Gay couple surprised to learn who was behind years of homophobic harassment
WCVB that they have been receiving the homophobic mail at their Milton, Mass., home for five years, with no hints as to who was sending it.The harassment took the form of magazine and newspaper subscriptions, with the name of the subscription customized to include homophobic slurs or innuendo.“It was upsetting and we didn’t know when it was going to stop, or if it would advance to something more,” McLean told WCVB. “And it was an annoyance because I had to follow up on all of them.”The scheme stopped during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the harasser attempted to resume this year by sending the couple a subscription to the Boston Globe.However, the couple already has a subscription to the Globe, causing the newspaper to return the subscription.
