Editor’s note: Fawn Yacker is director of the award-winning film ‘Training Rules,’ about homophobia in Penn State’s women’s basketball program. She is currently working on a project about homophobia in men’s pro sports. Joe Paterno describes the current “tragedy” at Penn State as “…one of the great sorrows of my life.” He should add to [...]
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Moment #47: Penn State fires women’s basketball coach Rene Portland
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. College basketball, 2007: Rene Portland had a simple rule during her 27 years as Penn State’s women’s basketball team — no lesbians were allowed. Finally, in 2007, after the culmination of a lawsuit by former player Jen Harris and fought by [...]
Moment #87: Jen Harris sues Penn State
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Basketball, 2005: Harris was kicked off Penn State’s basketball team in 2005 by coach Rene Portland, who accused her of being a lesbian. Portland had a long history of homophobia, claiming she would not have lesbians on her team. In December [...]
CNN tackles Rene Portland and new doc film
Tomorrow (Tuesday, April 7, 3pm-4pm ET) on Rick Sanchez’s hour of CNN Newsrooom, the cable network will promote the fantastic new documentary “Training Rules” and talk about the damage that anti-lesbian policies and negative recruiting have on its victims. I was interviewed this morning for the segment; We’ll see if I said anything semi-intelligent. You [...]
Film looks at Rene Portland’s homophobia
A documentary that looks at the homophobic athmosphere in Penn State women’s basketball during the 27-year tenure of Coach Rene Portland will be screened this Saturday in Philadelphia. The film, “Training Rules,” will show at 7 p.m. at the Ritz East Theater as part of Philadelphia Film Festival – CineFest 09. Writes Cathy Renna, a [...]