"Starting in 1999, the pension laws have applied to same-sex couples, and then there was the legalization of gay marriage. As a result, the number of homoparental families increases every year." (Shutterstock.com)

MONTREAL – Six years after gay marriage was legalized in Quebec, there is a marked increase in the number of same-sex couples who have decided to have children. In Quebec, some 1400 children have two dads or two moms.

According to data obtained from the Régie des rentes du Québec (RRQ), at the end of 2008 there were 1386 children living in “homoprental” families, a number that has been increasing steadily since 2001. Back then, only 201 children were living with a same-sex couple as their parents.

Of that number, nearly 80% of the 950 known homoparental families in 2008 were composed of two moms, and just under 200 were composed of two dads.

According to the governmental agency, this increase is directly ascribable to the equal rights same-sex couples have gained in the past ten or so years.

“It follows the legislation,” commented the RRQ spokesperson, Herman Huot. “Starting in 1999, the pension laws have applied to same-sex couples, and then there was the legalization of gay marriage. As a result, the number of homoparental families increases every year.”

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MONTREAL – Six years after gay marriage was legalized in Quebec, there is a marked increase in the number of same-sex couples who have decided to have children. In Quebec, some 1400 children have two dads or two moms. According to data obtained from the Régie des rentes du Québec (RRQ), at the end of [...]