Hear My Heart Burst Again

Character: James Bond Appears In: Various books and films in the James Bond franchise Commonly misinterpreted as: Straight

But really: James Bond’s sexcapades with women (which he somehow always manages to find time for in between using fancy gadgets to save England and the world) are such a series staple that there’s even a term for his lovers: “Bond Girls”, but despite the fact that many consider him a paragon of heterosexuality due to his long list of female partners, James Bond is interested in other genders as well.

Several iterations of the franchise have suggested Bond’s queerness with homoerotic undertones, such as in the film Casino Royale, when an oiled Bond is tied up by the male villain to a bottomless chair naked to have his genitals whipped.

The movie Skyfall, however, included what was tantamount to an admission of bisexuality from Bond. The first time that Bond meets the villain, Silva, on an isolated island, Bond is (once again) tied to a chair (though this time, clothed). Silva makes many sexual-innuendo-laced comments and intimations with his facial expressions and physicality, gently unbuttoning the captive Bond’s shirt and stroking his chest, neck, and jaw. Silva laughs as he becomes more intimate with Bond, assuming he is making the heterosexual agent uncomfortable, and with a wink, as he strokes Bond’s thighs, says, “Well, first time for everything,” clearly referring to what he imagines is Bond’s inexperience with men. Bond grins and says, “What makes you think this is my first time?“ 

James Bond is bi/pan.