Nye County Brothel to Hire Male Sex Workers
Now that Nevada prostitution law allows counties to permit its licensed brothels to hire male sex workers, industry leaders are speaking out on both sides of the controversy. Shady Lady Ranch brothel owner Bobbi Davis supports the change and wrote to Nye County officials, “I personally feel, as do the many other women who have made contact with me since I started this, that this is a service whose time has come.” But George Flint, lobbyist for the Nevada Brothel Assn., argues that offering gay sex could potentially lead to the downfall of the entire brothel system.
David said she’s received over 100 applications from men hoping to work at her brothel as prostitutes. In an open meeting with Nye County officials, she downplayed any negative effects allowing male brothel prostitutes may have, saying, "It seems the biggest hoopla is a great fear in some people's minds that some kind of homosexual activity might go on. Why panic I don't understand . . . it's not my intent to encourage or promote or to turn my business into a 'gay property.'"
Unless it occurs in a licensed brothel, buying sexual favors for money (or other property) is a misdemeanor under Nevada prostitution law. Just offering to trade sex for money breaks Nevada prostitution law as well, even if the sex never happens. If convicted, defendants face up to six months in jail and/or a $1,000 fine as well as “john school.”
