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After performing at Open Mike nights as a solo musician, Soloway began producing a series of Rock Opera s that were performed at Club Passim . She started with the minimalist ''The Principle and the Pauper'', which was followed by ''Jesus Has Two Mommies'' (the title refers to the controversial children's book '' Heather Has Two Mommies ''), which featured such notable Boston folk musicians as Catie Curtis , Jennifer Kimball , and Mary Gauthier . This was followed by ''Miss Folk America'' (which featured what became one of Soloway's signature songs, '' Queer in Revere '' and ''Debbie Does Falcon Ridge '', both of which Parodied the folk scene. In 2000 , Soloway produced ''Miss Folk America'' at the Somerville Theater, a larger venue. In 2005, Soloway and company are mounting a production of ''The F Word'', a parody of the television show '' The L Word ''. Soloway's lone solo album, ''Training Wheels'', features her song ''Lesbo Song'', which is at once a statement of her Sexuality and a tweaking of the earnest, humorless stereotype of Women's Music . Her song ''Sister's Boyfriend'' was featured on the ''Respond'' compilation, a benefit for Domestic Violence causes. She continues to perform with her band, the Faith Soloway Crisis. Soloway's partner, writer Harlyn Aizley , wrote a book entitled ''Buying Dad'' about the couple's efforts to conceive a child via Artificial Insemination (their daughter Betsy was born in 2003 ). Soloway wrote an essay, ''Betsy Loves Bobbies'', that will appear in a forthcoming Anthology edited by Aizley, ''The Other Mother: Tales from the Lesbian Home-front, or, Nonbiological Mothers Tell All''. DISCOGRAPHY
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