist at the Washington Post and mother, “but the real, three-dimensional stories of moms who work — from the campaign trail to the legal brothels of Nevada and everywhere in between.”

In this episode, Double Shift talks to “moms, madams and experts to explore the perks and pitfalls of being a working mom when your office is a legal brothel,” including interviews with courtesans from the Mustang and Sagebrush ranches.

It’s an extremely well-done program that tells the honest truth about the women who work safely and lawfully in Nevada’s legal brothels.

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March 23, 2019 By NBA Staff

Former sheriff worked ‘behind the scenes’ on anti-prostitution movement

(Amy Alonzo | Mason Valley News) – Former Lyon County Sheriff Al McNeil was kept “behind the scenes” while helping with the creation of a 2018 referendum drafted by the anti-prostitution group No Little Girl, according to emails obtained by the Mason Valley News through a public records request to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office. . . .

In an April 2018 email, a woman working on the referendum question asked Reno-based attorney Jason Guinasso, attorney for No Little Girl, “Is the Sheriff okay with the public knowing he’s on board?”

Guinasso replied, “Ask the Sheriff directly. We may need to keep him behind the scenes.” . . .

McNeil was also involved in gathering signatures to support the referendum, according to emails from Guinasso. He spoke to pastors at Vineyard Church in Yerington, Journey Church in Fernley and Calvary Chapel in Dayton about helping with “kick-off efforts” and confirmed dates and times for meetings with those churches. . . .

However, as the 2018 election approached with visible lack of support for shutting the brothels, McNeil continued to attempt to drum up support for the anti-brothel movement.

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March 22, 2019 By NBA Staff

Brothel workers’ personal information sought by attorney for investigation

(Amy Alonzo | Mason Valley News) – A Reno attorney is trying to obtain access to women’s applications to work in Lyon County brothels, forms that include Social Security numbers, criminal history, past addresses and emergency contacts.

Attorney Jason Guinasso, in court documents, said the information request is “relevant to an investigation underway by my office.”

Lyon County has thus far denied Guinasso’s requests, claiming the information is not part of the public record. . . .

Lyon County District Attorney Steve Rye said the county is following legislation that recommends keeping the records private. “When somebody comes in and applies for a work card, do they automatically assume all that information is public?”

“Lyon County has it right,” said Mark Wray, attorney for the Lyon County brothels. “Merely because information appears in a record that is public doesn’t mean that all the information in the document belongs in the public realm. There’s no public interest in knowing the name and address of someone who works as a prostitute.”

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March 22, 2019 By NBA Staff

Sex workers vow to fight bill to ban brothels

(Mohave Valley Daily News) – A bill introduced in the Nevada Senate on Thursday seeks to ban the nation’s only legal brothels by outlawing prostitution.

Republican state Sen. Joe Hardy said brothels have no place in Nevada and attract women with few economic options who get stuck in an abusive industry. . . . Democratic Sen. Pat Spearman also signed on as a sponsor of the legislation, saying the legal bordellos can disguise sex trafficking. . . .

Alice Little, who works at a brothel in Lyon County, said she appreciates Hardy’s concern, but argued the legislation would only harm sex workers like herself.

“At the end of the day, it’s our jobs, our bodies, our consent that should matter,” she said. “I don’t need somebody who has never even met me to be passing judgment about whether my job should or should not be allowed.”

“It’s either going to happen in the streets and in Vegas and in the hotels, or it’s going to happen in a safe, legal atmosphere where women such as myself can feel safe and protected,” said Christina Parreira, a sex worker who formerly worked in multiple brothels.

Parreira, a doctoral candidate at the University of Nevada Las Vegas who also conducted academic research at the brothels, said legal brothel work empowers women to leave pimps and abusive relationships and support their families.

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March 22, 2019 By NBA Staff

AP: Brothel ban bill filed in Nevada, sex workers vow to fight

(Associated Press) – A bill introduced in the Nevada Senate on Thursday seeks to ban the nation’s only legal brothels by outlawing prostitution.

Republican state Sen. Joe Hardy said brothels have no place in Nevada and attract women with few economic options who get stuck in an abusive industry. Democratic Sen. Pat Spearman also signed on as a sponsor of the legislation, saying the legal bordellos can disguise sex trafficking. . . .

Sex workers and brothel backers have promised to fight the Nevada measure. They argue a ban would hurt struggling rural economies and drive women out of a regulated environment and into dangerous street prostitution.

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Suzette Cole, CEO, Moonlite Bunny Ranch

“Prostitution is the oldest profession and will not go away.  Nevada has been doing it right since 1971 when we took it out of the criminal’s hands and put it into a highly-regulated industry.  As an added benefit, there has never been a case of HIV/AIDS in the history of legal brothels here…and you can’t say that about any other profession in the United States.”

John Stossel, Syndicated Columnist

“We don’t have to cheer for prostitution, or think it’s nice, to keep government out of it and let participants make up their own minds.  It’s wrong to ban sex workers’ options just to make ourselves feel better.”

