Stuart and Francis

Stuart and Francis are a British gay couple best known for their social media presence. In 2021, they decided to become parents and their friend offered to act as a surrogate mother for their baby, Rio, who was born that November. Along with the surrogate mother, Sam, the pair documented the journey through pregnancy and beyond and currently have over 9,000 subscribers on YouTube and over 677,000 followers on TikTok (where their content has been liked an incredible 20 million times).

Before becoming dads, Stuart and Francis enjoyed the finer things in life thanks to their successful nutrition business — they happily admitted to going on holiday every month when they took part in a “rich holiday/poor holiday” feature in The Sun in 2020. A year later, however, they were looking to settle down a start a family. With the help of their good friend, Sam, they were able to and they began documenting the journey on social media, winning loads of followers and doing their bit to help normalise same-sex parents.