Brave of him to come out and say it! I was surprised at the following quote from the Guardian article, though:
"In England, Italy and Germany being a homosexual is no big thing, at least not in the dressing room"
The Mirror are reporting the transfer request story now, too - they actually published theirs a few minutes before Kendrick: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-transfer-news-norwichs-2998860?
Edit: The Telegraph, also: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/norwich-city/10556729/Wes-Hoolahan-keen-to-join-former-manager-Paul-Lambert-at-Aston-Villa-after-handing-in-transfer-request.html