| Christian Cooper | |
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 Cooper in 2021 | |
| Born | 1963 (age 60–61) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, editor |
| Pseudonym(s) | C F Cooper |
Notable works | Songs of the Metamythos |
Christian Cooper (born 1963) is an American science writer and editor, and also a comics writer and editor. He is based in New York City. In 2023, Random House published Cooper's memoir, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World. [1]
Cooper is currently a senior biomedical editor at Health Science Communications and has become a frequent substitute co-host for the public access television news series Gay USA. [2] [3] On May 16, 2022, National Geographic announced Cooper would host a show on their American TV channel called Extraordinary Birder, exploring the world of birds alongside experts in the field. [4] The show premiered on June 17, 2023. [5]
On June 8, 2024, Cooper won a Daytime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Daytime Personality category for his work on Extraordinary Birder .
Cooper was Marvel's first openly gay writer and editor. [6] He introduced the first gay male character in Star Trek , Yoshi Mishima, in the Starfleet Academy series, [6] which was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award in 1999. [7] He also introduced the first openly lesbian character for Marvel, Victoria Montesi [6] [8] and created and authored Queer Nation: The Online Gay Comic. [9] Cooper was also an associate editor for Alpha Flight #106 in which the character Northstar came out as gay. [6] [10]
Cooper has written stories for Marvel Comics Presents , which often feature characters such as Ghost Rider and Vengeance . He has also edited a number of X-Men collections, [11] and the final two issues of the Marvel Swimsuit Special . [12]
Born in 1963 to parents who were both teachers, Cooper found his interest in birds while reading a birdwatching book during a roadtrip from his Long Island childhood home to California. [13] In the 1980s, he was president of the Harvard Ornithological Club, and is currently on the Board of Directors for NYC Audubon. [14] Cooper has a long history of LGBT activism including being the co-chair of the board of directors of GLAAD in the 1980s. [15] [16]
On May 25, 2020, Cooper was involved in the Central Park birdwatching incident, [17] which led to the creation of Black Birders Week. [18] The incident is also the basis for his online comic book about racism, illustrated by Alitha Martinez and published by DC Comics, called "It's a Bird". [19]
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