It’s part of the travel and tourism industry, but not many like to talk about it. It’s legal in many parts of the world, illegal in many other parts of the world. It’s the oldest job in the world.
In Europe it’s business like usually in the red light district, in the United States exceptions to make prostitution a recognized and legal profession is only the case in some counties in the State of Nevada today.
This may change in the Aloha State Hawaii. For many seen as a tourism paradise, Hawaii lawmakers are considering decriminalizing prostitution in the state after the speaker of the House introduced a bill that would also legalize buying sex and acting as a pimp. It would mean visitors could not only enjoy the white sandy beaches, the great food, shopping, but also they could buy sex in paradise.
E hoʻopau pū ka noi i kahi kānāwai mokuʻāina e ʻōlelo nei ʻaʻole hiki i nā mākaʻi ke moe kolohe me nā wahine hoʻokamakama i ka wā o nā noiʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tracy Ryan ka mea hoʻouluulu transgender e hoʻāʻo nei ʻo ia e hōʻoia i nā luna kānāwai o ka mokuʻāina e hoʻoholo i ka bila no ka mea ua hōʻike ʻia nā wahine transgender i ke kālepa moekolohe a no laila pili ʻole ʻia e nā kānāwai lawena.
Ua haʻi aku ka luna ʻōlelo o ka hale ʻo Joseph Souki i loko o ka ninaninau ʻana me kahi nūpepa kūloko, ʻaʻohe ona kūlana i ka pila a ua hoʻolauna ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he punahele no Ryan.
He moʻolelo kūikawā ko Hawaiʻi me nā hoʻokolokolo hoʻokamakama. A hiki i ka 2014, he kū kānāwai no nā mākaʻi e moekolohe me nā wahine hoʻokamakama ma ke ʻano he ʻimi noiʻi, akā ua loli nā luna kānāwai o ka mokuʻāina ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana a The Associated Press i ka puka i loko o kahi moʻolelo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Loio Loio ʻo Honolulu Keith Kaneshiro ua ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o kēia pila no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka wahine ma waena o ka honua no ka mea "ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea hana ʻino, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea hōʻike."
ʻO Michael Golojuch Jr., lunahoomalu o ka LGBT caucus o ka Democratic Party o Hawaii, i hōʻike ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahine transgender ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā wahine ʻē aʻe i ke kālepa moekolohe no ka mea ʻo ka hoʻokae a lākou e kū nei e alakaʻi ana i kekahi e manaʻo ʻo ia wale nō ke ʻano o ka hana i hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa.
Kākoʻo ʻo Golojuch i ka manaʻo o ka decriminalizing moekolohe, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole i lawe ʻo Caucus i kahi kūlana kūhelu no ka pila.
ʻO ka pila a me kahi mea e decriminalize ai i ka pakalōlō paha he ʻāpana o ka pākī e hōʻemi i ka heluna o ka hale paʻahao, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka luna nui o ka hale ʻo Scott Saiki.
