Nevada Brothel Association

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RGJ: Mustang Ranch debuts new mini-documentary

(James DeHaven | Reno Gazette-Journal) – Nevada’s oldest brothel has released a new mini-documentary touting the benefits of legalized sex work, landing the latest blow in a years-long battle between sex workers and anti-prostitution activists.

The slickly produced 8-minute short film — commissioned by the Mustang Ranch and debuted at the Storey County brothel on Thursday — features interviews with sex workers interspersed with romantic, dimly lit shots of a male brothel guest undressing. …

The film concludes with a title card encouraging viewers to keep brothels legal in Nevada — by far the movie’s most explicit nod to the ongoing spat over Nevada’s prostitution industry. …

Reno attorney Jason Guinasso and other brothel ban proponents have long pledged to keep up the fight against legalized sex work, and are expected to continue pushing the issue when the Nevada Legislature reconvenes early next year.

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Mustang Ranch debuts short video about the power of human touch

Carson City, Nev. – Mustang Ranch, Nevada’s oldest operational brothel, has recently partnered with Bliss Life Media and Nevada-based videographers Chris and Nick Stanton to produce a short video detailing the importance of human touch and the legal sex industry. The video highlights the stories of four courtesans and a madam of Mustang Ranch and the profound impact the profession has had on the clients visiting the Nevada brothel.

“Every day that these ladies decide to be a part of this profession is another day that they must fight the stigma surrounding legal prostitution,” said Jennifer Barnes, madam at Mustang Ranch. “This video not only highlights the importance of this work but the significant impact these ladies have on their clients and the power of human touch.”

The short video, which is almost eight minutes in length, depicts the personal accounts of legal courtesans Kristina Marie, Lena Starr, Vera Bliss and Amira and madam Jennifer Barnes and their experiences while working at Mustang Ranch. The ladies also detail the safety measures in place at the brothel, why they chose to work in the legal sex industry and the importance of their work for their clientele.

“At the heart of what this business is providing companionship, conversation and above all, an opportunity to connect with another human being through touch,” continued Barnes. “While I’m very proud of this profession and the people this industry helps, I’m also aware of the stigmas and negativity surrounding the legal sex industry. Through this video, we hope that people will want to ask more questions and begin to understand why we’ve chosen this profession over others.”

In the summer of 2018, several organizations sought to ban brothels throughout Nevada, focusing on several brothels in Lyon County owned by the late Dennis Hof. This initiative brought the conversation of legal brothels and the morality of prostitution in Nevada to the forefront of the media and political agendas. Furthermore, due to the profession becoming a focal point of discussion, an opportunity was presented to Mustang Ranch to speak to the importance of a legal and regulated sex industry.

“I have owned Mustang Ranch for close to 20 years and have seen, first hand, the importance of a legal and regulated sex industry, not only for the safety of the women working in this profession but also for the clients benefiting from its services,” said Lance Gilman, owner of Mustang Ranch. “This video not only highlights these benefits but also demonstrates that these are well-educated, driven and eloquent women who have chosen this profession because of their desire to help people and felt that they couldn’t fulfill that goal in any other line of work.”

Mustang Ranch is located in Storey County, Nev. right outside of Reno.

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Nevada Legislators Turning Blind Eye to Actual Sex Trafficking Violence

(Chuck Muth) – Last year, the Nevada Legislature commissioned an interim study committee to look into the working conditions of prostitutes.

Unfortunately, the committee – as reported recently by Ricardo Torres-Cortez of the Las Vegas Sun – won’t be looking into this heart-wrenching situation…

“The man beat, berated, choked, sprayed with Mace, and prostituted the teenage victim. Once, when he rented a hotel room and she couldn’t get a ‘John,’ he forced her head under water in a bathtub as punishment.

“Another time, after she told Brandon Lamar Pruitt she was raped by a client, he ‘punched and hit her repeatedly because she did not know her cross streets and ‘allowed’ her own rape,’ Nevada prosecutors wrote in federal court documents.”

Torres-Cortez notes that the average age of similar victims of sex trafficking in Las Vegas is…14.

“Those are kids who should be in middle school,” lamented Nicholas Trutanich, the U.S. attorney for Nevada who successfully prosecuted Pruitt.

So why isn’t the legislative study committee looking into the brutal and violent “working conditions” of sex-trafficked teens in Las Vegas?

Because the bill authorizing the committee limited the scope of the study to only the working conditions of commercial sex workers in Nevada’s legal brothels.

And brothels are NOT legal in Las Vegas – despite the erroneous belief by some that it is.  In fact, legal brothels are only licensed in a handful of Nevada’s rural counties.

Not Las Vegas.  And not Reno.  Where the REAL problems are.

