5 sexy queer vertical romances to binge during Pride Month

This story originally appeared on Out.

If you’re recovering from a long weekend at a Pride festival or too hungover from partying to move, it’s the perfect time to relax and dive into the wide world of queer vertical romances.

Vertical dramas are serialized shows designed for smart-phone viewing and streamed on subscription-based apps. The secret sauce is that they are bite-sized, fun, and addictive, with episodes that range from one to two minutes long and usually add up to a movie-length runtime over the course a 50 to 90 episode season.

The acting in vertical dramas is sometimes Disney-channel level cheesy, but the sexy plot lines and endlessly hot stars will have you watching every episode.

This growing TV model gaining popularity is exciting because new ones are coming out everyday, but much like traditional media, queer romances are hard to come by. Tapping into that need for more LGBTQ+ stories, the My Drama streaming app has come in and staked its claim on unapologetic queer dramas where "queer love stories are the main event rather than a secondary subplot,” the company says.

Basically, My Drama said what if we take all of your favorite romance tropes — think enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, age-gap relationships, and sports rivalries — and made them queer? And the result is a slew of fun, bingeable shows with spicy queer love stories.

And if you’re worried that the sapphics are getting left out — because, let’s face it, they almost always are — you have nothing to worry about because My Drama has plenty of steamy lesbian romances for your viewing pleasure.

To celebrate Pride we’re diving into all of the queer drama, intense yearning, and sexy plot lines in these shows that are available to start binging right now on My Drama.

Get into it!

Wrestling With Love

Wrestling With Love

My Drama

What it’s about: Cal is shy, sensitive, and the constant target of Ricky, the star wrestler with severe anger issues. Their hostile dynamic explodes when Cal is forced to join the wrestling team—and Ricky is assigned to train him. What begins as locker-room cruelty slowly morphs into an intense, confusing physical tension. As both boys suffocate under family pressures and rigid expectations, the mat becomes a battlefield of desire, shame, and an undeniable attraction that threatens to change everything.

Why we’re excited to watch: After falling in love with Heated Rivalry, we can’t get enough of gay sports romances. Plus, this one has an enemies-to-lovers bully romance plot line, and by choosing wrestling as the sport, there will be so many opportunities for intimate touching and sexual tension.

Watch the trailer here.

Playing Her Dirty

Playing Her Dirty

My Drama

What it’s about: Desperate to save her sick father, Sofia Rossi is backed into a corner when the FBI forces her to wear a wire and spy on Isa Caruso—a feared mafiosa accused of patricide. But when Isa discovers Sofia’s genius talent for cheating at cards, she doesn't kill her; instead, she pulls Sofia into a dangerous plot to take down the ultimate mafia don.

Why we’re excited to watch: While a lot of vertical dramas focus on love stories between teens or young adults, this one is more mature. It’s also a sexy sapphic take on a mafia movie. What’s not to love?

Watch the trailer here.

Obsessed With You

Obsessed With You

My Drama

What it’s about: Tino is a talented nightclub dancer trapped in a toxic underworld, swimming in debt to save his sick sister. His reality shifts during a police raid when Brendon, an officer on the scene, offers him a moment of silent protection instead of an arrest. What begins as a single act of mercy quickly spirals into a dangerous, consuming emotional bond. Caught in a violent collision of love, guilt, and mutual obsession, Tino is forced to choose between raw survival and his feelings for Brendon.

Why we’re excited to watch: Not only does this one have a criminal and cop falling for each other, but it also features an age-gap relationship (hot!), tons of tension, and a gay awakening.

Watch the trailer here.

Her Heart Held Hostage

Her Heart Held Hostage

My Drama

What it’s about: To pay off her family's crushing debt, Eliza is forced to surrender herself to Dominique Bloom—a cold, elegant, and terrifyingly magnetic mafia boss. What begins as a tense hostage situation quickly spirals into a twisted, high-stakes game of psychological chess and forbidden attraction.

Why we’re excited to watch: Sapphic romances are few and far between, but Her Heart Held Hostage is going to give us a WLW love story with morally gray characters and all of your favorite romance tropes like enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, and hidden identity.

Watch the trailer here.

No, Your Majesty

No, Your Majesty

My Drama

What it’s about: Scholarship student James enters an elite university to escape poverty, only to become the target of Prince William, a powerful royal heir raised under brutal pressure. Their hostile first meeting sets off an intense war of wills, but as they push each other's limits, their clash sparks a dangerous, magnetic attraction. Forced to navigate ruthless campus bullying and royal scandals, they must choose between high-society expectations and their undeniable bond.

Why we’re excited to watch: It’s a high school bully romance between a royal and a commoner, an enemies-to-lovers plot, and forced proximity via a basketball team. The show also features the lead saying, “Don’t touch him, he’s mine.” Swoon!

Watch the trailer here.