Licence to Queer
@licencetoqueer.com
We're on a mission to uncover why James Bond appeals so much to LGBTQIA+ people. Why not see 007 from a different angle? Creator & Editor: David Lowbridge-Ellis MBE
While James Bond is undoubtedly a powerful symbol of British cultural identity, using him to bolster support for your political views - whichever way you swing personally - is simply not cricket.
Article/podcast:
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/no-time...
Article/podcast:
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/no-time...
No time to be discussing politics — Licence to Queer
Bond and politics don’t mix. So why, when Bond himself resists being drawn far along either end of the political spectrum, do both sides persist in wielding poor 007 like a blunt instrument?
www.licencetoqueer.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
While James Bond is undoubtedly a powerful symbol of British cultural identity, using him to bolster support for your political views - whichever way you swing personally - is simply not cricket.
Article/podcast:
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/no-time...
Article/podcast:
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/no-time...
Reposted by Licence to Queer
Fun, thoughtful, very personal podcast from @licencetoqueer.com on home and the queerness of Bond in Skyfall (an unsettling, pseudo-Gothic spectacle with lots of suggestive tunnels) podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/l...
Skyfall Queer Re-view Part 1: Bond (The names's Bond, Flaming Bond)
Podcast Episode · Licence To Queer · 11/12/2022 · 1h 14m
podcasts.apple.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Fun, thoughtful, very personal podcast from @licencetoqueer.com on home and the queerness of Bond in Skyfall (an unsettling, pseudo-Gothic spectacle with lots of suggestive tunnels) podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/l...
One of the queerest and 🥵 books I've ever read
An intensely empowering story, using an ancient myth to shed light on our modern exististences, reminding us of the possibilities there always were - and all that may still be to come
This is pure queer joy in book form.
@caroderobertis.bsky.social
An intensely empowering story, using an ancient myth to shed light on our modern exististences, reminding us of the possibilities there always were - and all that may still be to come
This is pure queer joy in book form.
@caroderobertis.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
One of the queerest and 🥵 books I've ever read
An intensely empowering story, using an ancient myth to shed light on our modern exististences, reminding us of the possibilities there always were - and all that may still be to come
This is pure queer joy in book form.
@caroderobertis.bsky.social
An intensely empowering story, using an ancient myth to shed light on our modern exististences, reminding us of the possibilities there always were - and all that may still be to come
This is pure queer joy in book form.
@caroderobertis.bsky.social
We paid loving homage to/utterly ruined The Living Daylights, depending on your point of view.
August 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We paid loving homage to/utterly ruined The Living Daylights, depending on your point of view.
Reposted by Licence to Queer
Be gay, do crimes! We take a look at villains Mr Wint and Mr Kidd from #DiamondsAreForever with our guest @licencetoqueer.com's David Lowbridge-Ellis! Full ep at links or available on any #podcast app!
🍎: tiny.cc/QDivDAFApple
🟢: tiny.cc/QDivDAFSpotify
🏳️🌈: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division
🍎: tiny.cc/QDivDAFApple
🟢: tiny.cc/QDivDAFSpotify
🏳️🌈: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division
July 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Be gay, do crimes! We take a look at villains Mr Wint and Mr Kidd from #DiamondsAreForever with our guest @licencetoqueer.com's David Lowbridge-Ellis! Full ep at links or available on any #podcast app!
🍎: tiny.cc/QDivDAFApple
🟢: tiny.cc/QDivDAFSpotify
🏳️🌈: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division
🍎: tiny.cc/QDivDAFApple
🟢: tiny.cc/QDivDAFSpotify
🏳️🌈: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division
My husband took me on a ride on the Welsh Highland Railway for my birthday and I was in train nerd heaven 🚂😍
@festrail.bsky.social
@festrail.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
My husband took me on a ride on the Welsh Highland Railway for my birthday and I was in train nerd heaven 🚂😍
@festrail.bsky.social
@festrail.bsky.social
'James Bond is what every man would like to be and what every woman would like between her sheets.'
Over six decades, this assertion has become received wisdom.
But it turns out we’ve been lied to the whole time…
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/to-be-b...
Over six decades, this assertion has become received wisdom.
But it turns out we’ve been lied to the whole time…
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/to-be-b...
July 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
'James Bond is what every man would like to be and what every woman would like between her sheets.'
Over six decades, this assertion has become received wisdom.
