A gay couple in Milton was harassed for years. Now the community is rallying around them. The bright side is that the number of people who are willing to put up with that kind of bullying is much smaller than the people who are outraged about it. Bryan Furze, left, his partner LeeMichael McLean and their son Simon pose for a portrait at their Milton home. Erin Clark/Globe Staff
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Milton couple Bryan Furze and LeeMichael McLean received magazine subscriptions addressed to homophobic names like “Michelle Fruitzey” for five years, until the perpetrator was arrested in June thanks to handwriting analysis. In the last week, Milton has rallied around the couple with the hashtag #iammichellefruitzey and raised over $16,000 to benefit the local schools’s Gay Straight Alliance.