01/08/2026
Need some q***r wins? HEATED RIVALRY will make you cheer for q***r joy!
Two rival hockey stars at the top of their game face an unexpected challenge when they develop feelings for each other, complicating their careers and the sport's expectations. Come for the steamy scenes, stay for the conversations about consent, feeling pressured to stay closeted in a hostile culture, healthy masculinity, and emotional vulnerability. It’s seriously one of the best q***r shows to come out in the last few years. Watch it now on Max.
Once you’re done binge-watching, here are some adult fiction and nonfiction books you need to read. Did you know the first openly transgender professional hockey player started his career with the University of Maine Black Bears? That’s right, Harrison Browne, NWHL All-Star, 2017 NWHL Fan Favourite, 2017 Outsports Male Hero of the Year, and Canada Games Silver Medalist, is a trans man. During his time at UMaine, he remained closeted to the public, only coming out to his teammates and coaches. He stars in Heated Rivalry as a hockey player!
In Let Us Play, trans athlete Harrison Browne and investigative journalist Rachel Browne reveal how the opposition towards gender diverse athletes is fueled by fear and a moral panic as opposed to facts around what makes “a level playing field.”
Interweaving Harrison’s first-hand experience as a transgender athlete with exclusive accounts—from athletes, coaches, policymakers, and advocates on the front lines—Let Us Play dismantles the illusion that sports have ever been fair, that trans athletes pose a threat to women’s sports, and that gender-affirming healthcare for athletes should be prohibitive to play.
Calling for a reframing of the binaries from youth and high school levels all the way to the national leagues, Browne and Browne offer a new path forward, led by solutions proposed by gender diverse athletes themselves.
