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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

‘I’m f—ing here for it’: Reflections on St. John’s Pride 

Annual festival draws thousands as event wraps with parade led by Palestine solidarity group

Memorial calls in police to dismantle Palestine solidarity encampment 

Three university students charged in the July 5 police operation, which some legal experts say may have violated students’ Charter rights

Atlantic Pride groups lead the way in Palestine solidarity

St. John’s joins Fredericton in giving TD Bank and other corporations the boot

‘We do it because it’s the right thing to do’

Abortion care remains difficult to access in Newfoundland and Labrador, but providers are coming up with creative solutions

Memorial students escalate protest for Palestine

University says some form of public disclosure on its investments is forthcoming.

‘No one is disposable’

On queer liberation and the politics of disposability.

MUNL encampment demands divestment of funds tied to Israel and arms manufacturers

Students join international movement confronting the ongoing genocide in Palestine

Labour activists organizing for Palestine

Organizers draw links between Israel's war on Palestine, Indigenous genocide, and the growing housing and economic crisis in Canada

Ground-breaking new study reveals the poor state of 2SLGBTQIA+ healthcare in NL

A year-long survey conducted by Quadrangle confirms what advocacy groups have been warning

Archival embodiment and fabrics that challenge

Daze Jefferies explores oceans, outmigration, and the histories of trans women and sex workers in a mesmerizing exhibit at The Rooms