Lost Boys & Fairies creator reveals ‘extraordinary’ impact of BBC gay adoption series

Daf James, the creator of the BBC’s recent three-part drama about gay adoption, Lost Boys & Fairies, has shared some of the “extraordinary” ways the series has impacted queer people across the UK.

Speaking to PinkNews as he was named as one-to-watch in this year’s BAFTA Breakthrough initiative, Daf James explained that the show has led to some queer couples considering adoption, and changed other’s minds about queer people’s right to parent.

Lost Boys & Fairies starred Hawkeye’s Fra Fee and Slow Horses’ Siôn Daniel Young as gay couple Andy and Gabriel, who are going through the process of adoption. 

Yet the show honed in on drag performer Gabriel – or Gabe, as he’s known – and his past experiences with drug addition, chemsex, and growing up with a difficult

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