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7:00 PM EST

“Are You A Girl or A Boy”? Well, if every picture tells a story, this one is a doosey. Temptress looks like a model and sings like a sailor—and the band is tighter than her butt. Temptress plays an outrageous rock n roll crying game that has fans across the country screaming for more.

It’s part Rocky Horror Show, part La Cage Au Faux, and it’s total Rock and Roll. If you’re lucky, you may just see ShElvis, the Transvelvis. Rumors have it that the popular Off-Broadway musical play, Hedwig and the Angry Inch was modeled after the life, music, and escapades of Temptress and the band.

In addition to vocalist/guitarist "Temptress", the band features lead guitarist Bob Valderrama, bassist Frank Malabe and drummer Ed Torres. To support the visual show Temptress fronts with two sexy go-go dancer/backing vocalist, Miss Behavin and Miss Demeanor, Temptress refers to as the “Nasty Habits”, helping visualize the music with multiple costume changes and choreographed dance skits.

Temptress has come a long way since their Halloween debut in a Boston nightclub.. They hold the World’s Record for playing before the most people in a single day, resulting from a series of live shows in front of over 2.6 Million New Yorkers on Halloween, 1997. They literally stopped traffic on the streets between appearances on Howard Stern, Regis and Kathy Lee, and their triumphant performance at the Greenwich Village Halloween parade.

This blush brusher recently played a national sporting goods convention in Atlanta, hosted by Nike and Pepsi. They also inked a deal for a nationally distributed six-part comic book series, and their merchandising line of ultra-trashy lingerie is selling at every Temptress concert. The only drag: getting used to wearing his/her girlfriend's pantyhose. "I need it for genital management" says Temptress with a friendly smile.

Lead singer "Temptress" understands well the secrets of the bands’ success. "Before we were just musicians. Now we're in show business.” “Temptress brings rock back to its roots--driving, powerful music with a show that kicks ass—literally”, says Temptress. Temptress has been seen on virtually every talk show there is, from Sally to Jenny Jones to Howard Stern. And remarkably, she’s one of the few guests that Jerry Springer didn’t sleep with.

When asked of future plans, Temptress responded with “ We are touring heavy to support of new record, called Wizard of Odd”. Then followed with “ I think then I’ll design my own line of Temptress fashions, after all if these clothes look this good on me, imagine how good they’d look on a real girl” Now there’s a marketing angle sure to please the fashion industry. Temptress is certainly a visual extravaganza with great music that guarantees a good time for all.

Marisa J. Richmond, Ph.D.

8:00 PM EST

Marisa is the President of the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition and she also serves on Board of Directors of the National Center for Transgender Equality.

She has previously served on the Boards of American Educational Gender Information Service (Board Chair from 1996 to 1999), the International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), National Transgender Advocacy Coalition, Tennessee Equality Project, and both the Tennessee Vals and Rainbow Community Center in Nashville. In 2006, she served the Statewide Field Coordinator for the Vote No on 1 Campaign.

She served as the Co-Chair of Southern Comfort Conference in 2001, chaired the host committee for the Tennessee Waltz, the 2002 IFGE Convention in Nashville, and in 2004, she served on the planning committee for Nashville Black Pride.

In February 2008, she became a columnist for Triangle Journal News in Memphis and, since April 2006, she has been a regular panelist on Out & About Today on News Channel 5+ in Nashville. Previously, she was a columnist for Out & About Nashville and the author of Casa Marisa, a monthly column in Transgender Community News.

During the 2002 IFGE convention in Nashville, she was a recipient of the Trinity Award for contributions to the Transgender Community. In 2005, she was named a Vagina Warrior for Nashville, in 2007, she accepted the Equality Award from the Human Rights Campaign since they were still pretending to fight for equal rights for all GLBT people, and in 2008, she was named the Chairwoman's Icon Award winner from Baltimore Black Pride.

Also in 2008, she became to first openly transgender person to win an election in Tennessee when she was elected,on Super Tuesday, to the Davidson County Democratic Party Executive Committee. One month later, she became the first African American, transgender person to be elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention from any state.

Marisa has three degrees, all in U.S. History. Her A.B. is from Harvard University, her M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Ph.D. from George Washington University. She currently teaches history at Middle Tennessee State University.

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Denise Leclair, Executive Director of the International Foundation for Gender Education.

Gunner Scott - Executive Director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition.

Nancy Nangeroni, Gordene MacKenzie and Raving Raven

Lisa Gilinger sings a song she wrote for Ethan called "On the Radio."

Jenny Boylan sings Christmas carols a talks about Family,

Jennifer Leitham on Christmas Day

This is THE only conference this year sponsored by the IFGE – Don't be fooled!!