But it turns out we’ve been lied to the whole time…
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/to-be-b...
Over six decades, this assertion has become received wisdom.
But it turns out we’ve been lied to the whole time…
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/to-be-b...
Reposted by Licence to Queer
Lets talk rewrites! @licencetoqueer.com regales us with tales of the earlier versions of #DiamondsAreForever in this clip from the latest ep of our #JamesBond #podcast! Available on any #podcast app!
🍎: tiny.cc/QDivDAFApple
🟢: tiny.cc/QDivDAFSpotify
🏳️🌈: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division
🍎: tiny.cc/QDivDAFApple
🟢: tiny.cc/QDivDAFSpotify
🏳️🌈: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division
July 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Lets talk rewrites! @licencetoqueer.com regales us with tales of the earlier versions of #DiamondsAreForever in this clip from the latest ep of our #JamesBond #podcast! Available on any #podcast app!
🍎: tiny.cc/QDivDAFApple
🟢: tiny.cc/QDivDAFSpotify
🏳️🌈: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division
🍎: tiny.cc/QDivDAFApple
🟢: tiny.cc/QDivDAFSpotify
🏳️🌈: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division
Reposted by Licence to Queer
New! Joining us to declassify the case of 1971's #DiamondsAreForever is @licencetoqueer.com's David Lowbridge-Ellis! We talk Connery's last EON outing & Blofeld's drag race! Available on any #podcast app!
🍎: tiny.cc/QDivDAFApple
🟢: tiny.cc/QDivDAFSpotify
🏳️🌈: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division
🍎: tiny.cc/QDivDAFApple
🟢: tiny.cc/QDivDAFSpotify
🏳️🌈: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division
July 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New! Joining us to declassify the case of 1971's #DiamondsAreForever is @licencetoqueer.com's David Lowbridge-Ellis! We talk Connery's last EON outing & Blofeld's drag race! Available on any #podcast app!
🍎: tiny.cc/QDivDAFApple
🟢: tiny.cc/QDivDAFSpotify
🏳️🌈: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division
🍎: tiny.cc/QDivDAFApple
🟢: tiny.cc/QDivDAFSpotify
🏳️🌈: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division
Reposted by Licence to Queer
There's a LARGE contingent of gay/queer/lesbian/bi fans, if you look for them.
Why ELSE do you think Daniel Craig nimbly dipped his toe in that direction in "Skyfall"? :-)
@licencetoqueer.com is a good start!
Why ELSE do you think Daniel Craig nimbly dipped his toe in that direction in "Skyfall"? :-)
@licencetoqueer.com is a good start!
June 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
There's a LARGE contingent of gay/queer/lesbian/bi fans, if you look for them.
Why ELSE do you think Daniel Craig nimbly dipped his toe in that direction in "Skyfall"? :-)
@licencetoqueer.com is a good start!
Why ELSE do you think Daniel Craig nimbly dipped his toe in that direction in "Skyfall"? :-)
@licencetoqueer.com is a good start!
Felicitations 🎉 to Raymond Benson for his wildly exciting Felix Leiter novel, published today.
www.ianfleming.com/product/the-...
@raymondbenson.bsky.social
www.ianfleming.com/product/the-...
@raymondbenson.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Felicitations 🎉 to Raymond Benson for his wildly exciting Felix Leiter novel, published today.
www.ianfleming.com/product/the-...
@raymondbenson.bsky.social
www.ianfleming.com/product/the-...
@raymondbenson.bsky.social
My passions combine in this timely new book!
James Bond + linguistics + gender studies!
@paulari.bsky.social and @gavinbrookes.bsky.social cover a massive gap in the literature around men's language with this book.
And it's all available for FREE:
library.oapen.org/bitstream/ha...
James Bond + linguistics + gender studies!
@paulari.bsky.social and @gavinbrookes.bsky.social cover a massive gap in the literature around men's language with this book.
And it's all available for FREE:
library.oapen.org/bitstream/ha...
May 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
My passions combine in this timely new book!
James Bond + linguistics + gender studies!
@paulari.bsky.social and @gavinbrookes.bsky.social cover a massive gap in the literature around men's language with this book.
And it's all available for FREE:
library.oapen.org/bitstream/ha...
James Bond + linguistics + gender studies!
@paulari.bsky.social and @gavinbrookes.bsky.social cover a massive gap in the literature around men's language with this book.
And it's all available for FREE:
library.oapen.org/bitstream/ha...
