Training Rules
Saturday 5 June 8pm
£5
Gala film screening as part of Pride Games 2010.
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Rene Portland had three training rules during her 26 years coaching basketball at Pennsylvania StateUniversity - no drinking, no drugs and no lesbians.
Training Rules, examines how a wealthy athletic department, enabled by the silence of a complacent university, allowed talented athletes, thought to be gay, to be dismissed from their college team.
In 2006, student athlete Jennifer Harris, in conjunction with the National Center for Lesbian Rights, filed charges against Pennsylvania State University and basketball coach Rene Portland for discrimination based on sexual orientation. This lawsuit inspired others whose lives were shattered during Coach Portland’s reign to come forward.
The film focuses on these individuals and investigates why organizations, established to protect these athletes have done so little to end this common form of victimization. Training Rules serves as a wake-up call to the many athletic departments nationwide that still discriminate against their student athletes and coaches.
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Directors Dee Mosbacher and Fawn Yacker won the Frameline33 AT&T Audience Award for Best Documentary for the film.
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LINKS:
For more information go to the Training Rules website at www.trainingrules.com
For more information about Pride Games 2010 please go to www.pridegames.org
