Adrien Lawyer

Adrien Lawyer is the Director of Education at the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico. He co-founded TGRCNM in 2007 with Zane Stephens to be a clearinghouse of service provision, education, and advocacy for the transgender community in New Mexico. He has facilitated over 4,000 Transgender Cultural Fluency training sessions throughout New Mexico, including training every correctional facility in the state, numerous district attorney offices, police departments, public and private schools, healthcare and social service facilities, and countless businesses, nonprofits, and other entities. Adrien has led successful advocacy efforts for model transgender student policies, gender-neutral restrooms, trans inclusion in social service facilities, statewide bullying prevention, and updating the law that governs birth certificate gender marker change. On a national level, he presents and consults on many issues impacting the trans community, including TGRCNM as a successful model for local service provision. Adrien is a trans man and father. In his spare time, he enjoys playing guitar with A Band Named Sue.