NEW YORK -- After months of advocacy, Lambda Legal announced the Social Security Administration (SSA) paid Robina Asti, a 92-year-old transgender woman, the survivor benefits she was denied after her husband's death.
The agency erroneously denied her benefits after it determined that she was "legally male" at the time of their marriage despite all the legal documents to the contrary.
"I?m glad that Social Security finally came to its senses. I hope this means that other people won't have to experience this."
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