A small desert town between Reno and Vegas, populated with less than 1200 people, has some "new" sex action available and his name is "Markus"; that being his performer (and how!) name as real names are not used in the sex trade in Nevada. He is paid only for sex with female clients and will not be taking in male clients, leaving them to the services of his female counterparts. He is nevertheless the first American, legal male prostitute, or prostidude, serving the female population.
While prostitution is illegal in most of the US it does have its pockets of legality in parts of Nevada’s west, though surprisingly enough not in its most famous city, Las Vegas. So where else could this happen but in a Nevada desert town at The Shady Lady Ranch!! Only 25 years old, “Markus” is the state’s first male gigolo who is also a college drop-out, a former marine and an L.A. ex-porn actor. He dropped out of the porn biz after just two film scenes and then lived at a Santa Monica homeless shelter, having found no other work.
The Shady Lady Ranch picked him from hundreds of applicants as someone who could handle heavy publicity and backlash even from the industry bigwigs who are usual supporters of the sex trade. In the Associated Press article, for example, it reports that some brothel owners have been concerned over this extra attention on the male sex worker. It could fire up state officials to stop supporting paid-for-sex industry by turning down upcoming building projects. Other brothels worry about the spread of STDs and whether his female clients would be checked out as thoroughly as the male clients are in Nevada.
Still other competing brothels don’t think it would make their male clients feel comfortable having “Markus” around. Strange that any brothel owner or male client would be worried about what happens next door or down the hallway now that “Markus” has come into town. Hell, with no one using their real name, “Markus” could be the pretend janitor, the pseudo receptionist or the make believe live-in cook if it'll ease the minds of the men with their chosen “dates”.
By Valentine’s Day, it will be about a full month since “Markus” stepped off the bus and The Shady Lady Ranch stepped into this ruckus. Oh people—just do what you came into this desert town to do and get busy!
