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Rhea Rollmann

Rhea Rollmann is an award-winning journalist, writer and audio producer based in St. John’s and is the author of A Queer History of Newfoundland (Engen Books, 2023). She’s a founding editor of TheIndependent.ca, and a contributing editor with PopMatters.com. Her writing has appeared in a range of popular and academic publications, including Briarpatch, Xtra Magazine, CBC, Chatelaine, Canadian Theatre Review, Journal of Gender Studies, and more. Her work has garnered three Atlantic Journalism Awards, multiple CAJ award nominations, the Andrea Walker Memorial Prize for Feminist Health Journalism, and she was shortlisted for the NL Human Rights Award in 2024. She also has a background in labour organizing and queer and trans activism. She is presently Station Manager at CHMR-FM, a community radio station in St. John’s.

Rhea's Latest Articles

The silence of Mark Carney’s Liberal government is deafening

Three Newfoundlanders and hundreds of others, including more Canadians, are risking their lives to break Israel’s illegal and genocidal siege of Gaza. Has the Carney government abandoned its commitment to international law and its obligation to protect Canadians?

Where is gender on the agenda in the N.L. provincial election?

As party policies and platforms trickle out, community groups are watching for commitments on poverty, gender and equity issues

‘Honest storytelling’: N.L. drag icon set to unveil new show

Barbra Bardot brings her personal journey to the public stage in new St. John’s production ‘Becoming Barbra’

Newfoundlanders join convoy trying to break Israel’s siege of Gaza

Nikita Stapleton, Sadie Mees and Devoney Ellis are in the Mediterranean preparing to launch

St. John’s Pride and Trans marches evoke history of struggle

This year’s theme, ‘No going back’, can’t be understated in today’s political climate

Queerness, science, and the Mistaken Point fossils of Newfoundland

Art meets science in a unique Eastern Edge residency

‘Our strength is in community’: the creative life of Beverly and Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland enters a new era

Acclaimed musician/writer couple Beverly and Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland share reflections on their love story and history together, on visiting Newfoundland, and on fighting hatred with courage and song

Why the Canada Post strike is not just a ‘labour dispute’

Some thoughts on the language of truth and balance

Where is gender equality in the federal election?

‘Cabinet representation matters,’ says community organizer

Evasion, erasure and protest: Advocates work to ensure Palestinian solidarity remains an election issue

More than 330 federal election candidates support a five-point Palestine-solidarity platform, but only five in Newfoundland and Labrador have signed on