Letter from Shelley Bristol (Las Vegas, Nev.) to Nevadans Against Prostitution

Dear Nevadans Against Prostitution, and John Reese Hello. I'm Shelley Bristol, EX, legal prostiitute in Humboldt County,, from the Brothel Villa Joy, in Winnemucca, N V . I'M retired from that lifestyle. I am now a volunteer educaan educator on an aids hotline in Las Vegas where I teach people the correct knowledge and facts o f AIDS, Since I don't have aids and I like to help others. I suggest to you and your group to do your research by starting to get thequarterlyAID summary from Nev. Dept, o f Human Resources,, (702), 687-4800, on this report for this quarter,, Brothel Workers have no cumulative reported HIV/AIDS Infections, A , ZERO, is on this report on Brothel Workers, so you should get this information on on Nev/aids cases. N ow I will ans wer your questions,honestly and not be anonymous and remember I don't have aids. This really how you go to work at a Brothel as a legal prostitute. I first we to the Clark County Health District in Las Vegas,, I went to the Hiv testing dept, I was counseled on Hiv/aids virus and showed how to use condoms, then I paid $35.00 for a blood test o f Hiv, and a syphillis test and I had a pelvic exam to check for bacteria and yeast. M y lab results were all negative tests, so then the Health District worker calls the Sheriff o f Humboldt county in Winnemucca, so I can work as a legal prostitute at the Brothel Villa Joy and then I went to Get A sheriff work permit so I can earn income. So when I went to work as a legal prostitute Every Tuesday I would see a real doctor for $40- for a wet mount and pelvic exam, to make sure I had no infections, and when I went back to the brothel on Tues. I had abill from the doctors saying I was healthy and I had to give this receipt back to our barmaid who ran our shift and i f I didnot have a receipt for her I couldnot work that week I was always using condoms for straight sex and oral sex on my male clients and all us legal prostitutes use saran wrap to protect ourselves i f a man wants to give us oral sex, so we are not at risk, by always protecting ourselves and our clients. Once a month I had a hiv/Aids test and a syphillis blood test-, and paid $60. for these blood tests that really were taken at the doctors office and were really sent to the lab by the hospital in Winnemucca, and we would receive my test results in a few days and my hiv and syphillis tesest were negative. Ii had to give this receipt o f lab work to our barmaid to work saying I did this lab work. Obvious I was using condoms and so is everyone else who is working as a legal prostitute or otherwise we can't work or make our money. There are absolutely no girls working Hiv Positive. And there is no danger o f a client becoming infected with Hiv/ Aids since we aii reaiiy use condoms and protect ourselves. In fact I would say men go to the Brothe* because they know how clean we really a$e use condoms, see a real doctor and get checked every weekk and nave blood tests to prove they?' nothing wrong and we are clean. After I returned home I had a 6 n$ <v^kj Hiv/aids test it was negative since i was never at risk by using condor'] and always making sure the condom stayed on my partner while i vO /V$ having sex with him. I would like a reponse from you, since I answered ; questions. And yes I will Stand up to help legal prostitutes who keep themselves clean and don't have aids. Shelley Bristol H IV N E G A T IV E Speaker for Natl' Assoc People With Aids. \ , v V ~ g s h s / s 'J jy s ? d O I y , ) icX S u i \d?p ' n> ^ A k J (H. ' ( ^ K ? ^ /??('you v u y j 'hx m o o ? o o y d o l u O s ) r / { ) [ ^ H u j o J x J , ?uyoxU ?_ l ^ g T - ovY> } ( < U X 0 ' 0 ) / ] - f C P - - U o g /V u r k M ^ ' . / b ? GAL PRO ^ ? f a r a s ! ! W CAN YOU TELL NEVADA ABOUT AIDS IN THE LEGAL BROTHELS? >f you?re a legal prostitute in Nevada, we d like you to come forward regarding: TESTING PROCEDURES X?H r?ETURN T0 W?R K BEFORE YOU RECEIVE YOUR NEGATIVE HIV TEST RESULTS? DO YOU THINK ALL AIDS TEST ARE ANALYZED IN A LICENSED LAB? $ v \ | vy \>A CASES OF >ai?/A3DS ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY GIRLS WORKING WHILE HIV POSITIVE? BELlEVE THERE IS ANY DAN- ?ER O FA CLIENT BECOMING INFECTED WITH AIDS? If you wish, remain anonymous ? * ? T? NEVADA iA lS T P R 0 5 M L P.O. Box 9681 Reno, NV 89507 fc.sdaVVpL, John Reese. Chairperson t\ i i - <?3 6>-U) ? u X n 'n c -J l