Denise and Donna are two lesbians who have been best friends for 13 years and have not ever slept together, which, if you know the lesbian world, is totally worth noting. They hardly ever agree on anything. They have very different opinions when it comes to just about everything. They have polar opposite personalities, and yet they share the bonds of sarcasm, wit, a love of gossip, and more importantly, a bigger love of food ....ok, ...and in a very close run for top spot- a love of their global lesbian community.
"The Lesbian Lounge with Denise & Donna" began in June 2006 on G.I.R.L. Radio aka: www.GayInternetRadioLive.com with the blessing, training and semi-patient guidance of Devan Christopher, then founder & CEO of the site. When the girls finally drove Devan to the brink of a total and complete meltdown from their incessant "Gilmore Girls" high energy chatter, he very wisely offered a parting-of-ways-deal that included a home of their own, rights to all their content, trademarks, licensing and a bunch of details that certainly don't concern any of you. But alas, suffice to say - it was a perfect combination of ignorance, arrogance and luck which afforded the ladies the opportunity to continue without so much as skipping a beat.
So, in 2009, MyLesbianRadio.com was spawned from the internet Gods, purchased by fairy Godmothers and generously dumped into Denise & Donna's lap. To this day, it remains safely there and was the home of the live weekly show "The Lesbian Lounge with Denise & Donna".
This is how it went: every single Wednesday night www.MyLesbianRadio.com - brought you the 2 hour talk show "The Lesbian Lounge" live streaming from the Florida studio. Even in 2011, the girls were live streaming with Donna in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Denise in London, England. But- all good things must come to an end.....
JUST KIDDING....
CUT TO NOW-- Present time!
The "Lesbian Lounge" has become a DIRECT TO PODCAST show, no longer streaming live but still crackin' on. The "Lesbian Lounge" show gets recorded 1-2 times a month, sent straight to iTunes & Podbean and remains the same rowdy, food crunching, pant-wetting, laugh-inducing, informative, entertaining giggle fest it's always been, only now, instead of sitting in front of your computer for 2 hours on a Wednesday night while your ass grows bigger, you can refresh your iTunes feed, and take us with you on the go, anywhere, anytime: in the car, on your jog, at the gym, during your lunch, while you clean your place, while you wait for your flight, while your on the train, Tube, bus, or while your walking your dog-- as long as you have an iPod, iPhone, android phone, iPad, iTouch, Mp3 Player (weirdo!) or a laptop, we're with you!
MEET THE TEAM
The show itself is run by the nutty technology professor, Producer Vicki in the Florida studio, with the help of diligent, adorable intern & assistant producer, Sarita, who's based in New Jersey. Our legal parental guardian is lovingly known as JRoe (or Julie, depending on how personal you want to be.) Also, part the show team are Jemma (Denise's wife, and the reason she's now in London), Deb, Donna's long time partner, who joins in studio when she gets a night off from a real grown up job and rounding out the cast of crazies is Hazel, long time supporter, and resident British expert.
Sometimes there are guest hosts with D & D, like Denise Spivak, from Women in Network (WIN) of South Florida (aka: Win-Den) to add to the chaos.
Basically, what you have here is the ONLY bi-continental, lesbian internet radio talk show complete with laughs, helpful information, entertainment and news that's important to our LGBT community.
Here's the deal: Denise & Donna bring you the latest on what's happening in their world, and YOURS- with info & updates on LGBT events, films, theatre, comedy, web series, websites, blogs, drink recipes, books, authors, bands, musicians, actors, directors, producers, apps, along with a ton of laughs and celebrity guests & interviews, spotlights on new music, advice to the folks who write in from TheLesbianQuestion.com is dished out on the show from the emails, and often they turn the tables on their listener audience by featuring them as guests on the show in a funny bit called "Getting To Know You".
The successful format of standard show segments includes Favourite Tweets of the Week, Texts From Last Night zingers, Shout Outs, News & Gay Stuff, Celebrity or Guest Interviews, Getting to Know You, New Music Spotlight, Ask The Double D's, Bar Tab featuring: the Cool Website, Blog, Place/Business & Drink, a run down of Events from All Over, and the End Song.
Now in their 8th year of co-hosting "The Lesbian Lounge", the ladies have racked up over 4.5 million downloads, even recording BONUS exclusive, extended interviews to iTunes & Podbean.
In addition to the "Lesbian Lounge", the MyLesbianRadio.com team in conjunction with ReallyWow Productions, LLC. will be producing some new podcasts with exclusive, extended interviews with some familiar LGBT famous face as well as a variety of new content including book chats with some of our favourite authors, conversations with great indie bands & performers from all over the globe, a multi-part series on the making of an indie film with it's writer, Shiralyn Lee plus special spotlights on creative projects happening from all kinds of international LGBT artists including comedians, singers, actors, directors, producers, authors, bloggers. As usual, you can find Denise hosting at many different local gay & lesbian events throughout the U.K., and Donna's familiar face at tons of LGBT events in South Florida.
