User:DeniseMLR

Denise Warner was born and raised in Niagara Falls, NY before graduating in 1986 and moving to Florida at the age of 17. After working as a disability case manager for more than 15 years, Denise made the leap into show business in 2005, doing a successful stand up comedy show at the legendary "Hershee Bar" in Virginia Beach, VA. She has been dabbling in comedic writing ever since and has articles in many different LGBT publications, blogs, and e-zines. Working at a South Florida FM radio station, Denise was a part of one of the first national gay radio shows to hit the airwaves, "Issues Over the Rainbow".

Since that time, Denise and best friend, Donna have been co-hosting a live, weekly LGBT internet radio show called "The Lesbian Lounge with Denise & Donna" for the past 6 years on www.MyLesbianRadio.com based out of South Florida, USA. Recently, Denise married her long distance girlfriend, Jemma and moved to Surrey, England. The show continues to grow and is now billed as the only live BI-CONTINENTAL internet radio show as Donna continues to maintain the local state-side happenings, while Denise dove into the international LGBT community, making appearances and announcing acts at both The Go-Go Festival in Kent and The L-Fest in Shrewsbury this summer. Denise continues to showcase her writing by doing most of the cover interviews for the popular SHE Magazine -a leading source for South Florida Women -13 years strong (www.shemag.com ). Her interviews have included Wanda Sykes, Chely Wright, Joan Jett, Taylor Dayne, Margaret Cho, Fran Drescher, Melissa Ferrick and Lucy Lawless this year. "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. 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 www.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 live women's events at Gay Days in Orlando for the last 6 years, and WomenFest in Key West, FL for the last 5 years, as well as many, many local fundraisers, music, and spoken word events all around Florida.

On her live talk show, the guests have included Jane Lynch ("Glee"), Sharon Gless ("Cagney & Lacey" and "Queer As Folk"), Ilene Chaiken, Daniela Sea, Janina Gavankar (exec prod, and actors 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), recording artists Taylor Dayne, Martha Wash, God-dess & She, Bitch, and comedians Judy Gold, Julie Goldman, Kate Clinton, Fortune Feimster, Murray Hill, Dana Goldberg, and Bridget McManus. Denise has been having a blast with her daily observations of life in London- as she says, "There is nothing like a displaced, large, American lesbian in London!" You can listen to some past shows free thru iTunes (search "Denise & Donna" in Podcasts) or from her website (www.MyLesbianRadio.com/podcasts