TRAINING RULES: Q&A with Dee Mosbacher
Winner of the audience award for best documentary at the 2009 edition of San Francisco’s gay film festival, Frameline, Dee Mosbacher (right) and Fawn Yacker’s Training Rules — screening at Outfest tomorrow, July 11, at 4:30pm at the FAIRFAX 1 (on a double bill with Elizabeth Hesik’s Lady Trojans) — tackles the issue of anti-gay bigotry in women’s sports, particularly at the Pennsylvania State University.
For nearly three decades, Penn State’s Lady Lions basketball coach Rene Portland (above, lower photo), known as "The Mommy Coach," insisted that in her team there would be absolutely no drugs, no booze, and no lesbians — purportedly with the intent of removing the stigma of lesbianism from women’s sports. In 2006, [...]
by Andre Soares | July 10, 2009
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Tags: Dee Mosbacher, Documentaries, Fawn Yacker, Homophobia, Interviews, Jennifer Harris, Lesbian Interest, Rene Portland, Socially Conscious Movies, Training Rules
