'It's absurd,' says Moses, who was raised in a strict Southern Baptist family.

Men, on the other hand, must keep on a G-string. Although females are generally allowed to strip naked, they aren't supposed to part their legs. No, sir! That's illegal.'īy law, in most parts of South Florida, strippers cannot display their genitals. 'They've got to leave on their G-strings,' says Jim Sherman, a divorced father of eight who manages Johnny's performers. On the hypnotic riffs of techno music, he dances suggestively, not unlike his female counterparts in straight clubs, but with a major difference _ he can't take it all off. On the other side, in a cramped, dark room, house boys strip on a small stage.Īfter getting dressed behind a screen, a dancer takes the stage, usually in character: a neatly pressed sailor in Navy whites, a thong-wearing beach bum or a beefy cowboy sporting a half-gallon hat. On one side is a 'hustler' bar with pool tables, where men can drink a beer or chat with a half dozen male prostitutes who frequent the place. 'Now, I work five hours a night, and I get $500 a week easy.' 'At the port, I once worked 36 hours in a row for $9 an hour,' he said.