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Durrie Bouscaren

Durrie Bouscaren was a general assignment reporter with Iowa Public Radio from March 2013 through July 2014.

  • Brian Mathers calls his husband, Isidro, in Mexico from his living room in Sioux City, Iowa. Brian and Isidro have been separated for more than a year by immigration laws that did not recognize their marriage.
    After DOMA Ruling, Binational Gay Couples Face New Issues
    Durrie Bouscaren
    There are an estimated 28,000 gay and lesbian binational couples in the country, and for years many have been separated by immigration laws that didn't recognize their marriage. But now that the Supreme Court struck down a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act, same-sex couples can apply for their foreign-born husbands, wives and fiancees to join them in the United States.