Sam Rogers

Marketing Executive | Content Creator | Video Editor

United Kingdom

Writer, editor, and content creator with 15+ years’ experience of producing original, insightful material for a diverse range of platforms including YouTube, radio, podcasts, and more. Currently employed as Marketing Executive for an international education company, recent examples of my personal journalistic practice can be found on the queer-oriented James Bond fan site 'Licence to Queer'.

In addition, I have made numerous guest appearances on the 'Really, 007!' and 'Spyhards' podcasts, providing my own opinions on the many LGBTQ+ elements of the famous film series, while conducting original interviews with film alumni such as Irka Bochenko and Sébastian Foucan. This has also extended to interviews with authors such as Alyse Knorr and composers such as Jeff Tymoschuk.

My contributions to 'Spyhards' have also extended to video editing support, assisting in the production of their showcase interview features with industry professionals such as Colin Salmon, Denise Richards, Joseph Millson, stunt performer Nicky Naudé, and the film director John Glen.

I am always on the lookout for freelance writing, editing, and podcast-based assignments. Please feel free to contact me via social media or email me at [email protected].

Portfolio
Licence to Queer
03/05/2022
The Bond Sexperience: please be advised! - Licence to Queer

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.

Licence to Queer
11/26/2021
Salud! The end of an era! - Licence to Queer

In the time between Spectre and No Time To Die coming out, a lot has happened. For Sam Rogers, this included his own coming out. Here he reflects on what the film means to him as a gay man and a Bond fan in general.

Licence to Queer
10/11/2020
Tracy Bond. The queer icon we deserved. - Licence to Queer

In this tribute to the late Diana Rigg, Sam Rogers compares the way Tracy Bond is presented in the book and the film of On Her Majesty's Secret Service and asks: "Why does Tracy resonate with me and many other fans?

Licence to Queer
08/23/2020
Bury Your Bond Girls? - Licence to Queer

Jill, Tilly, Paula, Aki, Plenty, Andrea, Corinne, Solange... None of these girls make it to the end credits alive and some of their deaths serve purposes which are dubious at best. Sam Rogers explores how the Bury The Gays trope can be applied to the girls that Bond fails to protect.