DrMaria Pallotta-Chiarolli

Australian Multicultural GLBTIQ Council

A member upon invitation of Saybrook Graduate Research Centre, San Francisco, as External Faculty Member

Member of the Board of the National LGBTI Health Alliance, Research and Ethics Standards group,

Member of the Victoria Police LGBTI Reference Group

Member of the Victoria Police Multicultural Portfolio Reference Group.

1991: recognised as writing Australias first AIDS biography, Someone You Know, (Wakefield Press).

1999: honoured with the title of Lifelong Honorary Patron of PFLAG Victoria.

1999, her autobiographical novel, Tapestry (Random House) was shortlisted for the ACT Young Adult Read Award as voted by secondary school students in the ACT. It was also shortlisted for the NSW Premiers Award Ethnic Affairs Commission category for 2000; and the Childrens Book Council Award Non-Fiction Category for 2000.

2001, her book Boys Stuff: Boys Talking About What Matters (Allen & Unwin), co-researched and co-edited with Dr Wayne Martino from Murdoch University, Perth, was shortlisted for the Western Australian Premiers Award; won the Australian Book Design Award in the Educational Texts for Young People Category ; and achieved a Highly Commended in the Australian Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing. It was also nominated for a Human Rights Award. The book has also been listed in the Australian Centre for Youth Literatures 150 Years,150 Books: Victorias Most Treasured Books list.

In 2008, Maria published her first novel, Love You Two, which was Australias, and internationally, first young adult novel to explore bisexuality and polyamory within a multicultural setting. In 2010, the book won the Bisexual Category of the Lambda Literary Awards.

In 2010, Maria published Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools which was Australias first academic book on bisexual students and polyamorous families in their negotiations with educational systems. In 2011, the book won the Bisexual Non-fiction Category of the Lambda Literary Awards.

A semi-autobiographical book, Someone You Know (Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 1991; new edition 2002) was Australia's first AIDS biography. All royalties donated to Bobby Goldsmith Foundation for People Living With AIDS.

In 1990-1991, Maria was the first Australian person to undertake empirical research and publish about sexual diversity in relation to ethnicity.

In 1996-1997, Marias research-based papers on ethnicity and gender were included in two Australian educational policy documents: the MCEETYA (Ministerial Council for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs) Gender Equity: A Framework For Australian Schools (1997), and the New South Wales Department of School Education Gender Equity Strategy 1996-2001.

In 1998, Maria researched, compiled and edited the book Girls Talk: Young Women Speak Their Hearts and Minds (Finch Publishing, Sydney), the first Australian book by and for girls and young women that is culturally and sexually inclusive.

In 1999, Marias autobiographical novel, Tapestry (Random House) was shortlisted for the ACT Young Adult Read Award as voted by secondary school students in the ACT. It was also shortlisted for the NSW Premiers Award Ethnic Affairs Commission category for 2000; and the Childrens Book Council Award Non-Fiction Category for 2000.

In 1999, Maria was honoured with the title of Lifelong Honorary Patron for PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) Victoria, Australia.

In 2001, Marias book Boys Stuff: Boys Talking About What Matters (Allen & Unwin), co-researched and co-edited with Dr Wayne Martino from Murdoch University, Perth, was the first Australian book by and for boys and young men that is culturally and sexually inclusive. The book was shortlisted for the Western Australian Premiers Award; won the Australian Book Design Award in the Educational Texts for Young People Category ; and achieved a Highly Commended in the Australian Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing. It was also nominated for a Human Rights Award. The book has also been listed in the Australian Centre for Youth Literatures 150 Years,150 Books: Victorias Most Treasured Books list.

In 2003, Open University Press selected Maria and colleague Wayne Martinos book, So Whats A Boy? Issues of Masculinity in Education to launch at the American Educational Researchers Association conference in Chicago on April 21st. The book has now been translated into Spanish by Octaedro Publishers.

In 2003, Maria was nominated for the Deakin University Postgraduate Supervisor Award.

In 2006, Maria was contacted by the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, Special Collections, Indiana University to allow her research data, documents, and publications to be held there for future scholars.

In 2006, Marias book When Our Children Come Out, was accepted for translation and publication in Spanish by Equipo Difusor Del Libro, Spain.

In 2008, Maria published her first novel, Love You Two, which was Australias, and internationally, first young adult novel to explore bisexuality and polyamory within a multicultural setting. In 2010, the book won the Bisexual Category of the Lambda Literary Awards.

In 2010, Maria published Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools which was Australias first academic book on bisexual students and polyamorous families in their negotiations with educational systems. In 2011, the book won the Bisexual Non-fiction Category of the Lambda Literary Awards.