A dancer sanitizes a pole before performing on the outside patio at Cheerleaders Gentlemen's Club in Gloucester City, New Jersey, July 17, 2020. Backlights off, music quiet and poles bare, strip clubs across the United States closed earlier this year in the face of COVID-19 social-distancing measures that precluded the up-close nature of the exotic dancing industry. (Photo by Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters)





A dancer sanitizes the pole before performing on the outside patio at Cheerleaders Gentlemen's Club in Gloucester City, New Jersey, U.S. on July 17, 2020. The New Jersey establishment, which received a loan, has a liquor license for the outdoor patio. So while empty stools are stacked on the bar inside, outside the dancers work an improvised stage. (Photo by Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters)





Dancers interact with customers on the outside patio at Cheerleaders Gentlemen's Club in Gloucester City, New Jersey, U.S. on July 17, 2020. (Photo by Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters)





A dancer sanitizes the pole before performing on the outside patio at Cheerleaders Gentlemen's Club in Gloucester City, New Jersey, U.S. July 17, 2020. (Photo by Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters)





Dancers speak with customers on the outside patio at Cheerleaders Gentlemen's Club in Gloucester City, New Jersey, U.S. on July 17, 2020. Cheerleaders received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan from the Small Business Administration. Like many businesses, these cabarets, lounges and gentlemen's clubs hoped a $660 billion Small Business Administration (SBA) loan program would help them weather the lockdown. (Photo by Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters)





A dancer holds a mask due to COVID-19 at Cheerleaders Gentlemen's Club, which received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan from the Small Business Administration, in Gloucester City, New Jersey, U.S. July 17, 2020. But nearly four months since the launch of the loan initiative known as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), it is still unclear whether the SBA can make it rain for them. The Trump administration has barred companies that “present live performances of a prurient sexual nature” from participating. Clubs sued, and two federal judges rebuked the SBA for excluding the establishments from receiving the forgivable loans meant to protect jobs amid the health crisis. (Photo by Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters)





A waitress takes customers' order on the outside patio at Cheerleaders Gentlemen's Club, which received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan from the Small Business Administration, in Gloucester City, New Jersey, U.S. on July 17, 2020. (Photo by Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters)





A dancer sanitizes the pole before performing on the outside patio at Cheerleaders Gentlemen's Club in Gloucester City, New Jersey, U.S. on July 17, 2020. (Photo by Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters)





Dancers perform on the outside patio at Cheerleaders Gentlemen's Club in Gloucester City, New Jersey, U.S. on July 17, 2020. (Photo by Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters)