Anthony Nocera is a writer based in Adelaide. He writes essays, criticism and plays.
In 2017, he was commissioned to co-write Boys of Sondheim for Woodward Productions. The play premiered at Melt Festival before touring to Sydney Mardi Gras in 2019. In 2023, Theatre Republic presented his short play Black Widow Pussy as part of the FUTURE:PRESENT new writing incubator. His works Log Boy and My Hair is Thinning are currently in development.

Anthony’s writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, The Age, Metro, Vice, Voiceworks and CityMag among many others. His essays have been anthologised in collections published by Black Ink and Wakefield Press. He has appeared at the National Young Writers Festival and Noted Festival.

His work has been rejected from many publications and places of note.

Maria has gained national and international recognition as a writer, researcher, lecturer and consultant in the issues of cultural diversity, gender diversity, sexual diversity, family diversity, HIV/AIDS, and social diversity in health and education, with a specific focus on adolescence and young people.

In 1999, Maria was honoured with the title of ‘Lifelong Honorary Patron’ of PFLAG Victoria. In 2003, Maria was invited to become a Founding Member of AGMC (Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council), an umbrella organisation supporting culturally and religiously diverse GLBTIQ communities, services and organisations in Australia, and which has been recognised as a member of FECCA (Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia). Maria is a Board member of the National LGBTI Health Alliance, Research and Ethics Standards group (2014). She is also a member of the Victoria Police LGBTI Reference Group and Victoria Police Multicultural Portfolio Reference Group (2014).

Apart from her teaching and supervision (at both undergraduate and postgraduate level), research and writing, Maria is regularly called upon to act as a consultant in educational, workplace, youth services, health services and community service settings. In 2016, Maria undertook a research project involving a case study analysis of the needs of SSAGD (same-sex attracted and gender diverse) young people of multicultural and multifaith (MCMF) backgrounds, and how these needs can be addressed by government, cultural and religious communities. In 2018, Maria’s work as an advocate and researcher for LGBTIQ+ over the past 30 years was recognised through receiving the ‘Straight Ally of the Year’ by GLOBE Community Awards.