[2] Mac has covered both domestic and foreign stories, with international locations including Thailand, Haiti, Australia, Burma, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Bhutan.
He has been described variously as trustworthy by Newsweek,[10] "a total bad-ass" by The American Prospect,[11][12] and "a profane young bisexual" by The Wall Street Journal.
[19] Jezebel published an "open letter to the editors" of GOOD signed by 36 female journalists and researchers, condemning Mac's lack of understanding of the context of Haiti, saying that he was perpetuating stereotypes.
[20] Journalist Elspeth Reeve wrote in defense of Mac's essay in The Atlantic, examining the motivations behind the Jezebel letter.
[29][30] In 2015, Mac published his second book, Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story, which described his experience with post-traumatic stress disorder.
[36] In 2017, Mac wrote a feature for Rolling Stone about exploring the use of hallucinogens to treat depression and PTSD, and the underground network used by practitioners in the United States.
The following year, GQ published a more explicit essay, written under his new name (stylized on the title page as "Gabriel Mac McClelland"), discussing his history with sexual abuse and his recent experiences with mental and medical gender transition.