About Us

Greetings from Tommy Cooper,

WELCOME to the Southern Cooper lifestyle blog, I started this blog in 2020 (during COVID) because I couldn’t find a lot of black gay blogs that spoke to my inner nerd, travel adventures, positive relationships, yoga fitness, meditation, gardening and love of Southern home cooking all in one. I wanted a place to call my own and focus on the positive attributes of our culture. I rallied up my friends to brainstorm on what topics to discuss and Southern Cooper was born.

Southern Cooper is dedicated to altering the perception of what society believes/thinks being black, gay, trans, queer, nonbinary, bi represents. Our goal is to uplift others and our culture as we change the world through insightful articles and visually appealing representation of Black Gays, Trans, Queer, Nonbinary, Bi, and our Allies. Additionally, we are intention on promoting an environment full of sharing our stories, laughter, and spreading the love for our Black Gay Fabulous Culture.

No, this blog isn’t all about being gay or in-between; we do dive into topics that are relatable to everyone. Enjoy and interact with us as we build our network and create a space for us and those that support us. We challenge you to evoke more graceful candor, happiness and kindness in this world.

Please reach out below if you have any comments, questions, or feel like you’d want to join our writing team. Also, if you are (LGBTQIA, Woman, even Straight) owned business that is affirming, please reach out so we can promote your business. Sometimes, its good to know who supports our culture.

MEET THE TEAM

Tommy Cooper

Founder and Creator of Southern Cooper LLC.

Tommy Cooper is a true Southern Gent that has lived throughout the South from Virginia, Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. His military upbringing (Army Brat) has allowed him to travel and live overseas. Tommy’s original roots are in the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia (Mountain Man). After his father retired from the military, they moved to Southside of Atlanta (Way in the Suburbs)

Tommy started his academic journey at Morris Brown College, founded in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church by black people for black people. He is a strong advocate of an HBCU education and heritage. He is a graduate of Georgia State University and holds a B.S. in Public Policy with a concentration of nonprofit and human resource. After graduation, he moved to Biloxi, MS, to complete a year of service as an AmeriCorps. While in Mississippi, he graduated from William Carey University with a Master of Business Administration. To round out his public policy background, he is currently studying at Valdosta State University, pursuing a Doctor of Public Administration.

Tommy is a 200hr Registered Yoga Teacher through CorePower Yoga. He currently is a yoga instructor at CorePower Yoga and holds private and group sessions. Additionally, Tommy is certified in meditation and has a Level 1 certification in Sound Bath Meditation. He looks forward to spreading the love of yoga throughout the community and engage with businesses and individuals. If you would like to host a yoga and sound bath meditation, please reach out at southerncoopert@gmail.com or 678-849-0766.

With all this knowledge and experience living and breathing in the South, why not start something that caters to our culture? We are uniquely given the opportunity to display a positive experience and perspective on life. During these challenging times, we should all spread love and kindness. He plans to build his own table surrounded by his closest friends/family and You (a new friend) with this website. The goal is to show the positive aspect of living as an open and proud Black Gay man.

Enjoy the Southern Cooper (SC) site and share it!!

I look forward to growing and sharing ideas, so reach out to us. 

“Be Kind to each other and the doors will open to love”- Tommy Cooper

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