Transgender widow whose firefighter husband died in blaze fights for his benefit

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Transgender widow whose firefighter husband died in blaze fights for his benefits as she celebrates marriage to new partner

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2425805/Nikki-Araguz-Transgender-widow-firefighter-husband-died-blaze-takes-fight-benefits-appeals-court-celebrates-marriage-new-partner.html 🔗
9/19/13
By Daily Mail Reporters


A transgender widow of a Texas firefighter who died in a blaze is taking her fight for his benefits to an appeals court after it was ruled that their marriage was not legally binding.

Nikki Araguz, who celebrated a wedding ceremony with her second husband this week, was married to volunteer firefighter Thomas Araguz when he died while fighting a fire three years ago.

She says she's entitled to the Wharton County firefighter's death benefits as she had changed her gender on her birth certificate and they were married in 2008.