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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).
Sneaky Bond
The scenes where Bond sneaks around places - hotels, enemy bases, even his boss’s house - are highlights of the series. What is about them that makes them tick - and our hearts race? Do we experience these episodes differently if we have reasons to feel fearful in our own lives? How much is the music responsible for their effectiveness? And what are Licence To Queer readers’ favourite sneaky scenes?
Film students from East Sussex have recreated the iconic opening titles to Goldfinger, subverting the presumed-to-be straight male gaze by substituting the buxom female form with a muscled male model.