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First legal U.S. gigolo starts work in Nevada
Associated Press

BEATTY, Nevada — A brothel in a Nevada desert town has hired the state's first male prostitute, a muscular college dropout who abandoned a brief stint as a porn actor in Los Angeles to become the only legal gigolo in the United States.

The Shady Lady Ranch successfully won state and county approval to clear the way for the "prostidude," as Nevada's newest sex worker is already being called. After a slow first week on the job, his first appointments are scheduled for this weekend.

The male prostitute — known as "Markus" — has quickly become the center of attention in Nevada's brothel industry.

He has been criticized by female counterparts for not being willing to have sex with men. And he created a dustup after telling Details Magazine that his pioneering role in the sex business was "just the same" as civil rights icon Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat and move to the back of the bus during racial segregation in the U.S. South. Not surprisingly, he has been forbidden from doing interviews after the remarks.

Prostitution is illegal in nearly all of the United States but is legal in parts of the western state of Nevada, though not in its most famous city, Las Vegas.

Competing brothel owners also fret that hiring gigolos in Nevada will bring unwanted scrutiny from state officials, potentially tempting them to make prostitution illegal. The competitors have also expressed concerns about sexually transmitted diseases, and worry that female customers can't be inspected as carefully as men are before sex.

Markus, 25, described himself as a well-read college dropout and former U.S. Marine from Alabama. He said he drove to Los Angeles to become a porn actor and left after filming two scenes, the first about a month ago. He said he ended up in a homeless shelter near Santa Monica, California, after being unable to find another job.

Well doesn't he just look like a big hunk of dumb. I guess you've got to admire someone that has the balls to move to L.A. with no backup plan and try to make it in porn. Spmeone should have probably told him that most porn is filmed in San Francisco.

And all Markus' haters should just shut up. Female pros may be so hard up that they have to have sex with anyone but Markus is in demand so he doesn't have to bang dudes. He probably will eventually though. And I think Markus' assertion that his going into prostitution is like Rosa Parks not moving to the back of the bus is wrong. He's much more like Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier.