Sarah Mooney

Sarah Mooney is a researcher, writer, and activist from St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2023, Sarah published a ground-breaking report on the human rights abuses experienced by queer Canadian soldiers in the First World War. Building on that research, she is currently working on a book about the queer history of the First World War from a Canadian and Newfoundland perspective. Sarah has worked with a number of national organizations as a writer and researcher including Rainbow Veterans of Canada, EGALE Canada, The LGBT Purge Fund, the ArQuives, and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Sarah is also the founder and current co-chair of the NL Queer Research Initiative, a grassroots organization that was established to promote 2SLGBTQl+ history and research in Newfoundland and Labrador.