[2][3] Cooper stated that after being gender neutral for most of his life, "As I launch my website as a transgender person, I identify as 'He' and with masculine pronouns.
[6] He switched coaches and subsequently had success performing in queer specific film and theatre.
In 2012, he wrote, directed, produced and acted in the short film Hero Mars (2013 release).
[7] Cooper starred in the short film Frederica, as well as Hooters, a documentary about the making of The Owls.
On stage, Cooper was cast as Othello in the Impact Theatre's Performance of Othello Staged Reading (which purposefully subverted gender and race dynamics by casting a Black queer actor).