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doxydad

(1,363 posts) Wed Jun 18, 2014, 10:18 AM Jun 2014

DMV forces teen to remove makeup before getting his license [View all]

The teen recalled, “It was very degrading and I felt, I was in shock.” As reported by WYFF News 4, Culpepper considers himself gender non-conforming and wears girl’s clothing and make-up daily.

Teresa Culpepper, Chase’s mom, said told WHNS she felt, “Angry, upset, heartbroken that my government was telling my son, ‘You must conform to our ideals of what a man should look like.’”

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/dmv-forces-teen-to-remove-makeup-before-getting-license-211807943.html

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DMV forces teen to remove makeup before getting his license [View all] doxydad Jun 2014 OP

I despise that Yahoo puts this in 'odd' and 'weird' news. Fuck Yahoo. CurtEastPoint Jun 2014 #1

How can they add him to the face recognition database? woodsprite Jun 2014 #2

A great kid and a great Mom theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #3

Well if he goes around like that all the time pipi_k Jun 2014 #4

Petty bureaucrats will be petty bureaucrats. MineralMan Jun 2014 #5

I thought you had to remove makeup for a license photo regardless Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2014 #6

oh hell no! n/t freeplessinseattle Jun 2014 #7

I just had my DL photo taken with my hair in a braid LadyHawkAZ Jun 2014 #8

Not in Mass pipi_k Jun 2014 #9

Maybe FL is different? Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2014 #14

Hopefully some women from FL will chime in. redqueen Jun 2014 #19

Well, judging from the other information presented in this thread... Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2014 #28

Could be... pipi_k Jun 2014 #25

How did Florida come up? The teen in the OP is in South Carolina csziggy Jun 2014 #32

I'm from FL... Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2014 #34

I should have looked up thread! csziggy Jun 2014 #35

That ad is great... Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2014 #37

Nope gollygee Jun 2014 #11

You have to remove makeup to the point where you can be readily identified... Scratchem Jun 2014 #13

Nope. I've never been asked to remove makeup. redqueen Jun 2014 #15

No kcr Jun 2014 #38

Disgraceful. I'd agree with the DMV if we are talking full face paint...but not the case here. nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #10

Passport Photos otohara Jun 2014 #12

I wore makeup for mine. nt redqueen Jun 2014 #16

That's not mentioned on the consular bureau page Gormy Cuss Jun 2014 #17

Next Time My Son otohara Jun 2014 #24

Now there's well reasoned response. Gormy Cuss Jun 2014 #27

The rules say the photo should reflect your current appearence Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #29

I renewed my passport 2 years ago, and I have permanent eyeliner, and also Zorra Jun 2014 #21

Excessive Makeup & More otohara Jun 2014 #23

The State Dept makes the rules, those are bits of advice from Kodak, which does not. Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #30

my dl pictures are so fricken awful--a bit a make up would have helped dembotoz Jun 2014 #18

Men look good in eyeliner redqueen Jun 2014 #20

Egyptians invented it as a sun blocker csziggy Jun 2014 #33

That's discrimination, end of story. If women can wear makeup in their DL photo, Zorra Jun 2014 #22

agreed La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #36

I guess they want one to look like the typical stereotyped manly man, often gross. This is RKP5637 Jun 2014 #26

South Carolina. They'd go berserk trying to deal with the facial alterations, tattoos, cosmetics and Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #31