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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: Quantum of Solace
An unsettling and emotionally truthful queer parable, the direct continuation of Casino Royale teaches us that finding ourselves is a painful ongoing process, not a one off event. The film delivers its lesson like a brick through a plate glass window. Cutting quickly (too quickly for many) and deeply (Octopussy this ain't!), most of the svelte running time is a setup for a showdown with Bond's most persistent and insidious enemy: himself.
James Bond has always been a plaything. For over sixty years, we’ve watched him manipulated by directors, dressed by costume designers, and positioned for our visual pleasure on the silver screen. But the lack of 007 video games in recent times has kept us, the audience, in a more passive role. So what happens when we get James Bond literally in our hands?