A critically acclaimed documentary of this year is continuing to screen around the country and is currently set to screen at the Philadelphia Q-Fest and Outfest – Los Angeles. TWO documents the 12-year journey of songwriter Desmond Child and his partner of 24-years, Curtis Shaw and how they connected with the woman who carried their twin sons. During this time of progression for the LGBT community within the United States, real life stories like this one help show the world that families come in all different forms.

Father Curtis Shaw wrote more about the film for Huffington Post:

Our emotional film, which is narrated by Roman and Nyro (11 years old), features a cameo appearance by their godfather Jon Bon Jovi and by family friend Deepak Chopra. TWO won the Audience Favorite Award for U.S. Documentary at the Nashville Film Festival this past April where it played to two sold-out audiences of movie-lovers, media and friends, and also won the HBO ‘Home Town Hero Award’ for director Heather Winters at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. From preconception through the boys’ first 10 years, TWO is the personal and powerful story of how our lives became inextricably woven together in magical and unexpected ways. TWO is testament to the universal power and ultimate triumph of love — that it is love that makes a family, affirming modern families may be modern in their making, but timelessly human at their core. We’re just living our lives day by day, having the same ups and downs as any other family, but we have an interesting perspective… our kids don’t see any difference between our family and their friend’s families. We know that all parents want the same things for their children… to be happy, to live a life full of purpose and full of compassion, kindness and love.

Roman and Nyro were born in Miami Beach, Fla., but now call Nashville, Tenn., home. My partner, Desmond Child is one of the world’s most successful songwriters (‘Livin on a Prayer,’ ‘Waking Up in Vegas,’ ‘Dude Looks Like a Lady’ and ‘Livin’ La Vida Loca’) and can really choose to work anywhere, but Nashville is where we’ve chosen to live and where we’ve built a supportive, diverse community of friends. Even when we’ve ventured out of our protected ‘circle of safety’ into the local youth-sporting community, we have discovered that the people here support diversity and recognize us as a family as legitimate as any other.

The Disney Channel is currently casting to fill a role of a their first LGBT characters. This is monumental for the company who has typically distanced themselves from anything that could prove to be controversial. TV Guide reports that a 2014 episode of Good Luck Charlie will include a lesbian couple:

In the storyline, parents Amy and Bob Duncan (Leigh-Allyn Baker and Eric Allan Kramer) set up a playdate for preschooler Charlie (Mia Talerico) and one of her new friends. When the kid arrives, the Duncans learn that Charlie’s pal has two moms. That’s fine, but the potential new friendship is put to the test as one mom chats with Amy, and the other is stuck listening to Bob’s dull stories.

The playdate is actually the secondary story in the episode, as much of the action will center on Teddy (Bridgit Mendler) and her best friend Ivy, as Ivy prepares to head off to college.

But Disney Channel understands the groundbreaking nature of featuring a same-sex couple on one of its sitcoms and took extra care in crafting the episode. “This particular storyline was developed under the consultancy of child development experts and community advisors,” a Disney Channel spokesperson says. “Like all Disney Channel programming, it was developed to be relevant to kids and families around the world and to reflect themes of diversity and inclusiveness.

Producers are currently casting the couple, with production set for next week. Because the episode will be a part of Good Luck Charlie‘s final season, the characters are only expected to appear in this one episode. Regardless, this is a huge step forward for LGBT visibility in children’s programming.