Lesbian Lounge

JD and Denise welcome non-binary, queer singer and songwriter Elliot Lee (www.elliotlee.com), a Brooklyn-based musician who's channeled her angst, loneliness, and youthful energy in songs that relate to today's ever-changing times. They talk about what inspires them, what they love about being on stage, their fans, their ecletic style, and more. To watch this conversation on our YouTube Channel, click this link. 

Denise and JD welcome Denise's younger cousin Kris Vanone to the show to discuss how important LGBTQ allies are to our community. Denise learned that Kris took her whole family to Buffalo Pride and they wore their "Free Mom and Dad Hugs" shirts while their son twirled his rainbow flag with the parade participants. Kris talked how emotional she got during the hugs and how it's vital to teach her son acceptance, and encourage him to embrace others. Kris notes she's been supporting Pride for 15 years, first with her friends, then with her husband and now as a family. To watch this discussion on our YouTube Channel, click this link. 

With JD stuck in traffic from Florida rain floods, Denise chats with Alistar (Ali) Brown, a U.K. gay guy who created a fun card game called "Fxcking Phesants" during the pandemic while he was staying with his parents at the time. They discuss their connection through a mutual friend who brought his card game to a recent Game Night. Denise asks Ali the process of creating a card game, crowd funding, about the art work, the trials, the big UK Games Convention, and the possibility of distribution plus marketing and what's next for Ali. To watch this conversation on our YouTube Channel, click this link. 

JD and Denise welcome short film maker Rakefet Abergel, from Los Angeles, who has been making film projects for years, including the YouTube comedy series "Breaking Fat" and then the  dark short film "Jax In Love" which plunged her into the horror genre. This insightful, fun, out and proud member of our LGBTQ community is a force to be reckoned with as she fund raises for her budget, writes, directs stars and handle the marketing and promo all while juggling a teaching day job and being an actor in other projects ("My Best Friend's Girl", "Superbad"). WATCH our conversation from our Youtube Channel by clicking this link. 

JD and Denise talk about the upcoming 2023 Pride Festivals and Parades in London, Florida, New York and NJ and will continue to do so throughout the summer. They also discuss some guests that'll be on the show this month. If you know a positive, upbeat, creative LGBTQ that should be spotlighted, contact us via our socials! We've added bonus Pride pics from our past festivals you can see here: To watch our conversation on our YouTube Channel, click this link. 

JD and Denise have a discussion with Denise's friend and former co-worker, 27 year old Kerrie from the U.K. She's a single Mom with a two year old son and she's just realised she's bisexual. She texted Denise the news and now they're talking about it what it's like to come out in today's world. Kerrie's got questions, the girls give some advice and have some laughs as they reassure Kerrie that everything is gonna be okay. To watch this on our YouTube Channel, click this link. 

JD and Denise have a great conversation with actress Michelle Clunie of Queer As Folk, Teen Mom (and more) about motherhood, family, her childhood, activism, politics, vanity in the industry and more in this episode, so sit back and enjoy! You can watch it on our YouTube Channel by clicking this link. 

JD and Denise welcome back Nic Austin, our very own Queer Guy from Denver who asked "So, what queer TV have you guys been watching?" and from there we launched into an hour of what's good, what's new, why do they kill off the queers, what's been cancelled and what's coming back. To watch this on our YouTube Channel, click this link.

JD and Denise meet up with South Wales singer/songwriter Georgia Paterson (wearepaterson.com) to discuss the future of selling music digitally, her controversial new song "Like An Apple" and how to market this sexy, provocative tune in today's ever-changing landscape of sensitive, judgmental audiences and we talk about the upcoming summer UK music festivals. Watch on our YouTube Channel by clicking this link.

JD and Denise have a good old fashioned catch up about what's been going on in their respective lives from TV to concerts to plays to birthdays, they bring you all up to speed on everything. Watch it on the YouTube Channel by clicking this link.