Training rules : no drugs, no drinking, no lesbians.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 1251340 | KanopyPublisher: Wolfe Video, 2009Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (62 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- computer
- online resource
- Homophobia in sports -- United States
- Homophobia in higher education -- United States
- Lesbian athletes -- United States
- Women basketball players -- United States
- Women basketball coaches -- United States
- Homophobia in higher education
- Homophobia in sports
- Lesbian athletes
- Women basketball coaches
- Women basketball players
- United States
Title from title frames.
Originally produced by Wolfe Video in 2009.
Rene Portland had three training rules during her 26 years coaching basketball at Pennsylvania State University - 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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.