I don't know if any of you know Chiara a.k.a. cmcmck, but she asked her friends still on LJ to post this for her:

I apologize for having vanished without so much as a farewell.

This is not what I would have wished.

As you'll appreciate, given what you know of my background, I could not in all conscience sign up to LJ's new ToS given what's going on in Russia with regard to LGBT and with domestic violence.

I couldn't get on to say goodbye nor even to delete the account. In truth, I wonder about the legalities of that!

Ten years of LJ down the tubes, just like that.

I had the Russian language ToS translated for me by someone who knows and just....no.

The day after they introduced the new ToS, LJ also introduced new rules about posting LGBT content and insisting it was 'adult'. Also no. I'm not going to prevent the odd desperate kid reading what I have to say about being trans.

I can still be found on DW under the same username and you're welcome to find me if you wish.

I've enjoyed your company and I hope to keep in touch with most of you.

I'll miss you all. :o(

I don't know how I missed it, but I never realized one's posts could be 'shared,' but that the 'sharer' can rewrite your post however they like. either making it say something completely different with your name on it, or taking your name off and claiming it as their own. Old news, but very much not cool. So, I've set this beast to Friends Only. Again. OK, not because of major drama this time, but, honestly, I'm not here often enough to police it, and I feel more comfortable this way. Drop a line to be added, assuming anyone out there is still even reading......

			She is: aggravated