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Licence To Queer

On a mission to uncover why James Bond appeals so much to LGBTQ+ people and our allies. Why not see 007 from a different angle?

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00:22:12

Exemplars of British fortitude

Licence To Queer ·

2022/08/01

Despite me being British, sport has always bored me to tears. So imagine my surprise when I found myself bawling my eyes out with pride in our sportspeople twice in one day! Perhaps their Bond-like approach to overcoming adversity had something to do with it?

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00:25:06

He runs while others walk

Licence To Queer ·

2022/07/28

Running probably saved my life. It’s saved Bond’s more than a few times as well. Here, I look back at his running career - which was not exactly impressive until Daniel Craig brought more metrosexual physicality to the character - and compare it with my own, which started soon after my first viewing of Casino Royale.

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00:40:14

Look what the cat dragged in: is the world ready for...

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2022/07/10

More than shifting his gender or sexual orientation, surely the boldest way to reinvent Bond would be to make him care for something other than himself. A cat, perhaps? After looking back over 70 years of books and films, I’m convinced the idea has legs (four of them).

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00:36:52

“Diana Rigg help me realise I wasn’t straight.”

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2022/06/11

An award-nominated voice actor and filmmaker, Kathryn Vinclaire is also a massive Bond fan who identifies as bisexual. Like many of us - even gay-identifying men like me - she has a “massive crush” on Diana Rigg in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. We discuss her Tracy Bond awakening moment and why the world of Bond is such an open space for queer people like us.

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00:29:13

Top Gun Maverick

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2022/05/31

David and Antony rev up their engines, listen to her howlin' roar and play with the boys, lavishing praise on the Top Gun sequel they didn't know they wanted. They discuss their relationships with the 1986 original, homoerotic subtexts, their opinions on Tom Cruise and the rest of the cast, the music (Gaga!) and try to work out why it just works so well from start to finish. Also, they share what it was like to experience it in 4DX; right into the Danger Zone indeed!

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00:11:11

The Spy Who Loved Me queer re-view Part 5 (Camp)

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2022/05/14

Moore's Bond is the most 'Camp' but what does that really mean?

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00:11:45

The Spy Who Loved Me queer re-view Part 4 (Girls)

Licence To Queer ·

2022/05/14

Anya's not the only woman on the scene. She's got tough competition from none other than the Queen!

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00:12:07

The Spy Who Loved Me queer re-view Part 3 (Villains)

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2022/05/14

A hairy Russian 007, a fishy megalomaniac and and a queerly horrifying man mountain with metal teeth.

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00:02:09

The Spy Who Loved Me queer re-view Part 2 (Allies)

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2022/05/14

The book's General Gogol equivalent is a far less lovely character than the film's. And there goes Moneypenny being over-efficient as usual.

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00:31:19

The Spy Who Loved Me Queer re-view Part 1 (Bond himself)

Licence To Queer ·

2022/05/14

For me, The Spy Who Loved Me marks the point where Bond edges closest to the ‘harder’, even hypermasculine end of the spectrum, potentially making it harder for some queer viewers to identify with him. It can sometimes feel like overkill, especially when it comes to his sexual conquests, as if Bond is trying too hard to prove something, perhaps even putting on an brave show of it. This performative aspect though provides a way in for those of us who spent portions of our lives trying hard to conceal

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01:00:34

Heartstopper

Licence To Queer ·

2022/05/01

In a bit of a departure from Bond, Sam and David discuss why the joyful Netflix smash hit Heartstopper is a milestone in queer culture and why EVERYONE needs to watch it. Although Bond comes up a few times in the discussion, it mostly draws on many of the ideas Sam and David have explored in relation to Bond, especially in terms of representation. They discuss why it resonated with them so much, why they wish it had been around when they were growing up, the criticism it has (unfairly) received from

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00:33:27

A licence to wear PINK!

Licence To Queer ·

2022/04/09

Daniel Craig turned heads when he turned up to the No Time To Die premiere wearing a shocking-pink jacket. A statement piece in more ways than one, it was widely hailed as a break with Bond tradition. But the more we look, the more we find that this is hardly Bond’s first time wearing the most ‘feminine’ of shades.

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00:32:56

Asexual coding in the Bond universe - Fenna Geelhoed

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2022/04/02

“It might sound strange for an asexual person to be a Bond fan, given that sexual attraction is such a big part of the character’s world…” Fenna Geelhoed sets asexual representation in her sights and targets the best and worst examples from the Bond series. This is a video accompanying an article on www.licencetoqueer.com Direct link here: https://www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/what-do-you-do-asexual-coding-in-the-james-bond-universe.

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00:20:01

Batman and Bond: the queer heroes we deserve

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2022/03/19

In the dark days of my early twenties, I fell out of love with Bond and poor Batman had to shoulder the responsibility of being my queer role model. Now that I’m nearly 40, staring down like a brooding gargoyle at my impending birthday, I’m wondering where the Batman and Bond influences end and the real me begins? This is the podcast version of my article published on 19th March 2022: https://www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/batman-and-bond-the-queer-heroes-we-deserve If you enjoyed my ramblings about

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00:51:11

Wint meets Kidd - a conversation with Chris Eeles

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2022/02/19

Chris's original story imagines the first meeting of Diamonds Are Forever's lovable assassins. He talks to me about why he wrote it. Read the story here: https://www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/wint-meets-kidd

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00:17:54

Queer re-view: Die Another Day Part 5 (Camp)

Licence To Queer ·

2022/02/05

According to Die Another Day costume artist and gay Bond fan Patrick Whitaker, this is “the Campest Bond movie that will ever be made” and I’m not inclined to disagree.

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00:09:17

Die Another Day queer re-view Part 4 (Girls)

Licence To Queer ·

2022/02/05

Although Giancita ‘Jinx’ Johnson is not the first of the series’ ‘female Bond’ characters, she’s the one who mostly closely mirrors his non-binary combination of masculine and feminine qualities, as well as his traits of a stereotypical gay man.

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00:40:54

Die Another Day queer re-view Part 1 (Bond)

Licence To Queer ·

2022/02/05

Like the recipient of a deeply-suspect DNA transplant, Die Another Day is an attempted blend of new and emerging trends in culture and filmmaking with the feel of a classic Bond film. Not only that, it’s also narratively-speaking, both a Rebirth and Overcoming the Monster tale, two distinct archetypal story styles. The resulting experience is an identity crisis unfurling, sometimes jarringly, in front of our eyes. And the film’s identity crisis is mirrored, to an extent, in the character of

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00:16:27

Die Another Day queer re-view Part 2 (Allies)

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2022/02/05

Verity keeps her tip up, Q gives Bond his ring and Moneypenny enjoys some me time.

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00:17:01

Die Another Day queer re-view Part 3: Villains

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2022/02/05

Colonel Moon/Gustav Graves is the epitome of someone who is not who they claim to be. And what makes ice queen Miranda Frost such a cool queer heroine?

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