The Killarney Group is a think tank run by Irish anti-transgender extremist Stella O’Malley of anti-trans hate group Genspect.
Their goal is to create “a non-medical guide (the Gender Care Framework) to rival WPATH’s Standards of Care 8.” They rolled out a draft at their November 2023 conference, which coincided with the 2023 USPATH conference in Denver.
People
- Bret Alderman
- Carol Bartle
- Benjamin Boyce
- Joseph Burgo
- Shelley Charlesworth
- Carrie Clark
- “Mungeri Lal”
- Holly Lawford-Smith
- Michelle Mackness
- Carrie D. Mendoza
- Amanda Miller
- Tom Neumark
- Stella O’Malley
- Jamie Reed
- Jillian Spencer
- Emma Thomas
- Colin Wright
References
Carey, Maya Henson (May 22, 2025). Anti-DEI efforts and the attempted whitewashing of America. SPLC https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/anti-dei-efforts/
Wuest, Joanna; Last, Briana S. (Winter 2025). The Bad Science Behind Trans Medicine Bans. Dissent https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-bad-science-behind-trans-medicine-bans/
Cravens, R.G.; McLamore, Quinnehtukqut; Leveille, Lee; Hodges, Emerson; Wunderlich, Sophie; Bates, Lydia (December 12, 2023). Group dynamics and division of labor within the anti-LGBTQ+ pseudoscience network. in CAPTAIN, Southern Poverty Law Center https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/defining-pseudoscience-network/
- Timeline: Building a Pseudoscience Network. https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/timeline-building-pseudoscience-network/
- Manufacturing the doubt that fuels the network. https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/disinformation/
Selected anti-trans writing by Killarney Group
Bartle C, Burgo J, “Buttons C,” Connolly S; Forouhar M; Goonan K; Gunn A; Lawford-Smith H; Levine S; Martinez Y; Newmark T; O’Malley S; Reed J; Wright C (2023). The Gender Framework Draft Version One. mgaleg.maryland.gov/cmte_testimony/2024/jud/1ZOiEeynlDU9pGLSOnIwqgr3-xXhhFgM3.pdf autodownload PDF: https://www.realityslaststand.com/api/v1/file/3854a9b7-9143-457a-8d52-9baeef819761.pdf
Genspect (June 16, 2023). Genspect Launches New Think Tank to Draft a Gender Care Framework. https://genspect.org/genspect-launches-new-think-tank-to-draft-a-gender-care-framework/
Gunn, Alasdair (November 8, 2023). The End of WPATH: Introducing the Gender Framework. Reality’s Last Stand https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/the-end-of-wpath-introducing-the
Book
O’Malley, Stella; Bartle, Carol; Clark, Carrie; Miller, Amanda (2026). The Gender Framework: A Comprehensive Evidence-Based Guide for Professionals and Families. Pitchstone Publishing, ISBN 978-1634312844
Media
Genspect / Free Speech Nation with Andrew Doyle, Joe Burgo, and Stella O’Malley (June 26, 2023). Genspect Director Stella O’Malley and Vice-Director Joe Burgo Discus the New Killarney Group. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeFTUPag5TQ
Resources
Genspect (genspect.org)
- The Killarney Group Think Tank
- genspect.org/meet-the-team/the-killarney-group-think-tank
- The Gender Framework
- genspect.org/resources/the-gender-framework