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Our last true "Sports Gay" entry is American football film Riley (2023) from writer/director
Benjamin Howard.
The film stars Jake Holley as the titular character, Dakota Riley, a promising high school football player who can't suppress his same sex attraction.
The problem (and most interesting aspect of the film) is that his sexuality doesn't "fit" in the narrative that he and his oppressive father/coach have constructed for his future.
Plus: issues of consent and strict binaries, more beards, and a holdover from the short that doesn't work in the feature film.
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