Essays

A Bet She Couldn't Resist
(a Modern Love essay)

Listen to Mark read an excerpt and discuss
​ his essay on the Modern Love Podcast​
Also available on Apple, Spotify, and Amazon Music

​​​​Holding Me Still
​a Modern Love Tiny Love Story
Will and Grace helped me come out. ​​​Now, I'm hoping it will grow up.

My birthday is on Valentine's Day. ​It's a double dose of disappointment.
* Also published by Stuff  (New Zealand)

​I love my boyfriend. But do I love his dog?*
*Also published by Stuff, The Cleveland Plain Dealer,
​The Denver Post and The Napa Valley Register

​​You made lobster? ​How romantic--and nauseating​
What Seeing a Photo Of An Old Fling in a ​Penis Museum Made Me Realize About My Marriage
Also covered by MTV News Helsinki

​​My Boyfriend Took Me To A Nudist Camp ​And It Changed Me In Ways I Never Saw Coming
*U.S., Australia, Canada and Korea editions;
also published by Fimela Magazine in Indonesia
Our long awaited trip to Italy was a deeply personal journey
Why LGBTQ+ Travelers Should Visit Red States for Pride Month

​I Wanted Limb-Lengthening  Surgery and Muscle Implants to look like The Rock

​My Body Issues Almost Ruined My Wedding

I traveled without my husband for the first time in 10 years.​ I learned I'd been holding him back.​

​​At 35, I Realized I'd Never Been in a Significant Relationship

I'm Struggling to Find the Perfect Place for My Father's Urn

I Was Embarrassed of My Cancer-Surgery Scar on My Chest
​​Daddy Issues

Steve Austin's Thoughts on Gay Marriage ​Shouldn't be a Stunner

Phone Sex Change*
*Also featured on the Writing Class Radio Podcast, inspired a story for ​Jezebel, and also published in The Daily Dot, Honeysuckle and the Byline Bible.
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​"You're too Vanilla" : Confessions ​of a Sexually Tame Gay Man

​Peeing in Public is ​My Worst Nightmare

​Seeing Through Stained Glass: Gay, Catholic, and Conflicted
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