While there have been popular LGBTQ+ streamers before (the Netflix series Heartstopper, for example, and the US romcom movie Red, White & Royal Blue), Heated Rivalry, created by director Jacob Tierney, turbocharged the sexuality. You don’t see actual sex acts, but it’s explicit for mainstream fare: oral sex, anal sex, masturbation, graphic dialogue (“Did you enjoy sucking my cock?”) and noisy orgasms. When Ilya and Shane aren’t getting it on in hotel suites or sports stadium shower cubicles, they’re passionately emoting their love for each other.