Steve Chapman, Syndicated Columnist

“Prohibition doesn’t eliminate the harms generally associated with prostitution, such as violence, human trafficking and disease. On the contrary, it fosters them by driving the business underground.”

Christina Parreira, UNLV Researcher/Sex Worker

“Sex work is my CHOICE.  I’d like to continue to have the opportunity to make that choice legally.  We don’t need protection. We’re consenting, adult women.”

Washington, DC Councilman David Grosso

“We need to stop arresting people for things that are not really criminal acts. We should arrest someone for assault…but when it’s two adults engaging in a consensual sex act, I don’t see why that should be an arrestable offense”

New York Assemblyman Richard Gottfried

“Trying to stop sex work between consenting adults should not be the business of the criminal justice system.”

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker

“Yes, sex work should be decriminalized.  As a general matter, I don’t believe that we should be criminalizing activity between consenting adults, and especially when doing so causes even more harm for those involved.”

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders

“I think the idea of legalizing prostitution is something that should be considered…(and) certainly needs to be discussed.”

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris

“When you’re talking about consenting adults, I think that, yes, we should really consider that we can’t criminalize consensual behavior, as long as no one is being harmed. … We should not be criminalizing women who are engaged in consensual opportunities for employment.”

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren

“I believe humans should have autonomy over their own bodies and they get to make their own decisions. … I am open to decriminalizing sex work. Sex workers, like all workers, deserve autonomy and are particularly vulnerable to physical and financial abuse.”

U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard

“If a consenting adult wants to engage in sex work, that is their right, and it should not be a crime. All people should have autonomy over their bodies and their labor.”

Gov. John Hickenlooper

“Legalizing prostitution and regulating it, so there are norms and protections and we understand more clearly how people are being treated and make sure we prevent abuse, I think it should be really looked at.”

Mike Gravel, former Alaska Senator

“Sex workers are workers, and they deserve the dignity and respect that every worker deserves. For too long, we’ve denied them that. Sex workers, not politicians, should lead the way in crafting sex work policy.”

Prof. Ronald Weitzer, George Washington University:

“Unlike illegal street prostitution in many other places, Nevada’s legal brothels do not disturb public order, create nuisances, or negatively impact local communities in other ways. Instead, they provide needed tax revenue for cash-strapped rural towns.”

Prof. Barbara Brents, UNLV author, “State of Sex”:

“Teams of scholars…have concluded that Nevada’s legal brothels provide a far safer environment for sex workers than the criminalized system in the rest of the United States.”

Prof. Sarah Blithe, UNR author, “Sex and Stigma”:

“Discussions of legal prostitution are rife with misinformation.  Academic work and popular press publications alike often conflate legal prostitution in the United States with illegal prostitution.”

Lee Herz Dixon:

“Do I think eradicating legal prostitution from all Nevada counties will erase the practice of the oldest profession in the state, or break the nexus of drugs, crime, and exploitation of the vulnerable? I do not.”

Journalist Michael Cernovich:

“It’s empirically proven that criminalizing sex work allows children to be sex trafficked more readily as they are afraid to turn to authorities and wonder if they will be arrested.”

Enrique Carmona:

“We need to put aside moralistic prejudices, whether based on religion or an idealistic form of feminism, and figure out what is in the best interests of the sex workers and public interest as well.”

Ruby Rae, professional courtesan

“In the brothels, we have the choice, always, to say which clients we will say yes and no to. We have staff that would never let a man hurt us, and we have a clientele that do not come here to hurt us.”

Kiki Lover, professional courtesan:

“We are human beings who chose to do sex work on our own free will. We get treated with respect and like family at the brothels. It’s a job just like any other job. We sell a service that all humans need.”

Paris Envy, professional courtesan:

“I’m not ‘exploited.’ I’m not ‘trafficked.’ I’m not ‘brainwashed.’ I don’t need to be ‘saved.’ I’ve freely chosen this line of work, which is a legal, private transaction between consenting adults.”

Alice Little, professional courtesan:

“It’s ILLEGAL sex work that exploits children. It’s ILLEGAL sex work that traffics. It’s ILLEGAL sex work that sees women exploited and abused by pimps.”

Jim Shedd, Nevadan

“Prostitution should be licensed, regulated, taxed like any other service industry.  There are many single or widowed men and women who should be able to take advantage of such services provided by consenting adults for consenting adults. Let’s act to at least reduce illegal sex trafficking and other sex crimes by creating safe and legal outlets for paying adults who wish to use them.”

Paul Bourassa, brothel customer:

“Some people are just never given a chance in the dating scene, so brothels offer those of us with no experience a chance to learn what it’s like to be on a date.”

Lewis Dawkins, brothel customer:

“It’s not always about sex. Little compliments and encouragements offered by the ladies help build my self-confidence. It’s a business, yes. But the ladies care personally about their clients. That means a lot.”

Brett Caton, brothel customer:

“I think brothels provide an important function in society. Legal ones give a safe outlet to their customers and for some men it is the only way they get so much as a hug.”

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