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June 7, 2019 By Chuck Muth

Legalizing Prostitution for Frosty the Snowgirl

(Chuck Muth) – Ever build a snowman?  You start with a small snowball you can hold in the palm of your hand.  Then you roll it in the snow until it becomes bigger and bigger, to the point that you can build a six-foot snowman.

Well, that’s exactly what’s happening with the idea that commercial sex between consenting adults should no longer be a jailable offense.

On May 31, 2019, Mexico City lawmakers voted 38-0 to legalize prostitution.

“It’s a first step that has to lead to regulation of sex work, to fight human trafficking and strengthen the rights of sex workers,” said Temistocles Villanueva.

Got that?  They’re LEGALIZING prostitution to FIGHT trafficking.

Which makes perfect sense.  Victims of actual sex trafficking are often scared to death to report their situation to authorities for fear of being arrested themselves.

But the idea of decriminalizing the world’s oldest profession isn’t just a new development in a foreign country.  The snowball effect is underway here in the United States, as well.

In Washington, DC – the nation’s capital – City Councilman David Grosso introduced a bill this month that could make DC “the first U.S. city to decriminalize prostitution involving consenting adults.”

The operative words are “consenting adults.”

As Councilman Grosso pointed out, his bill “does not change any of our laws regarding coercion or exploitation, which will continue to be prohibited in the District of Columbia.”

Mexico City and Washington, DC are two cities trying to get it right.  But the movement is growing even to the statewide level.

“In New York,” reported the New York Post last week, “a group of lawmakers vowed earlier this year to introduce a bill to legalize prostitution.”

Why?

“Backers of the proposed bill,” the Post noted, “said they believe that legalization would reduce sex trafficking and protect the women who rely on the industry to make a living.”

Reduce sex trafficking.  Protect the women.

And that’s EXACTLY the experience of several rural Nevada counties (but not the cities of Las Vegas and Reno), which legalized brothels almost 50 years ago.

The women work in a safe environment.  They are required to use condoms and are tested weekly for sexually transmitted diseases – which protects the public health.  Indeed, there has NEVER been a single case of HIV/AIDS in Nevada that can be traced back to a legal brothel.

And the women who work there do so voluntarily.  Not only do they have to apply for a job to work in a legal Nevada brothel, they are required to be finger-printed and undergo a rigorous FBI background check.

As such, Nevada’s legal brothel industry is an unqualified success story.

But the abolitionists aren’t going quietly into that good night.  They’re pitching a fit and force-feeding the public healthy doses of disinformation and Soviet-level false propaganda.

A former illegal prostitute out of Dallas, Rebekah Charleston, is all over the media these days claiming – without corroboration or verification – that she was “trafficked” by her pimp against her will in a pair of Nevada brothels.

Notably, she can’t (or won’t) tell anyone when this allegedly happened – though it appears to have been in the early 2000’s.  And, to the best of my knowledge, she’s never identified her alleged pimp and trafficker.

Seems odd not to rat out the man she claims forced her into prostitution against her will, doesn’t it?

There are also no employment records of Charleston working at those brothels and none of the people working there at the time remember her.  And there’s no record of her ever being issued a work card by the sheriff’s office – a license REQUIRED to work in a legal brothel.

No, we’re just supposed to take her word for it – even though she’s a convicted felon; not for prostitution, but for tax evasion and bank fraud.  Oh, and admitted in the NY Post article that she would “just sit around and get high (on meth) all day.”

Yeah, very credible.

Nevertheless, “Bekah” – as she wishes to be called now – continues to throw shade on Nevada’s legal, consensual, adult commercial sex workers; claiming they aren’t happy and shouldn’t be allowed “to do what she wants.”

A claim heartily rejected by the women actually working in Nevada’s legal brothels.

“We are human beings who chose to do sex work on our own free will,” says Kiki Lover.  “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.”

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

Exactly.  As it should be.

