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Gay FAU Student Sues For In-State Tuition

WLRN Public Media | By Steve Rothaus - Miami Herald
Published May 20, 2014 at 2:00 PM EDT
Husbands Paul Rubio and Gildas Dousset.
Steve Rothaus
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Miami Herald
Husbands Paul Rubio and Gildas Dousset.
Husbands Paul Rubio and Gildas Dousset.
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Miami Herald
Husbands Paul Rubio and Gildas Dousset.

The French husband of a lifelong South Florida man has sued Florida Atlantic University to recognize their 2013 Massachusetts marriage and allow him to pay in-state tuition fees.Journalism student Gildas Dousset wed Fort Lauderdale travel writer  July 25, 2013, a month after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the federal government to recognize the marriage of  and Thea Spyer.

Dousset said that if he was a woman married to Rubio, FAU would charge him $199.54 per credit hour, but that because the university does not recognize their marriage, he must pay the non-resident rate, $718.09 per credit hour.

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