Christian Cooper


Christian Cooper is an American science writer and editor, and also a comics writer and editor. He is based in New York City.

Career

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, and the final two issues of the Marvel Swimsuit Special. Cooper is currently a senior biomedical editor at Health Science Communications.

LGBTQ comics

Cooper was Marvel's first openly gay writer and editor. He introduced the first gay male character in Star Trek, Yoshi Mishima, in the series, which was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award in 1999. He also introduced the first openly lesbian character for Marvel, Victoria Montesi and created and authored Queer Nation: The Online Gay Comic. Cooper was also an associate editor for Alpha Flight #106 in which the character Northstar came out as gay.

Personal life

In the 1980s, he was president of the Harvard Ornithological Club, and is currently on the Board of Directors for NYC Audubon Cooper has a long history of LGBT activism including being the co-chair of the board of directors of GLAAD in the 1980s.
On May 25, 2020, Cooper played a key role in the Central Park birdwatching incident, which led to the creation of Black Birders Week.