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" Update, 4/23: Chase, who has started identifying as a transgender girl, won her battle with the DMV, The Los Angeles Times reports. She can take a new driver&amp;#039;s license photo with whatever hairstyle, makeup, and outfit she wants, and the area DMV has to overhaul its policies when it comes to gender sensitivity. &amp;quot;I am thrilled with the outcome of my lawsuit,&amp;quot; she said in a statement. &amp;quot;My clothing and makeup reflect who I am. [...] It was hurtful to be singled out for being transgender and made to feel that somehow I wasn&amp;#039;t good enough.&amp;quot;    Chase Culpepper: &amp;quot;Today is a very good day. What happened to me was wrong, it was hurtful.&amp;quot; @wis10 #sctweets pic.twitter.com/SoCk9g6igs \u2014 Will Whitson WIS (@WillWhitsonWIS) April 22, 2015   Original post, 9/2: Getting your driver&amp;#039;s license is a major milestone for many teens. But when one high schooler passed the driver&amp;#039;s test this June, the result was humiliating. Chase Culpepper was told wearing makeup for a driver&amp;#039;s license pic was not allowed, because it was a &amp;quot;disguise.&amp;quot; Chase was born male and now identifies as gender nonconforming and does not use a gender-specific pronoun. The 16-year-old frequently wears makeup and androgynous or feminine clothing. The South Carolina DMV wouldn&amp;#039;t let Chase wear makeup because of its policy banning photos in which the person is purposefully changing his or her appearance. Chase&amp;#039;s mom, along with the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, is suing the DMV on behalf of the teen, saying the policy is &amp;quot;sex discrimination and violates his right to free speech and expression.&amp;quot; They also say the policy is too arbitrary, because lots of people wear makeup for their pics without being stopped\u2014they just happen to be born women. The lawsuit came after the DMV did not respond to a letter asking the organization to let Chase retake the license photo. And Chase is taking up the fight to be recognized, makeup and all. &amp;quot;I just want the freedom to be who I am without the DMV telling me that I&amp;#039;m somehow not good enough,&amp;quot; Chase said in a statement.  MORE: Model Chantelle Brown-Young Was Bullied Because of Her Vitiligo\u2014And Now She&amp;#039;s Using Her Story To Help Other Girls Teen Wolf Star Holland Roden: &amp;quot;Sexy Means Wearing Whatever Makes You Feel Badass&amp;quot; 5 Confidence Secrets From &amp;quot;All About That Bass&amp;quot; Singer Meghan Trainor! Photo Credit: Facebook/SupportChaseCulpepper "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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