Writer. Advocate. Consultant. Researcher.


navy blue logo for Shanker Strategies

specialized expertise in LGBTQI+ health policy & non-profit management


Editor of two anthologies of essays on LGBTQI+ health equity 

Advancing health equity and community care


Image description 1: professional headshot of Adrian, a white man wearing a navy blue suit, white shirt, and orange tie. He is wearing an intersex-inclusive pride flag pin and standing in front of a grey background. (photo credit: DeMarcus Bolds)

Image description 2: Navy blue logo of Shanker Strategies which includes the text as well as a blue circle with a winding road that also looks like the letter S.

Image description 3: On the left, the book cover of Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health, a grey cover with black speckles and a rainbow of people from an infant to an older adult. On the right, the book cover of Crisis and Care: Queer Artist Responses to a Global Pandemic, a rainbow background with red and orange molecular spheres resembling the COVID-19 virus.