{"id":408,"date":"2026-06-22T11:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=408"},"modified":"2026-06-22T11:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:36:08","slug":"crls-senior-wins-state-lgbtq-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=408","title":{"rendered":"CRLS senior wins state LGBTQ+ award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A recent graduate of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) is one of 10 students to be awarded a state leadership award for his LGBTQ+ advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=406\">Toy Story\u2019s 5th another fine production<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finn Graham was awarded the Jeff Perrotti Award from the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ+ Youth in late May for working to\u00a0expand\u00a0the number of\u00a0gender-neutral bathrooms and planning his school\u2019s annual Community Pride Day.<\/p>\n<p>The Jeff Perrotti Award, now in its fourth year, is given to students at Massachusetts high schools who have done work to expand gender-neutral bathrooms, queer extracurricular programming and other initiatives at their schools, according to the award\u2019s website. The award honors Perrotti, who in 1993 founded the Safe Schools Program in Massachusetts that provides services to help schools support LGBTQ+ students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s important to highlight the people [who] are going to be making their own schools and communities better, especially with so much negative feelings towards queer youth,\u201d Graham said on the significance of the award.<\/p>\n<p>Graham has helped to plan the district\u2019s Community Pride Day for the past four years. His goal was to include more performances from local drag artists, queer performers and student singers and dancers in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>At this June\u2019s pride day the CRLS Step Team, a rhythmic dance group, performed a voguing routine a style of dance that evolved out of the Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ Harlem ballroom scene of the 1970s. Graham said the performance was one of his favorites from this year, citing the importance of teaching the history of the queer art forms to students of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Graham said his advocacy work began out of necessity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn middle school, when I first came out, I just felt like I didn\u2019t really have a choice, because I needed to improve my conditions at school,\u201d Graham said. While the reception to his advocacy was less positive in middle school, Graham said his high school teachers and administrators were supportive of his advocacy for gender-neutral restrooms.<\/p>\n<p>When Graham began high school at CRLS, he noticed that there were \u201cvery few\u201d all-gender single-stall restrooms, a necessary amenity for transgender and nonbinary individuals. Wait times were longer for these bathrooms, which Graham said are \u201cappealing to a wide range of people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really frustrating, especially because we have a 10-minute rule, so if you\u2019re out at the classroom for more than 10 minutes, then security gets called,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=404\">Amazon, AI and local media at 617 Day small business summit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Graham worked with Sam Musher, the district\u2019s Youth Advocacy Specialist, and former CRLS principal Damon Smith to convert several staff restrooms into student-accessible all-gender restrooms. Graham said his work led to five additional single-stall restrooms, one on each floor of the building.<\/p>\n<p>Smith spoke to Finn\u2019s impact on the larger culture at CRLS. \u201cFinn raised a concern that impacted the community and was incredibly passionate about creating meaningful change,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>Musher said Graham\u2019s advocacy for single stall bathrooms was \u201creally important and valuable work for the CRLS community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LGBTQ+ advocacy has a long history in Cambridge, where New England\u2019s first Gay-Straight Alliance club, a student-led support group for queer students, was established in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCambridge gets to lay claim to a really long history of queer youth advocacy,\u201d Musher said.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of advocacy work, Graham found community in volunteer clubs and in his high school\u2019s fencing team, where, as captain, he led his team to the state finals this past spring. In the fall, he is off to Trinity College in Dublin, where he will study stage management and technical theatre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll always be someone who wants to stand up and address any issues that are affecting me or any other people in my community,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=402\">\u2018The Death of Robin Hood\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent graduate of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) is one of 10 students to be awarded a state leadership award for his LGBTQ+ advocacy. 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