Nikki Araguz of Wharton, Texas (population 9,000) is suing the town where she and her husband lived: she was denied workers’ compensation benefits because she is transgender. Her husband Thomas Araguz, a volunteer firefighter, was killed while fighting a fire in 2010. A judge voided their marriage and denied death benefits because the state does not recognize same-sex marriages (this isn’t one), or recognize trans people as the gender to which they’ve transitioned. (thanks, Antinous!)