Indeed, trafficking underage teen girls in Nevada’s legal brothels is all but impossible since everyone must undergo an FBI background check and apply for a sheriff’s card to work there.  The only way someone underaged can work in a legal brothel is if they lie about their age and somehow fool the FBI with fake documents.

Sadly – some might even say outrageously – the Legislature decided to only investigate and study the working conditions in Nevada’s legal brothels where adult women, of their own free will, CHOOSE to work in a safe and lawful environment.

Where they don’t have to fear being beaten, choked, sprayed with Mace or water-boarded by a violent street pimp.

Where they don’t have to fear going into a stranger’s car or hotel room and never coming out.

Where the don’t have to fear reporting assaults, rapes and other crimes without incriminating themselves.

Where they don’t have to fear contracting a sexually transmitted disease since weekly testing and condom use is mandatory.

Where they don’t have to fear anyone taking their earnings other than the tax man at the IRS.

The working conditions in Nevada’s rural legal brothels are NOT the problem.

The REAL problem is on the mean streets of Las Vegas and Reno.

If Nevada legislators really want to help improve the working conditions of commercial sex workers, they’d stop wasting time on the safe, licensed and regulated brothel operations in Elko, Lyon, Storey and Nye counties and focus on where the REAL problems are.

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

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RGJ: Nevada’s highest-paid sex worker based in Lyon County

(Amy Alonzo | Reno Gazette-Journal) – Lyon County sex worker Alice Little was the highest paid courtesan within in the state for 2019 and was named “Companion of the Year” for the third consecutive year.

Little, 29, works at the Moontlite Bunny Ranch in Mound House.

The title of “Companion of the Year” is awarded to the highest-earning courtesan from the company’s network of Nevada bordellos, making Little the most financially successful licensed prostitute in the United States.

Little brought in about $1.2 million in 2019, more than twice that of the second-highest earning sex worker. …

“If I can do it, anybody can do it. I’m a 4-foot 8-inch redhead. I’m not a supermodel … I’m proud of the work that I do and I’m honored to be publicly recognized as a successful prostitute.”

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PVT: “Lock-down” rule for courtesans removed from Nye County code

(Left-right: Sheriff Sharon Wehrly, courtesan Kourtney Chase, brothel consultant Chuck Muth)

(Robin Hebrock | Pahrump Valley Times) – When the initial draft of the most recent changes to Nye County Code Title 9 was proposed late last year, the inclusion of an expanded “lock-down” rule for the courtesans elicited instant indignation among those who work in and support the brothel industry.

Sex workers and brothel advocates took a firm public stance against what they felt to be overly-restrictive limitations of the courtesans’ personal time, and in response, Nye County decided to scrap the proposed expanded “lock-down” policy which called for the sex workers to be allowed off brothel premise for just six hours every 10-day period.

Going even further, the Nye County Commission has now officially removed all references to restrictions of the courtesans’ ability to leave brothel property, voting to delete the existing section that calls for medical testing any time a courtesan is away from the brothel for more than 24 hours.

The brothel code amendments went before the the Nye County Commission at its Dec. 17 meeting, where several representatives of the brothel industry were present.

Courtesan Kourtney Chase started off by detailing that she works at the Chicken Ranch. She focused her comments on the existing portion of the code calling for medical testing whenever a courtesan leaves the brothel for more than 24 hours.

“Today is Dec. 17, which actually happens to be International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, which I feel is the perfect day to stand up and try to make work conditions better for my peers,” Chase stated. “What other legal type of workers in the United States have to be locked away because of the risks of their job? None of them. Just look at porn stars, who have been statistically shown to have a higher rate of STD transmission than legal brothel workers.”

Using protection, Chase asserted, is the only way to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Testing, she stated, is merely a way to monitor a courtesan’s health and does nothing to stop the courtesan from getting a sexually transmitted disease or transmitting it, because certain STDs can take weeks or even months to show up in medical testing results.

“The 24-hour lock-down policy is based on the stigma of sex workers being dirty and irresponsible, not scientific facts. I urge you to repeal the 24-hour lock-down policy in the Nye County brothel ordinance so that courtesans may go home to their families at night and be able to live normal lives,” Chase stated.

Well-known political consultant Chuck Muth, who worked with famed brothel owner Dennis Hof on his campaign for the Nevada Assembly District 36 seat in 2018, a campaign Hof posthumously won, was also present.

“I had no involvement in the brothel industry until three years ago,” Muth explained for the commission. “And one thing I have gotten to know, from their standpoint, is, the terrible stigma that goes with this legal business in Nevada and I just want to commend this commission for the language changes you have in this proposal, referring to these professional women as courtesans and as brothels rather than houses of prostitution. I don’t know that you really fully appreciate how much that means to the women in this industry so I want to thank you.”

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