Eight-year-old Ava and her 4-year-old brother Jaidon have two moms: Theresa Volpe (second left) is “mommy” and Mercedes Santos (second right) is “mama”.
Theresa and Mercedes have been together for over 20 years. In 2002 they decided to find an anonymous sperm donor so they could have children, and in 2011 they were united by a civil union. Now they are fighting to get same-sex marriage passed into law in Illinois.