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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).

David Lowbridge-Ellis David Lowbridge-Ellis

The Queen, queers and country: a tribute to Her Majesty

For 70 years, Her Majesty was the only consistent recurring 'character' across the different versions of Bond, serving as a an inspiration for many, including women and those men who had to keep their sexuality secret.

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Sam Rogers Sam Rogers

The Bond Sexperience: please be advised!

Bond’s bed-hopping him more in sync with gay men than straight men - or so the stereotypes would have us believe. Sam Rogers takes a candid and funny look back over his love life to date, drawing parallels with Bond’s.

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David Lowbridge-Ellis David Lowbridge-Ellis

4 Bond Blondes

Daniel Craig was vilified before he’d even stepped foot on the set of Casino Royale, with much of the opprobrium targeted at his distinctly un-Bondian, unmasculine blonde hair. Some said they couldn’t see him as the hero, but they would buy him as the villain. Here are four blonde Bond villains who helped to create the cinematic stereotype of blonde men as Other.

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