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Strip clubs are venues that regularly provide adult entertainment, predominantly in the form of striptease or other erotic or exotic dances. Strip clubs typically adopt a nightclub or bar style, and can also adopt a theatre or cabaret-style. American-style strip clubs began to appear outside of North America after World War II, arriving in Asia in the late 1940s and Europe in 1950, where they competed against the local English and French styles of striptease and erotic performances.

As of 2005, the size of the global strip club industry was estimated to be US$75 billion. In 2002, the size of the U.S. strip club industry was estimated to be US$3.1 billion, generating 19% of the total gross revenue in legal adult entertainment. SEC filings and state liquor control records available at that time indicated that there were at least 2,500 strip clubs in the United States, and since that time, the number of clubs in the U.S. has grown. Profitability of strip clubs, as with other service-oriented businesses, is largely driven by location and customer spending habits. The better appointed a club is, in terms of its quality of facilities, equipment, furniture, and other elements, the more likely customers are to encounter cover charges and fees for premium features such as VIP rooms. The popularity of a given club is an indicator of its quality, as is the word-of-mouth among customers who have visited a cross section of clubs in different regions. (Full article...)

• ... that Nudes-A-Poppin' (contestant pictured) is billed as "The World's Largest Outdoor Nude Beauty Pageant"?
• ... that National Masturbation Day, an annual event celebrated in the US in May, was first observed in 1995?
• ... that the 1920s film The Virgin with the Hot Pants was the first known pornographic film to use animation?
• ... that Ratirahasya, a medieval Indian sex manual, classifies sexual intercourse into nine different types on the basis of the size of genitals?
• ... that the 1999 documentary Private Dicks: Men Exposed, in which men were interviewed about their penises, was described by Ken Tucker as "quite literally touching"?

March/April 2012

5 February 2025 – LGBTQ rights in Argentina

Argentinian presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni announces that the President Javier Milei has signed a decree modifying the 2012 Gender Identity Law that allows transgender people to be treated according to their gender identity and have their documents be registered with the corresponding name and gender to exclude people under the age of 18 to access gender-affirming care. (NBC News)

27 January 2025 – Second presidency of Donald Trump

The United States Senate votes to confirm Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury Secretary, making him the highest rank LGBTQ official to run the U.S. Treasury and the highest-ranking LGBTQ person in the United States. (TIME)

23 January 2025 – LGBTQ rights in Thailand

Thailand becomes the 38th country and the first in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. (Reuters)

23 January 2025 – Second presidency of Donald Trump

The U.S. Department of State bans consular posts from flying any flags other than the U.S. flag as part of the Trump administration targeting several instances during the Biden administration when LGBTQ pride and Black Lives Matter flags were flown at embassies abroad. (The Guardian)

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