Charlotte Cooper (born 1968) is a London-based British writer and outspoken advocate for gay rights and fat acceptance. She describes herself as "queer, from a working-class background, white, middle-aged, and have a load of higher education. I have poly relationships and am sort-of femme". Cooper is both an academic and mainstream author. She has published articles in academic journals such as Disability and Society and is herself a board member of Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society. She has written many articles on fat acceptance and gay rights issues for websites, magazines and newspapers, including Diva, the U.K.'s leading lesbian magazine and UK national newspaper The Guardian. Cooper is also news editor for RainbowNetwork.com, the largest gay and lesbian portal in the UK. She is a prolific author of zines and performs in the queercore band 'Homosexual Death Drive'.
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1968 (age 57)
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