About Barbie



Hello..

I am 24 years old living in the Southernmost tip of Texas, I am a sanguine vampire awakened since the age of 12, or 6th grade. I am the co-editor of the Vampire Church Newsletter, and have been actively involved with the Vampire Church since August of 2000. I was made council in October of 2001 and have been working with the Newsletter since then. I am the Managing Director of the Texas Vampire Association which is headed by Damien Daville. I began in that role a few months ago and have seen it grow. I do not spend much time in the offline community due to the relative remoteness of where I live however, I do try to keep contact with other vampires in my area.

Eternal
Barbie



Question: With all the naming of 'I am this type of vampire', do you feel this causes a rift in the way we handle each other?

Hello all!

I have been put in some weird positions with being a sanguine vampire, and unfortunately, there are people who handle my vampirism in a very negative way. Mostly what I have found is that sometimes, there are a few who BELIEVE that they know exactly what sanguine vampirism entails are usually mistaken.

Misconceptions are worse when it involves only blood, and it's a very sad thing, as much as we try to change people's minds, there are those who will argue, push certain beliefs, claim you aren't really a vampire, but a blood fetishist, etc, to make it seem like it's just an image. Because of certain groups of people who use blood as a way to get aroused, we get discriminated against. It's hard to deal with, and difficult to change people's minds about.

It's my hope that all real vampirism is called that, just vampirism, rather than pushing a title on someone just because of the type of vampire they are, that's not saying that if you're a glam vampire that you are a real vampire, just saying that if you're a real vampire, be it psy, sanguine, sexual, pranic, etc. that it all just be considered vampirism. Putting classifications on it just makes it easier for one group to discriminate against another.

Eternal,
Barbie

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