The Associated Press | Posted: Sunday, February 26, 2006 12:00 am
DENVER (AP) - A traveling sex trade show drew long lines to get in and long lines at exhibits in the Colorado Convention Center during the weekend.
The second stop for "The Sex and So Much More Show" seemed to draw as many women as men. Event coordinator Kari Calder said attendance was likely to top that of the first stop, Minneapolis, where 15,000 showed up.
"People in Denver in general seem more open-minded," she said.
Not everyone welcomed the show. State Rep. Jim Welker, R-Loveland, sent a letter Friday to the center management opposing the exhibition.
"It is unacceptable for Colorado to become a culture that exposes impure behavior to our children without batting an eye," he said in a statement. Welker said that since the center was financed in part by taxpayer's money it should be sensitive to the community in its selection of shows.
Eight other GOP lawmakers signed the letter.
Erin Knight, spokesman for the center, said the letter and had not been received and therefore she would have no comment.
Among other attractions, two porn stars were big draws at the show.
John Boren, 24, stood in line to see porn star Jenna Jameson. "I think it will be worth the picture, worth the autograph," he said.
Boren and his buddies had already gotten an autograph and a photo with Ron Jeremy, a pornography legend.
The show was a great opportunity for Front Range's adult businesses to strut their stuff.
"I'm excited that it's here. We want to let people know that they have a sex-positive boutique around," says Elizabeth Hauptman, 37, the owner, along with her husband, of Hysteria, a "locally owned, female positive, feminist sex shop."