PFLAGNYC | Name & Gender Marker Change Workshop
Channel: PFLAG NYC
Date: 16/02/2022

We welcomed back Attorney Charlie Arrowood who led another workshop on UPDATED Name & Gender Marker Change for families with transgender and non binary loved ones on February 15, 2022.

This new workshop will covered the impact of the Gender Recognition Act of New York (GRA), which went into effect on December 21, 2021. Charlie Arrowood, working with the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), was one of the many tireless advocates who helped make this important new legislation a reality.

Being transgender is hard enough without having to litigate your right to a name that reflects your identity, and New York State is now leading the country in minimizing the harmful barriers to this important, gender-affirming step in a person’s life. 

About Charlie Arrowood:

Charlie Arrowood (they/them) is an attorney licensed in New York state. They primarily provide transition-related legal services to transgender clients, including name and gender marker change assistance and guidance regarding health insurance coverage and employment matters.

In addition to their private practice, Arrowood Law, Charlie is Name Change Project Counsel at the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF), where they manage the Name Change Project’s advocacy efforts, develop materials, and provide technical assistance to TLDEF’s pro bono partners.

Charlie is a Commissioner on the Richard C. Failla LGBTQ Commission of the New York State Courts, the Chair of the LGBTQ Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, and a board member at Gender Equality NY. Charlie is also the recipient of the LGBT Bar Association of New York’s 2021 Community Excellence Award and was named one of the National LGBT Bar Association’s 2021 Top 40 Lawyers Under 40. They are a parent of two and graduate of Tulane University (B.A. History, 2009) and New York Law School (2013).