Fawn Yacker Explained
Fawn Yacker is an American filmmaker, producer, and cinematographer. She also co-found the LGBT organization "The Last Closet".
About
In 2009, she co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed with director Dee Mosbacher a one-hour documentary film entitled Training Rules,[1] about the controversial women's basketball program ran by Rene Portland at Pennsylvania State University collegiate sports. Fawn Yacker is a founding member of The Nuclear Beauty Parlor.
She co-founded the LGBT organization "The Last Closet", with the goal of ending homophobia in men's professional athletics and providing support.[2] [3] [4]
Filmography
Director
Producer
Cinematographer
- 1983: Sippie
- 1987: Chuck Solomon: Coming of Age
- 1989: Sacred Passion (V)
- 1991: [7]
- 1993: Sex Is...
- 1996:
- 2006: Let's Get Real
- 2005: Waging a Living
- 2007: It's Still Elementary (V) (aka It's Still Elementary: The Movie and the Movement
- 2009: Training Rules
- 2009: Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up
Notes and References
- Web site: Training Rules . 2021-04-02. Smith College Libraries, Smith College Special Collections Finding Aids database. Co-produced and directed by Dee Mosbacher and Fawn Yacker..
- Web site: Alhlou. Yousur. 2012-10-30. Supervisors to LGBT Athletes: Step Out of the Closet. 2021-04-02. Mission Local. en-US.
- Web site: Zeigler. Cyd. 2012-09-18. The Last Closet launches, aims to open closet doors for gay pro athletes. 2021-04-02. Outsports. en.
- Web site: Avery. Dan. 2012-09-19. "The Last Closet" Campaign Tackles Homophobia In Men's Pro Sports. 2021-04-02. Queerty.
- Web site: That's a family! [videorecording]]. Stanford Libraries. 2000 . Stanford University. Yacker, Fawn. Producer.
- Book: Demory. P.. Gay Identity, New Storytelling and The Media. Pullen. Christopher. 2016-04-30. Springer. 978-1-349-66841-0. 256.
- Book: Newsletter of Film Arts Foundation, the Bay Area Organization of Independent Film and Videomakers. 2001. Film Arts Foundation. 25. en.
