Twenty one-year-old Alexandra Glover, a young trans woman, was denied a driver’s license at the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles for not appearing “enough” like a male.
Should the teen have been forced to take off his makeup ? Transgender Teen Sues South Carolina DMV For Removing His Makeup Via Gawker reports: A South Carolina 16-year-old is suing the state Department of Motor Vehicles, claiming he was told to remove his makeup before he could have his driver’s license photo taken. Chase Culpepper wears makeup and women’s clothing nearly every day, and identifies as gender non-conforming. The teen says he was told he couldn’t get his driver’s license unless he posed for a clean-faced photo, because his makeup could be considered a “disguise.” “They said he was wearing a disguise,” said Chase’s mom, Teresa Culpepper, who filed suit on his behalf, “It was very hurtful. He was absolutely devastated. That’s who he is 24/7.” The lawsuit (PDF), which names the director of the South Carolina DMV and the manager of the Anderson, S.C., branch where Chase got his license, asks that Chase be allowed to retake his photo with the makeup on. A DMV spokesperson told WYFF that the employees followed a policy that’s been in place since 2009. It reads, “At no time will an applicant be photographed when it appears that he or she is purposely altering his or her appearance so that the photo would misrepresent his or her identity.” Chase and his mom say it’s the photo without makeup that misrepresents his identity. Their lawsuit also seeks to have that policy changed, claiming it’s unconstitutionally overboard and gives too much discretion to DMV employees. It’s 2014 and gender-nonconforming people are going to be a lot more common. These government agencies had better get used to it. Do you think the teen should of had to remove his makeup?
We may have fixed the sulfuric acid rain, that destroyed forests, killed fish and ate concrete, but now we have a new problem. Nitric acid from car emissions, coal plant emissions and our highly industrialized farming techniques. Talk about altering our environment to suit ourselves…(in another thread) From the article: “Overall, coal-fired power plants and motor vehicles spew out most of the nation’s nitrogen oxides, the feedstock for nitric acid rain. But a good deal of it also comes from the agricultural sector in the form of ammonia (NH3), which bacteria can convert to nitric acid on the ground.” http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sour-showers added by: csmonut
Filed under: Lindsay Lohan , Celebrity Justice TMZ has learned Lindsay Lohan just rolled down to the Santa Monica Department of Motor Vehicles … in an effort to get her life back on the road. Lohan’s license had been suspended — and the actress rolled in today so she could apply to get it back.… Read more
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