THINKING QUEERLY
Using critical reflection and lived experience to crack open concepts of gender, sexuality, identity, community, and more.

Adrian Silbernagel
Adrian Silbernagel is a coffee shop manager by day, poet/editor/educator by night. He identifies as a queer transgender man. He has a master’s in philosophy, and has published a book of poetry (‘Transitional Object’) with The Operating System: a queer-run press based in Brooklyn. Originally from North Dakota, Adrian now lives in Louisville. Reach out to him at adrian@queerkentucky.com.

Navigating trauma, summoning courage during the pandemic
March 27, 2020



F*ck the identity police, own your fluidity
February 19, 2020

THINKING QUEERLY: Coming out to myself through sobriety
February 2, 2020

THINKING QUEERLY: Is it hard to date a trans person?
January 12, 2020



Navigating queer shame, standing on your truth through the holidays
December 11, 2019

The cost of justice, the wages of privilege
November 24, 2019