Episode 49, featuring Stella O'Malley

Episode 49, featuring Stella O'Malley

From UnMuted: the TransMuted Podcast by Jenny Poyer Ackerman

May 22, 2026 · 58 min

About this episode

The episode features Stella O'Malley discussing the impact of gender ideology on families and parents.

If your family was stricken by gender ideology prior to 2020, it might have felt like an apocalypse had come just for you . The world outside acted as if everything was normal! It was always the case that some people were born in the wrong bodies, and we’ve all known this for like, ever. Well today your child was discovered to be a wrong-bodied person too! All your friends and neighbors will now join you in celebration while multidisciplined experts apply their special knowledge to the task of authenticizing your daughter’s body and mind. Thereafter, his marvelous, invisible birth defect will be history — just not the kind of history that can ever be spoken of. I know I sometimes exaggerate but I haven’t yet done so today. The impact of this bespoke apocalypse on parents calls for words I don’t think exist, but “brutalizing” and “isolating” will do for a start. The lucky ones will have had at least one other adult, ideally a spouse, as a trusted confidante and ally, but even the strongest, most sympathetic spouse would never defeat an apocalypse. No, that would be a job for a turbo-charged red-headed Irish psychotherapist with a very particular skill set, a highly disarming laugh…

People in this episode

Host: Jenny Poyer Ackerman

Guest: Stella O'Malley

Topics covered

  • gender ideology
  • parenting
  • mental health
  • family dynamics
  • isolation

Keywords

  • gender ideology
  • parenting
  • mental health
  • isolation
  • family support

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