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’m sure they will win because the Federales are always right!
Again it all comes down to the 14th Amendment and how it and its Equal Protection Clause has been bastardized and abused for the last fifty years.
Does anyone really believe that that those who ratified the 14th Amendment intended for it to force South Carolina to be required to grant driver licenses to transgendered boys who insist on wearing make-up while having their digital photo taken by the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles?
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