Posted on 09/03/2014 12:46:31 AM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Federal discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of gender non-conforming teen forced by DMV to remove his makeup for driver's license photo
A 16-year-old South Carolinian is suing the state's Department of Motor Vehicles for not allowing him to wear makeup for a driver's license photo.
Chase Culpepper, who was born male, regularly wears eye shadow and eyeliner, and either androgynous or women's clothing. The teen does not identify with gender-specific pronouns.
Culpepper told reporters Tuesday that being ordered by officials to remove what they called a ‘disguise’ was humiliating.
The lawsuit filed on Culpepper’s behalf by the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund in federal court today said the DMV violated the teen's rights.
Back in March, the state agency refused to let Culpepper wear makeup for the photo because of a policy that bans license pictures when someone is purposefully altering his or her appearance.
The 16-year-old, who had passed his driving test, was forced to wipe his face clean to get his license.
The TLDEF stated in a press release that the DMV’s rule is unconstitutional because it is vague and arbitrary.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I want everyone here to start thinking about how we can bring about a national divorce. I don’t want to live with these people any more and I’ll bet I’m not alone.
Unfortunately, I think we both know how a “national divorce” will take place, and it won’t be pretty.
Goths an’ Emos half rightsssz!
You have to break some eggs to make an omelet. Would you rather it continue like this? Bakers, wedding planners and florists sued and forced to provide goods & services to that which violates the tenets of their religion? Bradley Manning demanding sex reassignment surgery from inside the walls of a US penitentiary? Mass murder/jihad called “workplace violence” because we mustn’t offend Islam? Show trials of white people who had the gall to defend themselves? The knockout game in almost every hamlet and city in the country? I could go on and on, but you get my point.
Mrs. Culpepper said the DMV policy had ruined what should have been an exciting day for the teenager. “Instead, he was singled out and discriminated against because he did not meet the DMV’s expectations of how a boy should look,” she told Pink News.No mention of Mr. Culpepper anywhere. Where is the father?
“I want my son to be able to be himself without discrimination or harassment. I love him that way and the government should not be telling him that he’s not OK the way he is.” …
Rotten eggs cannot an omelet make.
do they? are we sure about that?
Kid’s got right to be a fruit, I guess.
And I’ve got a right not to like it.
I wonder how the Govt. justifies this when they want everything “equal”.
If they are to be consistent then old ladies must be required to shave for their DL pictures!
And with you 100%. It’s just going to be a knock down, drag out divorce. Check my profile to see what side I’m going to be on. I’m so sick and tired of perverts, illegals, and criminals espousing their “rights” over normal people.
That’s why we need to shove the rotten eggs into another pan.
Better yet, throw them in the garbage.
Arm yourself
oh im wondering how he would feel at 40 should he look back upon those pics of him dressed up like a bad hooker.... the DMV did him a favor...
frankly putting them on the web might have been better to shake him out of his stupor
You’re not alone, and I’m willing to sign on for a class action if necessary.
The rule of no disguises should be applied equally to both genders. Women can change their faces dramatically by lac querying it with makeup. Everyone should be required to look clean and and natural.
In 1861 it was called secession.
“The state said you couldn’t get a state issued license while purposefully altering the way you look. PERIOD!! If you and you “son” don’t like those rules, he shouldn’t get a license in that state!! PERIOD!!”
The South Carolina DMV will lose this case as Culpepper’s legal team will cite the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment as the DMV does not apply their makeup rule to both genders.
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