On the cover of his 2009 album "The Awkward Longing," Alex Davis sports a blue and yellow tracksuit jacket, clenches a small football and looks into the camera with a gentle smile. The androgynous image tells a secret, the answer of which Davis could finally admit to himself after the album's release — he needed to transition and leave his female life behind.

If you combined the soulfulness of Ben Harper, the heartbreaking honesty of Tracy Chapman and the syncopated acoustic rhythms of Ani DiFranco, you would have Bay Area musician Khalil Sullivan and his band Mad Noise.

Openly bisexual singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton releases her new album "Rabbits on the Run" on June 21, 2011. The collection of songs features a more stripped-down, unproduced sound. The performer, best known for her pop hit "A Thousand Miles," admits on a video posted on her official website that she wasn't sure she was ever going to make another album. She was moving in the direction of making music for soundtracks and had to reexamine her life before moving forward.

With so many pop stars coming out as bisexual for publicity, it's hard to separate the true queer voices from the drone of posturing princesses. We're hoping that Lady Gaga is the real deal.

No stranger to the music scene, former K’s Choice ("Not an Addict") out lead singer Sarah Bettens recently released her second solo album, "Shine".