Lawrence Jean-Noel has the perfect life. As an NCAA Division One football player at UMass-Amherst, he has the love of campus goddess Nadia Monroe and is admired by many. In fact, he's a shoo-in for the NFL Draft. All is well until Lawrence gets involved with the seductive, hunky Lucien Etienne, who exposes his secret life to the world. That's when Lawrence starts to lose everything. His father Lionel disowns him. After graduation, Lawrence heads to Winnipeg, Manitoba, to stay with his openly gay aunt Jacqueline. Enrolling at the University of Manitoba Law School, Lawrence meets Deanna "Dee" Neekonnisiwin, a beautiful, spirited young Ojibwe poet transitioning from female to male. The two of them initially butt heads and a mutual attraction grows. The question is, is the world ready for such a unique couple ?