Debra Chasnoff

Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Debra Chasnoff is Lebanon Valley College's visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Chasnoff’s highly acclaimed documentaries address youth and bias issues. Her most recent film, "Straightlaced—How Gender’s Got Us All Tied Up," explores the gender and sexuality pressures teens and young adults face. Other award-winning films include "It’s Elementary—Talking About Gay Issues in School," "Let’s Get Real" (about bias and bullying), "That’s a Family!" (supporting youth growing up in diverse family structures), and the Academy Award-winning "Deadly Deception—General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment." Chasnoff’s first film, "Choosing Children," explored the once unheard of idea that lesbians and gay men could become parents.

She is the recipient of the Wallace A. Gerbode Foundation Fellowship for outstanding nonprofit leadership, the Pathfinder Award from the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, and the first-ever alumna achievement award in documentary filmmaking from Wellesley College. 

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