Editing Lap dance (section)

===United States===
Some jurisdictions in the [[United States]] outlaw lap dances and enforce a minimum distance between dancer and patron. In [[Seattle]], one such minimum distance ordinance was overturned by [[Referendum|public referendum]] in November 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/13/america/NA_GEN_US_Seattle_Lap_Dances.php|title=Lap dance ban defeated, Seattle wonders where to put strip clubs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013060541/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/13/america/NA_GEN_US_Seattle_Lap_Dances.php|archive-date=13 October 2007|date=13 November 2006|newspaper=International Herald Tribune}}</ref>

Also in 2006, concerned about reports of [[sexual assault]] and illegal stage fees, San Francisco's Commission on the Status of Women recommended a ban on private rooms and booths at adult clubs in the city. However, a majority of dancers at the Commission's meetings and the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]]' meetings protested against these efforts, fearing for their income and claiming that these rooms were safer than other venues.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/05/BAGQEKBSMH1.DTL |title=Adult club private rooms debated |date=5 August 2006|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|first=Charlie|last=Goodyear}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/19/BAG2DKLOQ61.DTL |title=Exotic dancers rally at City Hall to halt private-room ban in clubs|date=19 August 2006|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|first=Cicero A.|last=Estrella}}</ref> As a result, the Commission's proposed ban was not adopted by the city.<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref name=autogenerated3 />

In February 2010, the [[Detroit City Council]] voted to ban lap dances in VIP rooms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/02/detroit_detroit_city_council_v.html |title=Detroit City Council votes to allow alcohol, ban lap dances in strip clubs|work=MLive.com|date=24 February 2010 |access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref> However, across from Detroit in [[Windsor, Ontario]] in Canada, lap dancing remained legal, even where alcohol was served, and sex clubs were also legal in Windsor.

In 2012, the [[New York Court of Appeals]] ruled that lap dances were not an [[art form]] and are subject to [[sales tax]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonynitti/2012/10/23/new-york-court-of-appeals-lap-dancing-is-not-an-art-form-is-subject-to-sales-tax/ |title=New York Court of Appeals: Lap Dancing Is Not An Art Form, Is Subject To Sales Tax|magazine=Forbes|date=23 October 2012|access-date=8 January 2014}}</ref>