Prepare to be hooked!
This is the Bond-universe story we've always wanted to read. Felix Leiter is a beloved character already but we fell really hard for him here. 💙
Preorder The Hook and the Eye:
www.ianfleming.com/product/the-...
@raymondbenson.bsky.social
This is the Bond-universe story we've always wanted to read. Felix Leiter is a beloved character already but we fell really hard for him here. 💙
Preorder The Hook and the Eye:
www.ianfleming.com/product/the-...
@raymondbenson.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Prepare to be hooked!
This is the Bond-universe story we've always wanted to read. Felix Leiter is a beloved character already but we fell really hard for him here. 💙
Preorder The Hook and the Eye:
www.ianfleming.com/product/the-...
@raymondbenson.bsky.social
This is the Bond-universe story we've always wanted to read. Felix Leiter is a beloved character already but we fell really hard for him here. 💙
Preorder The Hook and the Eye:
www.ianfleming.com/product/the-...
@raymondbenson.bsky.social
May the fourth be with you!
Now, drink your (blue) milk 🥛💦
📸: Galaxy's Edge, Disney World, Florida (April 2022)
Now, drink your (blue) milk 🥛💦
📸: Galaxy's Edge, Disney World, Florida (April 2022)
May 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
May the fourth be with you!
Now, drink your (blue) milk 🥛💦
📸: Galaxy's Edge, Disney World, Florida (April 2022)
Now, drink your (blue) milk 🥛💦
📸: Galaxy's Edge, Disney World, Florida (April 2022)
Thanks to Matt Bruce, Doctoral Researcher at the University of Birmingham (David's alma mater), for featuring us in his lecture!
Link to watch ⬇️
Link to watch ⬇️
April 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Thanks to Matt Bruce, Doctoral Researcher at the University of Birmingham (David's alma mater), for featuring us in his lecture!
Link to watch ⬇️
Link to watch ⬇️
I know my name.
Well, the first half of it anyway.
Didn't see any double decker buses attempting entry, fortunately.
Well, the first half of it anyway.
Didn't see any double decker buses attempting entry, fortunately.
April 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I know my name.
Well, the first half of it anyway.
Didn't see any double decker buses attempting entry, fortunately.
Well, the first half of it anyway.
Didn't see any double decker buses attempting entry, fortunately.
Talking Felix Leiter 📚 The first interview with Raymond Benson about his new book!
Watch here:
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/talking...
@raymondbenson.bsky.social
Watch here:
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/talking...
@raymondbenson.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Talking Felix Leiter 📚 The first interview with Raymond Benson about his new book!
Watch here:
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/talking...
@raymondbenson.bsky.social
Watch here:
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/talking...
@raymondbenson.bsky.social
Reposted by Licence to Queer
We can't stop talking about the Switch 2!
This time, Antony brings his husband David along for the ride with David (of @licencetoqueer.com) sharing his gaming and Nintendo history, as well as his thoughts on the Switch and today's #Switch2.
Watch (and share, obsv) over at: youtu.be/QXfRhf4onxc
This time, Antony brings his husband David along for the ride with David (of @licencetoqueer.com) sharing his gaming and Nintendo history, as well as his thoughts on the Switch and today's #Switch2.
Watch (and share, obsv) over at: youtu.be/QXfRhf4onxc
Pixel Perfect Pride #002: The Hubby's Switch 2 reveal reactions.
YouTube video by Pixel Perfect Pride with Antony
youtu.be
April 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
We can't stop talking about the Switch 2!
This time, Antony brings his husband David along for the ride with David (of @licencetoqueer.com) sharing his gaming and Nintendo history, as well as his thoughts on the Switch and today's #Switch2.
Watch (and share, obsv) over at: youtu.be/QXfRhf4onxc
This time, Antony brings his husband David along for the ride with David (of @licencetoqueer.com) sharing his gaming and Nintendo history, as well as his thoughts on the Switch and today's #Switch2.
Watch (and share, obsv) over at: youtu.be/QXfRhf4onxc
Reposted by Licence to Queer
Bond and mental health are two things which are of great importance to me, so I was delighted when I had the opportunity to discuss both these topics on @licencetoqueer.com's Our Minds Only podcast. Apologies for any incoherent rambling 😂
TW: self harm, thoughts on suicide
TW: self harm, thoughts on suicide
"James Bond was always something I could escape to. If I was feeling down, I would put on a Bond, and that would sort me out mentally."
