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(Left-right: Sheriff Sharon Wehrly, courtesan Kourtney Chase, brothel consultant Chuck Muth)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(Robin Hebrock | Pahrump Valley Times)<\/em> – 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 \u201clock-down\u201d rule for the courtesans elicited instant indignation among those who work in and support the brothel industry.<\/p>\n

Sex workers and brothel advocates took a firm public stance against what they felt to be overly-restrictive limitations of the courtesans\u2019 personal time, and in response, Nye County decided to scrap the proposed expanded \u201clock-down\u201d policy which called for the sex workers to be allowed off brothel premise for just six hours every 10-day period.<\/p>\n

Going even further, the Nye County Commission has now officially removed all references to restrictions of the courtesans\u2019 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday 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,\u201d Chase stated. \u201cWhat 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Using protection, Chase asserted, is the only way to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Testing, she stated, is merely a way to monitor a courtesan\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d Chase stated.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no involvement in the brothel industry until three years ago,\u201d Muth explained for the commission. \u201cAnd 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\u2019t know that you really fully appreciate how much that means to the women in this industry so I want to thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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