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Title: Top 10: Trans widow continued her fight
Post by: Shana A on December 30, 2011, 08:21:01 AM
Top 10: Trans widow continued her fight
Posted on 29 Dec 2011 at 5:00pm

http://www.dallasvoice.com/top-10-trans-widow-continued-fight-1097680.html (http://www.dallasvoice.com/top-10-trans-widow-continued-fight-1097680.html)

No. 8

The Texas Constitution defines marriage as between one man and one woman, but how will the state define "man" and "woman"?

Transgender marriage cases in Dallas and Houston could force the Texas Supreme Court — or even the U.S. Supreme Court — to ultimately decide the thorny issue.

In Houston, transgender widow Nikki Araguz has appealed a district judge's ruling denying her death benefits from her late husband, Thomas Araguz III, a volunteer firefighter who was killed in the line of duty in 2010.