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How institutionalized homophobia seriously twisted women’s college sports. One virulently homophobic coach in particular, Penn State’s Rene Portland, is examined in this striking documentary; and one courageous athlete, Jennifer Harris, who took on the system and showed that it is homophobia in sports, not lesbians in sports, that is the problem.
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Training Rules
Posted by Lesbian Movies
Posted in Basketball, Documentary, Sports 
Tags: athletes, basketball, champions, coaching, discrimination, Documentary, homophobia, rules, Sports, training 
No Comments »Last Woman Standing
Posted by Lesbian Movies
The exciting sport of professional women’s wrestling, featuring some of the finest female grapplers in the world. No fantasy fetish crap, this is the real deal: fast, furious, and highly skilled. Featuring Erica Montoya, Lisa Ward, Tara Larosa, Megumi Fugi, Roxanne Modeferri, and Marie Coangelo.
Posted in Documentary, Mixed Martial Arts, Sports, Strong Women Tags: champions, Documentary, grappling, real, Sports, wrestling No Comments »Shadow Boxers
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The world of professional women’s boxing – misunderstood, denigrated, and powerful. Meet the women called to this brutally beautiful sport and see their superb athleticism, skill and power in action. Featuring our all-time favorite boxer, the incomparable Lucia Rijker.
Posted in Boxing, Documentary, Sports Tags: boxers, boxing, butch, Documentary, lucia rijker, Sports No Comments »Babe, The Babe Didrikson Zaharias Story
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Before Sheryl Swopes, Martina Navratilova and Annika Sorenstam were even born, there was Babe Didrikson, one of the best athletes of all time and both genders. This excellent docudrama traces her life, wide-ranging sports career, and personal life with reverent dignity.
Posted in Drama, Herstory, Sports Tags: babe, basketball, champion, didrikson, golf, olympics, Sports, track, true story, zaharias No Comments »Olympic Track & Field – Women 1988 Seoul
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The 1988 Seoul Olympics were the games for Florence Griffith-Joyner (FloJo) and Jackie Joyner-Kersee to smash through olympic and world records and into the history books as two of the greatest female athletes of all time.
Posted in Documentary, Herstory, Sports, Strong Women Tags: 1988, champions, field, FloJo, Griffith-Joyner, Joyner-Kersee, olympic, seoul, Sports, track, women No Comments »Quest for the Gold – Women’s Highlights, Sydney 2000
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Highlight tape of all the finest moments of the women’s events at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Posted in Documentary, Sports, Strong Women Tags: 2000, Documentary, gold, highlights, olympics, Sports, sydney, true story No Comments »Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
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From enduring patronizing snickers to garnering global respect as undisputed champions of the world, the USA Women’s Soccer Team’s amazing journey is as inspirational as it is groundbreaking. Great interviews with all the players plus clips from their best games and most triumphant moments.
Posted in Documentary, Herstory, Sports Tags: brandy chastain, champions, Herstory, inspirational, julie foudy, mia hamm, olympics, soccer, Sports, true story, usa No Comments »Personal Best
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Chris and Tory are olympic-caliber athletes. Their relationship moves over the span of three years from one of mentor to competitors and lovers. The best sports dyke movie ever. Both Chris (Mariel Hemingway) and Tory (real-life olympic athlete Patrice Donnelly) are hot, hot, HOT.
Posted in Classics, Drama, Romance, Sports Tags: athletic, Classics, coming of age, coming out, Drama, mariel hemingway, patrice donnelly, Romance, Sports, sports dykes, track No Comments »
