In the midst of tight sequenced mini-dresses, one-inch acrylic nails, and long blonde hair, Kitty Couture, a self-proclaimed drag queen veteran, got SF State residents in the mood to talk about safe sex.

“We’re going to talk about screwing a bit,” she told about 70 students, kicking off the Third Annual Sexhibition at the Cantina in Mary Ward Hall on March 23 at 8 p.m.

The Sexhibition, a sex-education program disguised as a drag show, was the fourth event in the Spring Fling Week at Mary Ward Hall, an annual pre-spring break program aimed at encouraging students to have a safe vacation.

Organized by the residential advisors and one of the resident’s gay-straight alliance called Everything Great About You (EGAY), Sexhibition was open to all campus residents from the Towers, Mary Park and Mary Ward Hall.

Circulating around the room were free condoms, plastic leis, lubricants and bubbles.

“We heard it was going to be crazy,” said freshman Kayleigh Loe, 19, before the show began. “We heard about the drag queens and the condoms.”

“We’re looking forward to it,” said Loe, a music major, who lived on the first floor. Loe and other residents received flyers and saw the posters advertising the event.

Along with the performances of other residential advisors, the 6-foot diva, Couture, lip-synched songs, and strutted her stuff in 8-inch platform shoes, keeping students entertained while they learned about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), sex toys, lubricants and protection.

“As one of our RA’s say, ‘most people can’t retain information by being preached to, but when a drag queen is yelling at them about it, they remember,’” said Anthony Morin, 18, an international relations freshman, and EGAY member.

According to Morin, the founders of EGAY started Sexibition three years ago to help students talk about sex. The program this year included speakers from the Educational & Referral Organization on Sexuality (EROS) program on campus.

Couture introduced the two “sexperts” from EROS, Ryan Stemmler, a 23-year-old EROS volunteer and a physiology major, and Erica Model, a 21-year-old assistant director of EROS and a junior who is studying human sexuality. The pair educated the group about STDs. The audience seemed to be familiar with most of the STDs, except for one, parasitic worms.

Stemmler explained how there were three levels of infection, the third ending with the worms buried in the genitals, rendering them useless.

While Couture departed momentarily to change into her “serious suit,” a cropped black halter top and a fringed mini-skirt, an 18-year-old biology major, Miss Robby, came on stage, lip-synching and gyrating to the song, “Sweet Transvestite,” from The Rocky Horror Show.

Under her black trench coat was a black spandex halter top, black garter belt and stockings. She moved around in high-heeled black platform boots.

As a performer in a Rocky Horror Show in Oakland, Miss Robby whose full name is Robby Laetz, performed there every Saturday night for about two years.

At the event, however, she gave advice on sex and genital piercings.

“It’s a lot of fun, but you have to be careful,” she said with a smile. She told students that they had to make sure their protection didn’t rip because of piercings.

In between Couture’s costume changes and the other lip-synchers in drag, volunteers from the audience participated in sex contests. The first had contestants on their knees as three girls raced to see who could put a condom on a dildo the fastest.

“It’s funny, it’s fun, but I’m not going to take too much pride in it,” said Shana Kelley,18 photojournalism freshman, in reference to winning the contest.

Other contests had to do with dental dams and lubricant taste-testing.

“It’s like butter, sex butter,” Couture said of the lube. “Flavored sex butter.”

“At first it was a little bit awkward,” said Mike Gassaway, 19, a roman history freshman, who was the only male lube-taster on stage. “But then you start concentrating on the flavors and you kind of forget what you were doing.”

The event had students laughing and talking about sex for almost two hours.

In his closing words, Couture sent students off with warm wishes.

“From the bottom of my heart, and my pelvis, I thank you,” he said.