Charleston is a born-again abolitionist-evangelist whose prohibition strategy has never worked and never will.  Just look at alcohol, gaming and marijuana.  As Alice Little of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel notes…

“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.”

Charleston’s foolish notion that criminalizing sex between consenting adults will “eliminate demand” for sex is absurd on its face.  Prostitution is currently illegal everywhere else in the country.  Has that diminished demand?

You’d have to be an idiot to think so.

Nevada is doing it right.  Mexico City is now doing it right.  Washington, DC is moving in the right direction.  As are a number of other states.

The Snowman (and Woman) Cometh.

Mr. Muth is president of Citizen Outreach, a limited-government grassroots advocacy organization, and government affairs counsel to the Nevada Brothel Association

Filed Under: Blog

June 5, 2019 By NBA Staff

Alice Little’s ‘Million-Dollar Sex Work Business Plan’

(Jane Wollman Rusoff | ThinkAdvisor) – Lady of the evening Alice Little is bringing new value to the world’s oldest profession. It’s all part of the 20-something’s ambitious “Million-Dollar Sex Work Business Plan.”

So far, the legal sex worker is making out ahead: With $1.2 million in bookings last year, she is the top earner at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, Nevada’s best known legal brothel. In an interview with ThinkAdvisor, the conscientious courtesan reveals the secrets to her success.

Little — not her real name — has been a staffer at the Ranch for only three years; but she already operates her business as an LLC, enjoys a growing investment portfolio and employs assistants to handle a range of non-client admin.

In the interview, she talks about her earnings and expenses, as well as her investments and retirement planning, about which more than one advisor counsels her.

Little created her business plan with the goal of booking $1 million in a year’s time. To help attain that, she got busy marketing herself on social media, began blogging and launched a “Coffee with Alice Little” podcast.

Further, she expanded her services to couples and straight single women, all of whom receive her candid brand of sex education and communication techniques to help achieve satisfaction in bed and, she says, beyond.

At the Ranch, Little — true to her fictitious name, she’s four feet, eight inches tall and weighs 80 pounds — is in charge of weekly sales and business training workshops to impart her financial knowledge and sex-work price-negotiation strategies to her colleagues.

But the diminutive redhead has a broader goal: To lead a movement that will bring legal sex work to every U.S. state; right now, prostitution is legal only in Nevada.

As for her investment portfolio, Little favors real estate for retirement planning and already owns some small properties. At this point, she is not invested in stocks or bonds.

Prior to hooking up with the Ranch, the Dublin native who came to the U.S. at age 5 and grew up in New York City and on Long Island, traveled the country lecturing about sex at conventions. Before that, she was a jockey at Belmont race track and an emergency medical technician (EMT). On a whim, she tried legal sex work at the Bunny Ranch. Bingo.

To read the full interview, click here

Filed Under: In the News

June 4, 2019 By NBA Staff

Public records bill hanging by a thread

(Jame DeHaven | Reno Gazette-Journal) – A bill to add teeth to Nevada’s public records law remains alive, despite a fresh round of opposition from brothel owners who feel it would open up sex workers to harassment.

Senate Bill 287, proposed by state Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, would discourage government officials from slow-walking public records requests by requiring them to provide a date when they will make records available.

The measure would also bar agencies from charging record-seekers for overhead and labor costs associated with fulfilling such requests. It goes on to eliminate the possibility of adding extra fees when a request requires “extraordinary” resources.

Longtime labor lobbyist Danny Thompson — speaking of behalf of Storey County developer and brothel owner Lance Gilman — on Monday told lawmakers they ought to add an amendment to exempt sex worker applications from the state public records law, or else not pass the bill at all.

Brothel workers, exotic dancers and other independent contractors have long been required to carry work cards in Nevada.

The cards are subject to public records requests that Thompson said put sex workers’ at risk.

“This issue isn’t as black and white as it seems,” he told members of the Assembly Committee on Government Affairs. “Not all of these requests are for good purposes. I would urge you to consider your vote carefully.”

The committee took no immediate action on the measure, which needs two more votes to survive a midnight deadline.

Thompson’s opposition only added to a torrent of complaints from local governments. Most remain just as concerned with SB 287 as they were during a marathon introductory hearing in April.

Notably, the City of Reno — which fiercely opposed the bill a few months ago — appears to have dropped its opposition to the measure. It was the only large city in the state to do so.

Filed Under: In the News

June 3, 2019 By NBA Staff

Thompson goes to bat for Nevada’s legal brothel workers

In testimony on SB287 before the Assembly Committee on Government Affairs on June 3, 2019, lobbyist Danny Thompson urged support for an amendment that would make brothel work card applications – with highly personal information, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, passport numbers, emergency contact information, etc. – confidential in Nevada’s public records law.

As Mr. Thompson noted in his testimony, a Reno attorney, Jason Guinasso – who ran a ballot campaign last year to shut down Lyon County’s legal brothels (it failed, 80-20%) – has been trying to force the county to provide him with copies of 10 years’ worth of brothel work card applications under the state’s current public records law as written.

In talking about the suspicious motivation behind Mr. Guinasso’s effort to obtain this personal information, Mr. Thompson said, with an appropriate tinge of sarcasm, “Chances are, this individual does not want to send these women a Christmas card.”

Mr. Thompson also detailed a horrific physical assault recently perpetrated on a legal brothel worker in Reno, underscoring the danger of these records being disclosed. Keeping personal information provided in an employment application confidential is a critical protection for women in this industry who may be stalked, harassed or physically assaulted.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT

“To the extent County or local governments require work cards for certain occupations at establishments within a County or City, that County or local government board shall create and maintain a system of records and those records, including but not limited to applications, identity of applicants and work card holders or former work card holders, personal information of work card applicants or holders, may only be accessed by those persons or entities authorized by the County Commission or board having jurisdiction of such work cards.”

This would be similar to the protections gaming employees – who also must apply for a government work card – enjoy per NRS 463.335…

“Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, all records acquired or compiled by the Board or Commission relating to any application made pursuant to this section, all lists of persons registered as gaming employees, all lists of persons suspended or objected to by the Board and all records of the names or identity of persons engaged in the gaming industry in this State are confidential and must not be disclosed except in the proper administration of this chapter or to an authorized law enforcement agency.”

Thank you, Danny!

Filed Under: Blog

June 2, 2019 By NBA Staff

I lost my virginity at 37: What that night at the Bunny Ranch really taught me

(Ray Gootz | Salon) –  [EXCERPT]: Last October I bought a plane ticket to Las Vegas. I brought my friend along to do the seven-hour drive to the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, and I lost my virginity. . . .

The trip didn’t go off without some hiccups. We stayed in Vegas on Monday and took in the town, then woke up early, ready for the long drive from Vegas to Carson City. While we were on our way, the news broke that Ron Jeremy had found the body of Dennis Hof.

I lost my virginity at the Bunny Ranch the day the owner died.

Suffice to say the mood was weird and somber by night when we arrived. Purple candles were lit in his memory. My friend sat at the bar with a book about Vietnam and girls kept breaking down and crying in front of him. But the woman I chose assured me that Mr. Hof would have wanted the show to go on. . . .

Here’s the thing: It wasn’t some life-altering event. All my life people had held sex over my head like it was the master sword in Zelda. It was fine. It was fun. . . .

So here’s my advice: Sex is not a big deal. Stop waiting. Have it. Experience it. Enjoy it. It’s not something you need to stay away from. It’s normal. Nowadays I look back and I understand that staying away from sex all those years was like banning myself from the grocery store. It’s not the end of the world to have sex with someone you have no connection with.

Also, we need to stop the stigma against sex workers. I had a great time at the ranch. It did wonders for me mentally. I used to think I’d be ashamed if I lost it to a prostitute. Not at all. I was given a great experience and was handled with real care.

To read full column, click here

Filed Under: In the News

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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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