"“We are living through an especially regressive moment [and] I don't think it's unique to the United States - it is kind of a little bit everywhere, and I'm thrilled to have provided any kind of counterpunch to that nonsense,” Tierney told LGBTQ Nation."
"“I do see [ Heated Rivalry] as political, especially with the obsessive politicization of all things queer and all queerness,” he added. “The same culture that is lowering support for LGBTQ people - for trans people, especially - is also a culture based on a kind of cruelty and bullying. And our show has none of that.”"
"The Game Changer Award honors media trailblazers whose work transforms how LGBTQ+ people are seen worldwide. Tierney - whose award-winning show chronicles the blossoming, complicated, and closeted relationship between two young pro-hockey players - will receive the award at Equality PAC's annual National Pride Gala on June 9, in Washington, D.C."
"Tierney's series, which he directed and adapted from Rachel Reid's bestselling Game Changers novel, was originally created for the Canadian streaming platform Crave, but it gained a devoted following of 10.6 million viewers in the U.S. and a worldwide fandom, even in notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ Russia."
Jacob Tierney, creator of the gay sports drama Heated Rivalry, will receive Equality PAC’s inaugural Game Changer Award. The award recognizes media trailblazers whose work changes how LGBTQ+ people are seen worldwide. Tierney frames the current political climate as regressive and describes the show as a counter to politicized queer culture. He links declining support for LGBTQ+ people, especially trans people, to cruelty and bullying, and says the series avoids those elements. Heated Rivalry follows two young pro-hockey players whose relationship is blossoming, complicated, and closeted. The show was created for Crave, later gained a large U.S. audience, and developed a worldwide fandom, including in Russia.
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