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The business of strip clubs: Colorado dancers make their way through economic uncertainties

Thousands of clubs across the U.S. employ close to 40,000, but the industry’s market size is shrinking

Elyssa Hanley gets ready for work at her home in Lakewood on Thursday, July 20, 2023. Hanley works as a dancer at Shotgun Willie’s. At age 19 Hanley, who is now 24, got her first job as a dancer and used the opportunity to work fewer days a week, while in pursuit of her degree in ethnic studies from the University of Colorado Denver. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
Elyssa Hanley gets ready for work at her home in Lakewood on Thursday, July 20, 2023. Hanley works as a dancer at Shotgun Willie’s. At age 19 Hanley, who is now 24, got her first job as a dancer and used the opportunity to work fewer days a week, while in pursuit of her degree in ethnic studies from the University of Colorado Denver. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 6, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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American society makes "us into such a stereotype – we have a baby daddy or we're doing drugs," Elyssa Hanley said. "There are people who do that, but a lot of us have jobs or are going to school or have kids."
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