“What I would say is when my term of service is up and I’m retiring, I hope that what I leave is not just the opinions I wrote, but a sense that someone can see that they can advance to where they want to be regardless of who they are.”
North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge John Arrowood was inducted into the LGBTQ+ Political Hall of Fame on December 7, 2024 at LGBTQ+ Victory Institute’s International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference in Washington, DC.
Judge John Arrowood of North Carolina is the first out LGBTQ+ statewide official in the South and serves on the North Carolina State Court of Appeals. Before his appointment, he served as a Special Superior Court Judge and clerked for North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Gerald Arnold.
