Teen sues DMV after being told to remove makeup

[KamaAina]

https://news.yahoo.com/teen-sues-dmv-being-told-remove-makeup-164005963.html

A 16-year-old in South Carolina sued the state's Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday because the agency won't allow him to take a driver's license photo wearing makeup.

Chase Culpepper regularly wears makeup and either androgynous or women's clothing. During a news conference Tuesday at the Statehouse in Columbia, he told reporters that being ordered by officials to remove what they called a disguise was degrading....

After passing his driving test in March, Culpepper went to get his license at a DMV office in Anderson, about 100 miles northwest of Columbia. That day, as is the case every day, Culpepper wore makeup and women's clothing.

But the agency wouldn't let Culpepper wear makeup for a photo because of a policy that bans license pictures when someone is purposefully altering his or her appearance. After several attempts, Culpepper says the makeup was removed to the satisfaction of DMV employees, and a license photo was ultimately taken.

[hlthe2b]

1. DMV wouldn't even let me wear a scarf around my neck....

I'm guessing this is in preparation for Big Brother's ultimate nation-wide face recognition capabilities...

[Kalidurga]

2. Silly DMV

If he normally wears makeup taking the makeup off is a more significant altering of his appearance. For example, the actress who plays Mimi if I had never seen a picture of her and passed her on the street, I would not recognize her. It is likely the same for Chase. He looks fabulous btw, any who I don't think I would recognize him without his makeup if I had only seen him in makeup. By their logic anyone who colors their hair or gets a gods forbid different hair cut or loses a significant amount of weight (very deliberate and very difficult to alter your appearance this way) gets plastic surgery, etc should have to change those things back to get their drivers licence. I would be really mad if I had to put that 60 pounds back on to drive J/K I am pretty sure they wouldn't make anyone do that right?