From The San Francisco Chronicle. I wish I could say we were taking systematic advantage of this, given the force for good that the last influx of bright and interesting Americans were, a generation ago.
On this side of the border, advocates of same-sex rights are calling it a "brain drain," while their counterparts in Canada are boasting of a "gay gain."
Since Canada's immigration law was changed in 2002 to recognize same-sex partners for immigration purposes, an ever-growing number of gay and lesbian couples have uprooted and migrated -- especially couples in which one partner is a U.S. citizen and one is not.
When immigration lawyer Michael Battista began working with lesbians and gays a decade ago, he was one of two such lawyers in Toronto and handled roughly one inquiry month from gay, binational couples. Now, he said, he receives hundreds of inquiries a year and knows at least 10 lawyers with the same specialty. The majority of his clients are Americans in relationships with foreigners.
"As long as the United States is continuing to be oppressive in their lack of sanctity of unions for gays and lesbians, then they're going to continue to lose really good citizens," said Mary Joseph, a Toronto immigration lawyer. "Your loss, our gain."
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