In the News

(Stanton Tang | KOLO) – The Lyon County Board of Commissioners wants to know what it will take to allow escort services to operate again under COVID restrictions. The Board instructed the County Manager to bring back a recommendation on how the Lyon County Brothel Ordinance needs to be updated,

(Sam Metz | Associated Press) – Deanna L. Forbush, an attorney representing Pahrump’s Chicken Ranch brothel, said preventing legal brothels from reopening was prejudicial and unconstitutional. She compared them to other “skin to skin” businesses that have reopened, mentioning massage parlors, spas, and dentists’ offices. “Just like dental professionals, our

(Gabrielle Fonrouge | New York Post) – A coalition of sexual violence survivors, including prominent groups like Me Too and Time’s Up, want to legalize prostitution, sex buying and pimping — drawing ire from fellow survivors who say the trade is inherently harmful and antithetical to women’s rights. … The coalition

(Mat Luschek | News3 Las Vegas) – Running a brothel clearly brings certain levels of difficulty when it comes to social distancing regulations put in place by the state of Nevada. Like many businesses in the state (and country), legal brothels have been hit with hard times. But one madam

(Amy Alonzo | Mason Valley News) – Coronavirus did what a federal lawsuit could not  it has shuttered Nevada’s brothels.One day after announcing they would not close, the Nevada Brothel Association announced on Thursday “a number of Nevada’s legal brothels have reassessed and are closing their doors” for 30 days

(Kelly Gilblom | Bloomberg) – The coronavirus may have stopped most of American life, but one pastime promises to persist. Nevada’s legal brothels say they are there for it. The largest houses say they are still open, though they are taking precautions. For example, Chicken Ranch, in Pahrump said it will

(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

(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

(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.

(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