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

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entitled '' Training Rules'', about the controversial

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program ran by Rene Portland at

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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. Yacker is credited on several films directed by

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-winner Debra Chasnoff, including: '' Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment'' (1991)'','' '' It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School'' (1996), ''Let's Get Real'' (2006), ''It's Still Elementary'' (2007), and ''Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up'' (2009) as a cinematographer, and ''That's a Family!'' (2000) as a co-producer.

Filmography

Director

*2009: '' Training Rules'' - co-director with Dee Mosbacher

Producer

*2000: ''That's a Family! -'' co-producer with Debra Chasnoff, and Ariella J. Ben-Dov. *2009: '' Training Rules'' - co-producer with Dee Mosbacher

Cinematographer

*1983: ''Sippie'' *1987: ''Chuck Solomon: Coming of Age'' *1989: ''Sacred Passion'' (V) *1991: '' Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment'' *1993: ''Sex Is...'' *1996: '' It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School'' *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''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yacker, Fawn American documentary filmmakers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)