On Our Minds Only? Episode 009 SOME KIND OF ROLE MODEL with @timothystyles.bsky.social
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/onourmi...
#mentalhealth #JamesBond
On Our Minds Only? Episode 009 SOME KIND OF ROLE MODEL with @timothystyles.bsky.social
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/onourmi...
#mentalhealth #JamesBond
March 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Bond and mental health are two things which are of great importance to me, so I was delighted when I had the opportunity to discuss both these topics on @licencetoqueer.com's Our Minds Only podcast. Apologies for any incoherent rambling 😂
TW: self harm, thoughts on suicide
TW: self harm, thoughts on suicide
It's not the years; it's the mileage. We may have matured (physically, if not otherwise) but we thought it would be fun to go out in the same outfits we wore to our wedding ten years ago. ☺️
March 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It's not the years; it's the mileage. We may have matured (physically, if not otherwise) but we thought it would be fun to go out in the same outfits we wore to our wedding ten years ago. ☺️
"James Bond was always something I could escape to. If I was feeling down, I would put on a Bond, and that would sort me out mentally."
On Our Minds Only? Episode 009 SOME KIND OF ROLE MODEL with @timothystyles.bsky.social
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/onourmi...
#mentalhealth #JamesBond
On Our Minds Only? Episode 009 SOME KIND OF ROLE MODEL with @timothystyles.bsky.social
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/onourmi...
#mentalhealth #JamesBond
March 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"James Bond was always something I could escape to. If I was feeling down, I would put on a Bond, and that would sort me out mentally."
On Our Minds Only? Episode 009 SOME KIND OF ROLE MODEL with @timothystyles.bsky.social
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/onourmi...
#mentalhealth #JamesBond
On Our Minds Only? Episode 009 SOME KIND OF ROLE MODEL with @timothystyles.bsky.social
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/onourmi...
#mentalhealth #JamesBond
It's almost time... 🕖
#SirHilaryBrayDay is when we wear tweed.
Celebrated on the 1st April, the birthday of actor George Baker...
All you have to do is post a photo of you or a pet wearing an item made of tweed (or something that looks like it).
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/sir-hil...
#SirHilaryBrayDay is when we wear tweed.
Celebrated on the 1st April, the birthday of actor George Baker...
All you have to do is post a photo of you or a pet wearing an item made of tweed (or something that looks like it).
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/sir-hil...
March 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It's almost time... 🕖
#SirHilaryBrayDay is when we wear tweed.
Celebrated on the 1st April, the birthday of actor George Baker...
All you have to do is post a photo of you or a pet wearing an item made of tweed (or something that looks like it).
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/sir-hil...
#SirHilaryBrayDay is when we wear tweed.
Celebrated on the 1st April, the birthday of actor George Baker...
All you have to do is post a photo of you or a pet wearing an item made of tweed (or something that looks like it).
www.licencetoqueer.com/blog/sir-hil...
When the hotel TV is supposed to be welcoming but ends up sounding like a Bond villain...
March 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
When the hotel TV is supposed to be welcoming but ends up sounding like a Bond villain...
You know their names ♀️🍸 The credited women writers of Bond
Not pictured: the uncredited writers, of whom there have been several!
#AccelerateAction #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay
Not pictured: the uncredited writers, of whom there have been several!
#AccelerateAction #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay
March 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
You know their names ♀️🍸 The credited women writers of Bond
Not pictured: the uncredited writers, of whom there have been several!
#AccelerateAction #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay
Not pictured: the uncredited writers, of whom there have been several!
#AccelerateAction #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay
The best Bond score of all 🍸🎵
Hear my love letter to the music of Casino Royale on the latest episode of The Scores Are Not Enough
@thescoresnotenough.bsky.social
shows.acast.com/the-scores-a...
Hear my love letter to the music of Casino Royale on the latest episode of The Scores Are Not Enough
@thescoresnotenough.bsky.social
shows.acast.com/the-scores-a...
March 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The best Bond score of all 🍸🎵
Hear my love letter to the music of Casino Royale on the latest episode of The Scores Are Not Enough
@thescoresnotenough.bsky.social
shows.acast.com/the-scores-a...
Hear my love letter to the music of Casino Royale on the latest episode of The Scores Are Not Enough
@thescoresnotenough.bsky.social
shows.acast.com/the-scores-a...