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Title: Born a boy, but fighting for death benefits as widow
Post by: Shana A on August 11, 2010, 08:54:55 AM
Post by: Shana A on August 11, 2010, 08:54:55 AM
Born a boy, but fighting for death benefits as widow
By Kathryn Watson
The Washington Times
8:35 p.m., Tuesday, August 10, 2010
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/10/born-boy-but-fighting-for-death-benefits-as-widow/ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/10/born-boy-but-fighting-for-death-benefits-as-widow/)
Gay marriage aside, can someone born a man also be eligible for the rights of a wife and a widow?
That is what courts in Texas are trying to determine in the case of Nikki Araguz, a transgendered person who was born as Justin Purdue and is being barred from spending or collecting the death benefits of her husband, Capt. Thomas Araguz, a 30-year-old firefighter killed in the line of duty July 4.
The case, which transgender advocates hope will result in the overturning of a Texas law that says a person's sex is defined at birth, immediately concerns about $600,000 in survivor benefits, with Nikki Araguz on one side and Simona Longoria, the mother of Capt. Araguz, on the other.
By Kathryn Watson
The Washington Times
8:35 p.m., Tuesday, August 10, 2010
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/10/born-boy-but-fighting-for-death-benefits-as-widow/ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/10/born-boy-but-fighting-for-death-benefits-as-widow/)
Gay marriage aside, can someone born a man also be eligible for the rights of a wife and a widow?
That is what courts in Texas are trying to determine in the case of Nikki Araguz, a transgendered person who was born as Justin Purdue and is being barred from spending or collecting the death benefits of her husband, Capt. Thomas Araguz, a 30-year-old firefighter killed in the line of duty July 4.
The case, which transgender advocates hope will result in the overturning of a Texas law that says a person's sex is defined at birth, immediately concerns about $600,000 in survivor benefits, with Nikki Araguz on one side and Simona Longoria, the mother of Capt. Araguz, on the other.
Title: Video – Born a boy, but fighting for death benefits as widow
Post by: Natasha on August 14, 2010, 01:27:13 AM
Post by: Natasha on August 14, 2010, 01:27:13 AM
Video – Born a boy, but fighting for death benefits as widow
http://purestrange.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/video-born-a-boy-but-fighting-for-death-benefits-as-widow/ (http://purestrange.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/video-born-a-boy-but-fighting-for-death-benefits-as-widow/)
8/13/10
Gay marriage aside, can someone born a man also be eligible for the rights of a wife and a widow?
That is what courts in Texas are trying to determine in the case of Nikki Araguz, a transgendered person who was born as Justin Purdue and is being barred from spending or collecting the death benefits of her husband, Capt. Thomas Araguz, a 30-year-old firefighter killed in the line of duty July 4.
The case, which transgender advocates hope will result in the overturning of a Texas law that says a person's sex is defined at birth, immediately concerns about $600,000 in survivor benefits, with Nikki Araguz on one side and Simona Longoria, the mother of Capt. Araguz, on the other.
http://purestrange.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/video-born-a-boy-but-fighting-for-death-benefits-as-widow/ (http://purestrange.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/video-born-a-boy-but-fighting-for-death-benefits-as-widow/)
8/13/10
Gay marriage aside, can someone born a man also be eligible for the rights of a wife and a widow?
That is what courts in Texas are trying to determine in the case of Nikki Araguz, a transgendered person who was born as Justin Purdue and is being barred from spending or collecting the death benefits of her husband, Capt. Thomas Araguz, a 30-year-old firefighter killed in the line of duty July 4.
The case, which transgender advocates hope will result in the overturning of a Texas law that says a person's sex is defined at birth, immediately concerns about $600,000 in survivor benefits, with Nikki Araguz on one side and Simona Longoria, the mother of Capt. Araguz, on the other.