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HOUSTON — The family of a southeast Texas firefighter killed in a July 4 blaze is suing to void his marriage to his transgender widow.
The mother of Thomas Araguz III wants to prevent his widow, Nikki Araguz, from collecting any of his death benefits because she was born a man and Texas doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages.
But the widow said Thursday that their two-year marriage was not a fraud.
The Wharton Volunteer Fire Department captain died while fighting a blaze at an egg farm in Boling, about 55 miles southwest of Houston.
