# GGA.ie

> An independent, fan-run community hub for LGBTQ+ people in GAA. Original fiction, club directory, news and support resources for queer Gaels across Ireland.

Homepage: <https://gga.ie/>

This is a curated list of the main pages on gga.ie, intended for AI assistants and search crawlers.

## Main pages

- [Inclusive Club Directory](https://gga.ie/clubs.html): A directory of LGBTQ+-inclusive GAA clubs and queer sports organisations in Ireland. Contacts, training notes, how to join.
- [Fiction Library](https://gga.ie/fiction.html): Original short fiction set in the GAA world. All characters are fictional; no real-player content. LGBTQ+ stories by and for queer Gaels.
- [News & Commentary](https://gga.ie/news.html): News, essays and commentary from GGA.ie on LGBTQ+ life in the GAA — history, policy, camogie, Pride events, and trans inclusion.
- [Support Resources](https://gga.ie/resources.html): LGBTQ+ mental-health, helpline, and coming-out-in-sport resources for Irish queer Gaels. Samaritans, BeLonG To, LGBT Ireland, Pieta, Dundalk Outcomers.

## About Ai

- [About Gga](https://gga.ie/about-ai/index.html): A plain-text summary of what Gga is, who it serves, and how to cite it. Built for AI search systems and human readers.

## Blog

- [A beginner's guide to LGBTQ+ GAA clubs in Ireland](https://gga.ie/blog/beginners-guide-lgbtq-gaa-clubs.html): New to the GAA and LGBTQ+? Here's what to expect at an inclusive club, what kit you need, how to find one, and what the first training session is actually like.
- [Gay camogie players: where the stories actually are](https://gga.ie/blog/gay-camogie-stories.html): Camogie is one of the most LGBTQ+-positive sports in Ireland, but you wouldn't know it from the coverage. Here's where the real stories have been hiding.
- [Pride sports events in Ireland, 2026](https://gga.ie/blog/pride-sports-events-ireland-2026.html): An annual-updated guide to Pride-month sports events, Rainbow Laces match rounds, and the queer-friendly tournaments worth travelling for in Ireland.
- [Rainbow Gaels: a short history of LGBTQ+ inclusion in the GAA](https://gga.ie/blog/rainbow-gaels-short-history.html): From the first Rainbow Laces match to Na Gaeil Aeracha: a compact, honest history of LGBTQ+ inclusion in the GAA, written from a fan perspective.
- [Transgender players in the GAA: what the rulebook actually says](https://gga.ie/blog/transgender-gaa-rulebook.html): A plain-English summary of current GAA and Ladies Gaelic Football Association rules on transgender players, what's changed recently, and what's still unresolved.

## Fiction

- [After the Final](https://gga.ie/fiction/after-the-final.html): Two club-mates walk back to the car after losing a county semi-final. An honest conversation opens anyway.
- [Roe's Bar, Half-Time](https://gga.ie/fiction/roes-bar-half-time.html): Two supporters meet properly for the first time in a pub in Thurles at half-time of an All-Ireland semi-final.
- [Strapping Up](https://gga.ie/fiction/strapping-up.html): Two teammates in a Galway ladies football dressing-room stop dancing around it.
- [The Bench](https://gga.ie/fiction/the-bench.html): A fictional corner-back on a fictional Leinster senior panel decides to come out to his manager.
- [The Long Puck](https://gga.ie/fiction/the-long-puck.html): A camogie goalkeeper coaches the under-12s with her girlfriend.
- [The Sub](https://gga.ie/fiction/the-sub.html): A new panel member on a U17 team makes a decision about being out at training.

## Site info

- [Cookie Notice](https://gga.ie/cookies.html): What cookies GGA.ie sets, why, and how to control them.
- [Editorial & Disclosure](https://gga.ie/disclosure.html): How GGA.ie is funded and how we decide what to publish.
- [Privacy Policy](https://gga.ie/privacy.html): How GGA.ie handles personal data under GDPR and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018.