About the Author

Mark has a lifetime interest in the study of gender, human relations and sexuality. As a happily married bisexual who is also bigender and gender fluid Mark has a unique first hand perspective of the challenges faced by those with variations in sexual orientation and gender identity. Mark lead his first college human relations and  sexuality discussion groups at the University of Vermont in 1976 and has presented at the Transcending Boundaries Conference, Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference as well as presenting guest lectures to college human sexuality classes.

Mark is an advocate for a positive approach to the  rich tapestry of  sexual , gender and relationship  diversity. As the author of Mixed-Orientation Marriage Pathways to Success Mark hopes to make this a kinder gentler world for those to follow.    Married almost 40 years to his best friend and soul-mate he is incredibly grateful for the blessing of finding his own pathway to success in his own marriage and enjoys sharing what he has learned

About Mixed-Orientation Marriage Pathways to Success and Mixedorientation.com

The content of Mixed-Orientation Marriage Pathways to Success and mixedorientation.com was written over a period of years beginning with a journal on a self-help forum in 2007, my outreach continued as blog posts to a section on Mixed-Orientation Marriages at Livingfabulous.org.  On October 6, 2013 the articles were consolidated into chapters for a proposed book and migrated to mixedorientation.com with a title of Mixed-Orientation Marriage: Pathways to Success.

In January of 2018 we again changed our structure eventually landing on the format you see today which features the free on-line book version of Mixed-Orientation Marriage: Pathways to Success as well as a more informal blog currently titled Mixed-Orientation Marriage Musings. I have decided against formally publishing a print version of our book for a couple of reasons. First by keeping my costs low I can offer this resource for free. Second , as my understanding of sexuality,gender and relationship dynamics evolves I can easily add material, rephrase existing material and in general be responsive to our changing world. Finally as I mention in the Challenges Writing About Mixed-Orientation Marriages blog post, I hope to someday offer a more dynamic approach to presenting this material depending upon the audience. Thank you for visiting mixedorientation.com I hope that you have found something here helpful and interesting.  I can be reached at mark@mixedorientation.com