Kevin Penrose: ‘It’s still the last real taboo in the sport’

The story of his courage and his bravery is again doing the rounds in recent weeks following his appearance on a couple of GAA podcasts before he took to the stage at the Gaelic Players Association Pride brunch.

Kevin Penrose, David Gough, and Cork's Hannah Looney watching Armagh’s Mark Shields help launch SuperValu’s new limited-edition Pride-themed bag for life. Profits from the sale of the bags will go to BeLong To, LGBTQ+ Youth Ireland. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

It may be over three years since Aghyaran footballer Kevin Penrose came out as a gay man to his friends and family but it’s only over three months since the news truly broke in the GAA world.

For Kevin, whose brother Martin helped Tyrone win the All-Ireland Senior title in 2005 and 2008, it was during a holiday in Thailand back in 2022 that he finally broke the news to his mother on FaceTime.