Stella O’Malley is a conservative Irish therapist and anti-transgender extremist. O’Malley is a global ringleader in the modern ex-transgender and gender critical movements and a major supporter of anti-transgender efforts worldwide.
O’Malley founded SPLC-designated anti-trans hate group Genspect. O’Malley frequently collaborates with American clinician Sasha Ayad to uplift other conservative and anti-transgender voices.
They promote
- disease models of gender identity
- strict conservative gatekeeping models of care
- “rapid onset gender dysphoria“
- the ex-transgender movement
- trans-exclusionary queers (the LGB movement)
Do not under any circumstances go to Stella O’Malley for any counseling, trans or otherwise. If you are a minor forced to see O’Malley, do everything in your power to end the sessions and find supportive local resources instead.
Background
O’Malley was born on November 16, 1973. O’Malley grew up with three siblings in the Dublin area in a household where at least one parent was alcoholic.
O’Malley and spouse Henry Thompson, a construction contractor, live in Birr, County Offaly with their two children Róisín Thompson (born November 9, 2007) and Muiris Thompson (born August 5, 2009). O’Malley’s self-described parenting style is “impatient, moody and cranky” with “a very low threshold for ordinary whining.”
O’Malley authored Cotton Wool Kids (2015) Bully-Proof Kids (2017), and Fragile (2019).
Anti-trans activism
O’Malley was host of the 2018 propaganda piece Trans Kids: It’s Time To Talk. It features conservative and anti-trans activists, including James Caspian, Heather Brunskell-Evans, Venice Allan, Miranda Yardley, and people from the ex-trans movement
O’Malley is connected to a number of anti-trans organizations, most of which are just part of a web farm with reciprocal links to make O’Malley’s allies and their fringe ideologies seem more widespread and influential than they are.
These fringe front groups include:
- Genspect
- Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine (SEGM)
- International Association of Therapists for Desisters and Detransitioners (IATDD)
- Rethink Identity Medicine Ethics (ReIME)
- Gender Exploratory Therapy Association (GETA)
- Sex Matters
- Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG)
- Critical Therapy Antidote
- Thoughtful Therapists
- Institute for Comprehensive Gender Dysphoria Research (ICGDR)
- Pediatric and Adolescent Gender Dysphoria Working Group (PAGDWG)
- Gender Dysphoria Support Network (GDSN)
- Gender: A Wider Lens
- Beyond WPATH
- Stats for Gender
- Killarney Group
- Themis Resource Fund
- Wider Lens Consulting
In 2023 O’Malley co-authored the anti-trans book When Kids Say They’re Trans: A Guide for Parents with Sasha Ayad and Lisa Marchiano.
Gender: A Wider Lens
Ayad and O’Malley hosted the podcast Gender: A Wider Lens. The guests include many global leaders in modern conservative and anti-transgender activism.
In 2025, O’Malley started the podcast Beyond Gender, co-hosting with anti-trans extremist Mia Hughes and anti-trans psychologist Bret Alderman.
References
Leveille, Lee (April 2, 2022). Leaked audio confirms Genspect director as anti-trans conversion therapist targeting youth. Health Liberation Now! https://healthliberationnow.com/2022/04/02/leaked-audio-confirms-genspect-director-as-anti-trans-conversion-therapist-targeting-youth/
Kinchen, Rosie (November 18, 2018). Thank God they didn’t make this tomboy trans. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/thank-god-they-didnt-make-this-tomboy-trans-thzt8xr3z
Moorhead Joanna (March 20, 2023). I was a wild teenager and this is what parents should do with nightmare kids. i https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/i-was-a-wild-teenager-now-i-teach-parents-how-to-cope-with-nightmare-kids-2215856
O’Callaghan, Helen (September 19, 2015). Four experts give their top tips for parenting. Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20354443.html
“Reporter” (May 2023). Birr woman’s company hosts major conference highlighting dangers of transgender movement. https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/midland-tribune/1172404/birr-woman-s-company-hosts-major-conference-highlighting-dangers-of-transgender-movement.html
Resources
Beyond WPATH (beyondwpath.org)
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The OldBuilders Company (oldbuilders.com)
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