Most of the items on the left and right sides of this page are not current news stories. We archive these links because they have long term interest. They highlight key issues involving strip clubs in the Houston area, the state of Texas, and around the world.
The wide second column lists current news. Well-known search engines select the items and update them continually.
Above:
Wisper's in the Galveston Strand. Click the above image to see a wider shot which includes the American National Insurance Building, the tallest in Galveston.
The first and third columns link to archived stories. We set up the links because the stories have long-term interest.
The second column displays live
news feeds about cabaret clubs. The stories arrive from around the world and update continually.
Normally, the news stories are straight journalism written in
fairly objective language. It is not our intention to include
X rated material.
However, sometimes a link may inadvertently appear which is completely
inappropriate for a general audience. It might cover aspects of
strip clubs and sexual situations more extreme than the cautious
articles on this web site.
If you are easily offended, discretion is advised.
You should look carefully at a headline before
bringing up an item.
Well known search engines select the live feed items. This web site has no control over
the specific items selected and does not review the links before
they appear.
Many of these searches are based on the term "strip
club." That seems to be the phrase journalists favor for
news stories about topless bars, nude bars, and "sexually
oriented" cabaret clubs of all kinds.
This news display supplements the Houston
Topless Dancer Survey, a 1997 research project which has been
on line since 1998. The news items provide some current perspective
on community battles against strip clubs and problems connected
to the clubs in various places.
Many stories are about club regulatory battles
around the nation. Those items can be very relevant to the Houston
Topless Dancer Survey.
However, most of the strip club news is only loosely
related to the material in the 1997 study. In some cases, a search
engine will misfire and bring up news completely unrelated
to topless bars, nude bars, or sexually oriented businesses.
For example, you might see an article that is about
a paint stripper instead of the kind of stripper who performs
in bars. You might even see a story about an Israeli bombing of
the Gaza Strip; you are unlikely to see a story about a strip
club in the Gaza Strip.
Sometimes a single event making the national news
(such as one involving a celebrity or major gunplay) will
dominate the list of strip club news stories. That tends to crowd
out news which would be more relevant to local cabaret club regulatory
battles. If you are doing research on city and state strip club
regulation, we suggest that you monitor these stories for several
weeks or months. Over time, you will notice a large number of
stories about strip club regulation around the country.
This page features news about strip clubs, strippers,
close encounters of the regulated kind, and strip club wars
of every kind. Typical topics include battles against strip
clubs, battles between strip clubs, battles inside strip clubs, and the antics, foibles,
and dramas of the strippers themselves.
This page does not
promote either a favorable or unfavorable view of strip clubs. It is only a gathering place for existing news stories. It supplements the Houston Topless Dancer Survey, a 1997 research project.
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