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Licence To Queer covers queer aspects of Bond books, video games and more. Search here for your favourite titles and characters or find content related to particular queer identities (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, etc).
Queer re-view: Casino Royale
Daniel Craig’s sophisticated first outing as Bond is also the film where he comes out of the ocean wearing small blue trunks and ‘comes out’ in an even more significant way
How queer is James Bond?
Bond’s response to his interrogation at the hands of Silva in Skyfall only confirmed what many of us had known for years: Bond is a bit gay. Maybe more than a bit.
Queer re-view: Diamonds Are Forever
In Sean Connery’s final, official turn as Bond he gets stuck into the seedy underbellies of Amsterdam, Las Vegas and, er, an oil rig off the coast of California. Along the way, he picks up an interesting Case, gets into Plenty of action and courts the attention of a pair of ‘problematic’ gay hit men. Oh, and Blofeld is back. In drag.
Nobody does it better than 007, allegedly. For International Women’s Day - and in the interests of equity - let’s celebrate six occasions where women showed Bond they’re not merely his equal, but can do things better than him.