Keith is Hot Slut of the Day on DListed.com
Keith Kimmel, an Oklahoma college student who is fighting for his right to drive around with an "IM GAY" license plate.
28-year-old Keith is battling it out with the Oklahoma Tax Commission after they rejected his bid for a personalized "IM GAY" vanity plate. They didn't reject the tag because it was already taken by Anita Bryant. No, they rejected it because they said it was "offensive."
Keith and his "Where's Waldo's Gay Cousin" beanie are not going to take this matter lying down. Keith and his lawyer plans to fight until the end. The Oklahoman reports:
"I want to tell people who I am and what I am. I’m proud of it. I’m openly gay. I’m not hiding,” said Keith Kimmel, 28, of Norman. "What better way to tell everybody than to put it on the back of a car?”
The Oklahoma Tax Commission turned Kimmel down last year because of an internal rule against special license tags that "may be offensive to the general public.”
Kimmel points out officials allowed tags such as STR8FAN and STR8SXI. "They defended using ‘straight sexy.’ … They didn’t think that one was inappropriate but yet ‘I’m gay’ is. I think it’s kind of a double standard,” said Kimmel, a political science/pre-law student at Oklahoma City Community College.
Even though I'm about to call in an emergency team (i.e. a group of cholas, a dozen tweezers, a pack of Sharpies, and a tub of wax) to handle Keith's dreadful MAN DOWN CODE 10 eyebrow situation, I'm all about his cause. An "IM GAY" license plate is too much for innocent eyes, but a "LUVGAGA" (which I saw in CA for a few months ago) license plate is not?!
And if for some reason Keith loses the battle, there's other ways he can declare his gayness on a license plate. He should submit "REESEBF" or "PEENLVR." Or he can just drive around town with me in the passenger seat. That will pretty much let everyone know.
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