Adrian Shanker

Adrian Shanker is an award-winning activist, organizer, and changemaker, and the President of Equality Pennsylvania. He has led successful campaigns to expand LGBT equality in cities, towns, colleges and school districts in Pennsylvania and has worked as a union organizer, non profit fundraiser, and political campaign operative.

As an advocate for equality for the LGBT community, Adrian speaks and facilitates workshops at conferences, colleges, churches and synagogues, and union meetings on a variety of LGBT-themed topics.

A New Yorker by birth, Adrian and his partner, Brandon live in Allentown, Pennsylvania.