Cornyation as San Antonio's Longest Outrageous Fiesta Tradition
Cornyation was created in 1951 by members of San Antonio's theater community as a satire, mocking the elite with their own flamboyant duchesses, empresses, and queens, accompanied by men in drag and local political figures in outrageous costume. The stage show quickly transformed into a controversial parody of local and national politics and culture. Told through more than one hundred photographs and dozens of interviews, Cornyation is the first history of this major Fiesta San Antonio event, tracing how it has become one of Texas’s iconic and longest-running LGBT celebrations and one of the Southwest's first large-scale fundraisers for HIV-AIDS research. It has raised more than two million dollars since 1990.
SA100 is pleased to welcome Professor Amy L. Stone (they/them), Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Trinity University, as its June speaker. Professor Stone is author of Queer Carnival, Gay Rights at the Ballot Box and Cornyation: San Antonio's Outrageous Fiesta Tradition, along with being co-editor of Out of the Closet, Into the Archives: Researching Sexual Histories. They study lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) politics, urban life, and health. They co-lead Family Housing & Me/Familia Casa y Yo and the community-based research project, Strengthening Colors of Pride, in San Antonio.
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
This meeting is IN PERSON. See you there!
Whitley Conference Center
Oblate School of Theology
284 Oblate Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78216
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On Oblate Drive east of Blanco and west of San Pedro.
11:30 am Registration Opens 11:40 am Lunch Buffet Begins 11:50 am Announcements 12:00 pm Program
12:00 pm Program
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