The mother of a 16 year old boy in South Carolina sued the DMV because they told him to take off his make-up while taking a photo for his license. The boy is gender conforming and wears make-up and dresses like a girl. The DMV asked him to remove his make-up because he wasn't allowed to have a "disguise" and he "didn't look like a boy should". The boy and mother felt that this was discrimination and it violated his rights to express himself.
Do you think that the DMV was right in the actions that they took?
Do you think that wearing make-up for a photo should be accepted in this situation?
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/02/justice/south-carolina-drivers-license-makeup/index.html?hpt=ju_c2
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Interesting story! Again good job overall but same as before-stay away from yes/no questions and hyperlink correctly.
I don't think it should be right for this to happen. I think people should be who they want to be. I don't think the law should be able to judge this. Wearing make-up should be acceptable because women can wear make-up so transgender people should be able to too. If the man would get arrested he is probably going to have his makeup on and it won't look like him in the picture
No I don't think that what the DMVs actions were right. There more than likely have been more than one person that had come into that office that dressed like that and they didn't have a problem with it. So to me this is something that has to happen all the time and they shouldn't pick one helpless teenager to pick on, it is his right as an American to dress as he pleases.
No but I understand why they did. I think that it should have been accepted. I don't think it is everyday that a man or a woman comes in dressed up like the opposite gender to get their drivers license. Why not just let them have their picture with it on. Why should it matter?
I feel like this situation includes discrimination.. I mean they might have some say in whether you have makeup on or not. But I think the guy should have the choice whether or not to wear makeup.
I can see how'd they would see it as a disguise, I mean they don't know if hes trying to get away with something but to say that's not how a boy should look is defiantly discrimination.
I think that the DMV has the right to ask him to remove his makeup. Maybe the DMV handled it wrong but there is mistakes made by both sides but still you should look like yourself in your License Picture without any physical changes with makeup
partially because the boy shouldn't wear makeup because he should look like himself. I do not think they should have said that he didn't look like a boy should.
Yeah it can go both ways! It was rude of them to say that.
No, they shouldn't tell people how they have to look. If its how the person is going to look most of the time then yeah.
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