Doug Cooper-Spencer is a novelist, essayist and short fiction writer living in Cincinnati. He is the author of two novels, ‘This Place of Men’ and ‘People Like Us’, as well as short stories for Amazon Shorts (Bad Damon). His writings and numerous articles have appeared in anthologies, reference books ('Carry the Word'), magazines and online sites. In 2006 Doug was nominated by Clik Magazine as one of the ‘Elite 25’ black gay writers.
In 1989 Doug served tenure as Director of Liaison for The Cincinnati Chapter of Brother To Brother, an advocacy group for the prevention of HIV and for the promotion of human dignity for African American LGBT peoples in the Cincinnati area. Doug’s thirty years as an advocate for gay rights (ironically, which began while serving in the military, and which led to his dismissal) has given him a treasure of history that he often uses in his lectures and commentaries on the subject.
Currently, he serves as in-house lecturer at the Cincinnati branch of The National Urban League’s Leadership Training Forum, and The University of Cincinnati. Doug is also producer of The Eyes Open Festival and President of The Eyes Open Festival Organization, a non-profit organization that uses the arts in the black LGBT community to educate and inspire all communities to wellness. He also appears in the award winning 1996 documentary, “All God’s Children”, a film that looks at the role of black gays and the black church.
Doug is currently at work on the third book of the 'Place of Men Trilogy' as well as a screenplay.
You can contact Doug (below) or at: Dougcooperspencer@Gmail.Com. or at Facebook.