Nikki Araguz

In 1987, an Ohio probate court made a ruling preventing a trans woman from marrying. The effects dragged on for 25 years.

Christie Lee Littleton fought to be recognized as her late husband’s widow.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Texas appeals court on Thursday overturned a judge’s ruling that had voided the marriage of a transgender widow whose firefighter husband died battling a blaze.

HOUSTON — The transgender widow of a Texas firefighter, whom a judge ruled in 2011 was not entitled to her late husband’s death benefits because she was born a man, is now challenging Texas law once more by attempting to get married again.