[LINK] "Evidence of Leelah Alcorn's short life removed from Tumblr"

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Gay Star News reports on the disappearance of Leelah Alcorn's Tumblr account. All I can say is that at least her words and images were very widely shared before the account disappeared. If someone was trying to hide her, they failed.

The erasure of every trace of Leelah Alcorn's short life online continued today with the apparent removal, from Tumblr, of her 'satan's wifey' account.

It was from here, earlier this week, that the Ohio teen posted two notes shortly before her death, claiming that her parents' refusal to accept that she was transgender made it impossible for her to continue to live.

Those searching for Leelah's account are now greeted by a standard Tumblr 'not found' page, which states: 'There's nothing here. Whatever you were looking for doesn't currently exist at this address. Unless you were looking for this error page, in which case: Congrats! You totally found it.'

At time of writing, Gay Star News been unable to contact Tumblr to ask what has occurred.

However, an investigation last year revealed that Tumblr appeared to have banned a number of tags from its mobile app, including 'gay,' 'lesbian,' 'bisexual' and 'transsexual.'

They had also banned 'depression' and 'suicide.'

Leelah's last posts may have been removed either because she claimed to be transgender - or because their content related to suicide. This would not, however, explain why her entire blog, including artwork and images that she created for her sisters, has now gone.