Speakers share experiences with bullying at prevention rally

CT Post (Fairfield, CT) April 11, 2011 "When Michael Cicirelli was attending high school in Ohio, he was the target of several bullies who routinely physically and verbally attacked him. 'They hit me in my kidneys, legs, spine, but never my face -- I never got a black eye,' he said, adding they wanted the bruising to go unnoticed. 'They would kick and punch me when there was no one else around,' he added. 'I remember being scared and humiliated,' Cicirelli, 23, said, but he was reluctant to turn in the trio. That's because he is from a very a 'highly conservative' section of Ohio where 'it's a scandal to be gay,' he said." Read More