At LiveJournal, I opted to sign in with my Videntity Open ID instead of using my local account. Everything worked great, I was redirected to Videntity, there I logged in, and was then redirected back to LiveJournal as my OpenID identity.
However, when I clicked on 'Manage My Account' at LiveJournal, I saw the following

Because my account at LiveJournal was virtual, there was no email that would have been validated through the normal registration process. When I clicked on the 'Not Validated' string, I saw this

This is of course in no way specific to OpenID but just reflects how LiveJournal's account management mechanisms assumed an old-style account in which I would have supplied an email at registration.
If I had instead supplied my email to Videntity, then (assuming I authorized its release) it could have been passed to LiveJournal and there would have been a validated email for me (albeit validated by Videntity) for LiveJournal to display.
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