Trey McBride is an NFL player who plays for the Arizona Cardinals. He has two mothers.
Forge is a young Buffalo Bills fan. He has two fathers.
The two bonded over a jersey gift earlier this year, which may have been the only time an NFC player was able to break the world record. bill’s mafia.
Forge, the son of online rainbow dadposted a video about two fathers. At some point, McBride reached out to Forge because she had same-sex parents.
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The results will be published on Instagram, TikTokForge and his father shared that he received several items from McBride, including a jersey with number 85 on his back.
“It’s literally the first jersey that’s not a Bills jersey,” Papa Forge told OutSports.
As one Rainbow Dad said in the video, McBride sent a message of support along with his Cardinals No. 85 jersey.
“Forge, follow your dreams. The world is yours,” McBride is quoted in the video.
Everyone in the Bills family was shocked.
“He signed it and he signed the gloves and the hat and sent it to us,” Papa Forge said. “Then we noticed that Forge was flipping. We didn’t realize there was a note on the back until Forge put on the jersey.”
Mr Forge was close to tears and begged his father to stop reading the messages.
And we cried with him.
“This is the first non-Bills jersey I’ve seen,” Forge said as he opened the package. He knew what was about to happen, and it only made the moment even stronger.
This beautiful interaction speaks to the power of the LGBTQ community as connectors. Bills fans can wear the jerseys of Cardinals players because they have same-sex parents.
Certainly…the Cardinals never did. Beat the Bills in the Super Bowl.
If McBride were with the Dallas Cowboys, that might be a completely different matter.
Still, that doesn’t mean these lifelong Bills fans will be rooting for the Cardinals to win the Super Bowl over Buffalo vs. Arizona.
The power of the LGBTQ community to connect beyond sports is reflected in this jersey exchange. McBride’s ability to reach out also cannot be underestimated. Players are forced to interact with the local community. The idea that he would be willing to engage with fans of another NFL team thousands of miles away simply because he has same-sex parents is powerful.
“We’re 49-7 and I hope Trey scores a touchdown,” Papa Forge said of his hopes for a Buffalo Super Bowl title.
McBride played college football for the Colorado State Rams. In 2021, he won the John Mackey Award as the best tight end in college football and was a unanimous All-American.
In 2022, he was selected in the second round by the Arizona Cardinals with the 55th overall pick in the NFL Draft.
In two NFL seasons; he gained over 1,000 yards And he scored four touchdowns.
However, this score may have been more important than anything else.
A version of this story first appeared in May 2024.
Source: Outsports – www.outsports.com