BIO'S!
Denise dove into the international LGBT community when she re-located to London in 2011, making appearances and announcing acts at both The Go-Go Festival 2011 in Kent and The L-Fest in Shrewsbury (2011-2012). Denise continues to showcase her writing by doing most of the cover interviews for the popular SHE Magazine -a leading source for women -13 years strong in South FL (www.shemag.com). She also contributes to The Advocate and Shewired. Her interviews have included Wanda Sykes, Chely Wright, Joan Jett, Taylor Dayne, Margaret Cho, Fran Drescher, Sasha Alexander, Carmen Electra, Jessica Clarke, the cast of “Lip Service”, Melissa Ferrick and Lucy Lawless.
Donna remains in Florida, serving her community by attending any event she can possibly fit into her calendar, plus sponsoring numerous events, volunteering at many LGBT functions, hosts and emcees at tons of gay & lesbian seminars & festivals, including Breast Fest 2012. Her fundraising efforts and charitable contributions have helped in annual toy drives, school backpack drives, and health conferences all over the South Florida region.
"The Lesbian Lounge" on MyLesbianRadio.com has been featured in CURVE Magazine, and have been voted "Best Lesbian Podcast" in their Curvey Award 2010 edition and by Kathy Belge of About.com in 2008. The girls have been highlighted on AfterEllen.com and SheWired.com. They were also featured in POWER UP Film's Quarterly Magazine in 2009, and have been awarded Lezzy Awards for Best Podcast two years in a row from TheLesbianLifestyle.com - In the U.K., Denise has been featured in Diva Magazine (Oct 2010) and g3 Magazine (2010). Denise & Donna, together, have hosted the annual women's events at Gay Days in Orlando for the last 6 years, WomenFest in Key West, FL for the last 5 years, Spacecoast Pride in Melbourne, FL for 5 years, as well as many, many local festivals, fundraisers, music, and spoken word events all around Florida.
"The Lesbian Lounge" is quickly becoming known for it's comfortable, candid interviews with such guests as Jane Lynch ("Glee"), Sharon Gless ("Cagney & Lacey" and "Queer As Folk"), Melissa Etheridge, Ilene Chaiken, Daniela Sea, Janina Gavankar (from "The L Word"), Jill Bennett, Cathy DeBuono, Suzanne Westenhoefer ("We Have to Stop Now"), Jill Zarin and Daniellle Staub ("The Real Housewives of NYC and NJ" of Bravo TV), Heather Peace ("Lip Service"), Leslie Bibb ("Talledega Nights", "GCB", "Popular"), POWER UP Film producers Lisa Thrasher & Stacy Codikow, director Jamie Babbit, Amanda Bearse ("Married With Childen") recording artists Taylor Dayne, Martha Wash, God-dess & She, Bitch, Lori Michaels, Horse, and comedians Judy Gold, Julie Goldman, Kate Clinton, Fortune Feimster ("Chelsea Lately"), Murray Hill, Dana Goldberg, Kate McKinnon, and Bridget McManus.
For the latest 150+ shows, check out their iTunes library at
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lesbian-lounge/id417672606?mt=2
For the shows available through Podbean.com, you can access them at:
www.MyLesbianradio.Podbean.com
Mobil App link: http://mylesbianradio.podbean.com/mobile/
The ladies have also produced the first ever AUDIO comedy soap opera called "All My Girlfriends" available exclusively in 2014 from TelloFilms at OneMoreLesbian.com/Tello- Written by Denise, directed by Donna and produced by Vicki, this lesbian romp is based (very) loosely on life in Florida and a tight knit group of friends who are on the slow rise to a low level of fame. Seasons 1 & 2 for purchase now.
....and remember:
To submit a question for the ladies to answer live on the air, you can access the "Ask The Double D's" form by clicking on this and looking for the purple graphic with instructions:
To hear a recent interview of Denise & Donna by www.Planet-London.com -click on the link, scroll down to "Getting to Know Denise & Donna"- and be prepared to laugh! http://www.planet-london.com/featuredandrecommended.html
And now...take a moment and drop us a line....
To email us directly:
Please use something snazzy & direct in your subject line - like "Hello from a Gorgeous Listener!" -- otherwise we could delete it, or it may go to a spam folder and we'll seem like snobby bitches for not answering.
Denise: denisew@mylesbianradio.com
Donna: donna@mylesbianradio.com
Julie: julie@mylesbianradio.com
Sarita: ReachSaraRamirez@gmail.com
Vicki: vicki@mylesbianradio.com
P.S. Don't even THINK about asking for Jemma's email address!
