Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Explained
Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli is an Australian academic, author and activist specializing in the study of gender, sexuality and intersectionality.[1] Pallotta-Chiarolli is an Honorary Fellow at Deakin University, and a member of its Gender and Sexuality Studies Network and LGBTIQ+ Network, researching in gender diversity, cultural diversity, family diversity and sexual diversity.[2] She is also the author of Australia's first AIDS biography.
Awards and recognition
- Two Lambda Literary Awards (GLBTIQ)[3] and 2 Bisexual Book Awards in the USA.[4]
- Founding member of the Australian LGBTIQ+ Multicultural Council in 2004.[5]
- 2001 Australian Book Design Award in the Educational Texts for Young People Category for Boys Stuff, and listed in the Australian Centre for Youth Literature's “150 Years,150 Books: Victoria's Most Treasured Books” list.
- 2018, Victorian Globe Straight Ally Award.[6]
- 2021, the national annual Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Writers' Fellowship was established in the WA Writers Centre.[7] [8]
- 2022 Australia Day Honours appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the LGBTIQ community, and to education".[9]
Books
- Someone You Know: A Friend's Farewell, Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 1991. (new edition, 2002)[10]
- Girls Talk: Young Women Speak Their Hearts and Minds, Lane Cove, Sydney: Finch Publishing, 1998.
- Tapestry: Italian Lives Over Five Generations, Milson's Point, Sydney: Random House, 1999.
- Boys’ Stuff: Boys Talking About What Matters, co-edited with Wayne Martino Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2001.[11]
- So What's A Boy? : Addressing Issues of Masculinity in Education with co-author Wayne Martino, London: Open University Press, 2003[12] [13]
- When Our Children Come Out: how to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered young people Sydney: Finch Publishing, 2005.
- "Being Normal is the Only Thing To Be": Adolescents Perspectives on Gender at School, co-written with Wayne Martino, University of New South Wales Press, 2005.
- Love You Two, Sydney: Random House, 2008.[14]
- Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools, New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.[15]
- The Politics of Recognition and Social Justice: Transforming Subjectivities and New Forms of Resistance co-edited with Bob Pease, Routledge, 2014.
- Queerying Families of Origin co-edited with Chiara Bertone; Taylor & Francis Books, Oxfordshire, 2015
- Bisexuality in Education: Erasure, Exclusion by Inclusion, and the Absence of Intersectionality; (edited) London: Routledge, 2015[16] [17]
- Women in Relationships with Bisexual Men: Bi Men By Women. New York: Lexington Books, 2016.[18]
- Living and Loving in Diversity: An Anthology of Australian Multicultural Queer Adventures. Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2018.[19]
Notes and References
- Web site: Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli . Deakin University . en.
- Web site: Wade . Matthew . 2015-09-08. Victorian Government reveals new LGBTI Taskforce to be led by trans* advocate Brenda Appleton. Star Observer. en-US.
- Web site: Lambda Literary Awards . Deakin University . en.
- Web site: Finalists & Winners . The Bi Writers Association . en.
- Pallotta-Chiarolli. Maria. 2011-02-24. "Inclusion with Specificity": A Review of Becoming Visible: Counseling Bisexuals Across the Lifespan by Beth Firestein. Journal of Bisexuality. 11. 1. 142–144. 10.1080/15299716.2011.545319. 144213072. 1529-9716.
- Web site: Globe Victoria. Awards. Community Awards. GLOBE VICTORIA. en-AU.
- Web site: Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Fellowship for Writers . Writing WA . en-AU.
- Web site: Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Fellowship for Writers now open . OUTInPerth . 1 July 2021.
- Web site: 2022-01-26. Australia Day Honours List. 2022-01-25. The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.
- Chambers . Dr Alana Hulme . Someone You Know: A Friend's Farewell, By Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli . GEMS (Gender, Education, Music, and Society) . 1 November 2014 . 7 . 8 . 10.5561/gems.v7i8.5470 . 31 January 2024 . en . 1710-6923.
- Web site: Fletcher . Richard . Hartman . Deborah . Book review: Boys' stuff: boys talking about what matters . en . 2003.
- Weaver-Hightower . Marcus . January 2004 . [Review of So What's a Boy?: Addressing Issues of Masculinity and Schooling by Wayne Martino and Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli] ]. Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education . 25 . 405–409.
- Book reviews . Gender and Education . 1 June 2004 . 16 . 2 . 267–273 . 10.1080/09540250310001690618 . 216643988 . 0954-0253.
- Penn . Denise . Love You Two (2008) by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli . Journal of Bisexuality . 3 April 2014 . 14 . 2 . 303–305 . 10.1080/15299716.2014.907056 . 145130757 . 1529-9716.
- McKinnon . Scott . Border sexualities, border families in schools, by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli . GEMS (Gender, Education, Music, and Society) . 6 . 3 . 34–35 . November 2013 .
- Erasure, Exclusion by Inclusion, and the Absence of Intersectionality: Introducing Bisexuality in Education . Journal of Bisexuality . 1 January 2014 . 14 . 1 . 7–17 . 10.1080/15299716.2014.872454 . 1529-9716. Pallotta-Chiarolli . Maria . 144116755 .
- Cain . Leia K. . Bisexuality in education: Erasure, exclusion, and the absence of intersectionality . Journal of LGBT Youth . 3 April 2019 . 16 . 2 . 227–229 . 10.1080/19361653.2018.1524323 . 149727002 . 1936-1653.
- Hutchins . Loraine . Women in Relationship with Bisexual Men: Bi Men By Women, by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli . Journal of Bisexuality . 1 October 2016 . 16 . 4 . 507–515 . 10.1080/15299716.2016.1241093 . 151562854 . 1529-9716.
- Web site: Living and loving in diversity edited by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli . ReadPlus . en.