Ep. 7 - Linda Blade

Gender Critical Story Hour by Amy & Esme

Episode notes

Linda Blade holds a PhD in Kinesiology, is a sport performance coach with 25 years experience, and Canada's foremost advocate for women's and girls' sex-based rights in sport. She was the national champion heptathlete and competed internationally with Team Canada. Since 2014 she has served as president of Athletics Alberta and is a member of the Steering Committee of caWsbar -- Canadian Women's Sex-Based Rights.

In this episode, Amy and Esme chat with Linda about her recently released book, Unsporting: How Trans Activism and Science Denial are Destroying Sport, co-written with Barbara Kay. The book quickly reached the #1 Best Seller spot on Amazon in the Sociology of Sport category.

  • Linda's Twitter: @coachblade

  • Unsporting official website:

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