Film Screening and Discussion: Training Rules | Oakland

Submitted by the Event Organizer

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.

The film shows the lawsuit filed in 2006 against Portland and Penn State by student-athlete Jennifer Harris. This high profile case ignited the world of women’s collegiate sports. It inspired the discussions so sorely needed to end discrimination based on sexual orientation that pervades all organized sport.

A free screening of this documentary film is open to the public, followed by a discussion with Fawn Yacker, Training Rules co-director, and Helen Carroll, Director of the Sports Project at the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

Found on Yelp.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.