“According to [the DMV employee] me wearing makeup would be a disguise,” the teen recalled.
Chase Culpepper, a gender non-conforming 16-year-old from South Carolina, was excited to finally get his license after passing his driver's test.
But when the teen and his mother went to take his license picture, the DMV in Anderson, S.C., told him he would have to remove his makeup first.
Chase wears makeup and androgynous or women's clothing.
The DMV employee told Chase that he "could not wear a disguise" to take his license picture, he told WYFF4, because he "did not look like a boy."
"According to her, me wearing makeup would be a disguise," he recalled.
Although Chase ultimately took his makeup off for the photo (bottom right), he said he now regrets changing his look and wants to retake his photo, which the agency will not allow.
"It was very degrading and I felt I was in shock," he said.
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