Queer Teen Not Allowed to Wear Makeup for License Photo

A gender non-conforming teen was told on March 3 that he was not allowed to wear makeup while he got his photo taken for his driver’s license at the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, the Huffington Post reports.

Chase Culpepper, 16, who wears makeup and androgynous or girls’ clothing, went to the DMV in Anderson, S.C., in March with his mother to get his driver’s license photo taken after he passed his driver’s test, says a press release obtained by HuffPost. He was reportedly told he could not be photographed wearing makeup.

According to the release, DMV workers said that Culpepper did not look the way they believe a boy should with one employee calling his makeup a "disguise." The teen ended up removing his makeup and got his photo taken but was upset over the incident.
Full story here via Edge!