Viviany Beleboni

Viviany Beleboni
Born (1989-07-03) 3 July 1989
Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Model

Viviany Beleboni (born in Torres on 3 July 1989) is a Brazilian actress and model.[1] She became internationally known[2] after reenacting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at the 19th São Paulo LGBTQ Pride Parade in 2015.[3][4][5][6] She wore a flower crown, suspended by her wrists on a cross, under a sign that read "Basta de homofobia" (lit. 'enough of homophobia').[7]

In 2016, also at the São Paulo LGBTQ Pride Parade, she dressed up as Lady Justice and carried a Bible and a banner that read "bancada evangélica: retrocesso" (lit. 'evangelical caucus: regression').[8][9][10][11] In 2017, she participated in the Pride Parade dressed in military attire, expressing criticism of the persecution of LGBTQ people in Chechnya, religious fundamentalism, and the exclusion of LGBTQ people from military service.[12][13]

Biography

Viviany Beleboni was born in the city of Torres, Rio Grande do Sul. Since childhood, Viviany suffered verbal, physical, and psychological abuse at school (from classmates) and at home (from her sister) for not conforming to gender stereotypes. During her adolescence, she imitated the singer Junior Lima in local shows and also worked as a teen model.[1]

At 17, when she came out as a gay man, she was kicked out of her house by her sister. She resorted to prostitution to survive.[1]

In Porto Alegre, she began performing as a drag queen and, influenced by trans friends, started body modifications. Viviany mentions that, unlike many trans people who first have clarity about their gender identity before altering their bodies, she underwent physical changes before fully understanding her identity, referring to herself as a "travesti by accident."[1]

Crucifixion of Jesus

On 7 June 2015, after staging the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Viviany Beleboni faced religious criticism, death threats, and transphobic attacks.[14] She suffered a knife attack as a result of the performance and stated to the press:[15][16][17]

He said that I am not of God, that I am a demon, and that I would have to pay for what I did.

That same year, she filed a lawsuit for moral damages against Marco Feliciano, which resulted in public statements condemning her participation in the Pride Parade.[14][7]

In 2016, when she dressed up as Lady Justice with a Bible,[18] she was reported by an evangelical organization and summoned to testify on charges of desecrating religious symbols.[19] That same year, Viviany Beleboni said she was beaten by five men in downtown São Paulo and did not file a police report for fear of being humiliated by the police and did not go to a hospital for fear of being mistreated.[20]

To go there only to be mistreated? To have my name ignored? Travestis have no rights whatsoever. I want to forget all of this.

— Viviany Beleboni

Despite the discontent of some religious figures, Father Júlio Lancellotti and Pastor José Barbosa Júnior washed Viviany's feet during the Walk in Memory of Laura Vermont, a trans woman murdered in 2015.[21]

In August 2020, Sikêra Júnior was initially ordered to pay 30,000 reais to the model for calling her a "disgraceful race,"[22] when he presented an image of her in 2015 as Jesus crucified on his program.[23] In November, the 16th Civil Court of São Paulo rejected one of the model's three lawsuits against Sikêra and, instead, Viviany was ordered to pay a 10% fine, later increased to 15% by the 5th Chamber of Private Law of São Paulo, which upheld the decision after the model's appeal.[24]

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 ""Não queremos destruir famílias, apenas ter os mesmos direitos"" ["We don't want to destroy families, just to have equal rights."]. CartaCapital (in Brazilian Portuguese). 17 October 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Aranda, Germán (17 June 2015). "'La cruz simboliza el sufrimiento de los gays y transexuales en Brasil'" ['The cross symbolizes the suffering of gays and transgender people in Brazil']. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Dias, Marlon Santa Maria; Machado, Alisson (7 July 2018). "A CRUCIFICAÇÃO DO CORPO TRAVESTI: A IMAGEM PROFANA NA CIRCULAÇÃO MIDIÁTICA" [THE CRUCIFIXION OF THE TRAVESTI BODY: THE PROFANE IMAGE IN MEDIA CIRCULATION]. Anais de Artigos do Seminário Internacional de Pesquisas em Midiatização e Processos Sociais (in Portuguese). 1 (2). ISSN 2675-4290.
  4. ↑ Neto, Arthur Marques de Almeida; Jr., Nilton Abranches (1 July 2015). "RELIGION, GENDER AND TERRITORY: MEDIA SPEECHES ABOUT SAO PAULO GAY PARADE/RELIGIAO, GENERO E TERRITORIO: DISCURSOS MIDIATICOS DA PARADA GAY DE SAO PAULO/RELIGION, GENERO Y TERRITORIO: DISCURSOS MIDIATICOS DEL PARADA GAY DE SAO PAULO". Espaço e Curtura (in Brazilian Portuguese) (38). Rio de Janeiro State University: 205–225. Archived from the original on 29 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Witzel, Denise Gabriel; Silveira, Andréia Aparecida Thibes dos Santos (23 July 2017). "UMA ANÁLISE DISCURSIVA DA ICONOGRAFIA DA CRUCIFICAÇÃO" [A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE CRUCIFIXION]. Revista de Letras Norte@mentos (in Portuguese). 10 (22). doi:10.30681/rln.v10i22.7210. ISSN 1983-8018.
  6. ↑ Silva, Danillo Da Conceição Pereira (13 December 2019). "O dispositivo da colonialidade de gênero no discurso transfóbico online" [The apparatus of gender coloniality in transphobic online discourse]. Raído. 13 (33): 10–27. doi:10.30612/raido.v13i33.9767. ISSN 1984-4018.
  7. 1 2 Dantas, Carolina Dantas (8 June 2015). "'Representei a dor que sentimos', diz transexual 'crucificada' na Parada Gay" ['I represented the pain we feel,' says transgender woman 'crucified' at the Gay Pride Parade]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  8. ↑ Minas, Estado de (29 May 2016). "'Crucificada' em 2015, modelo leva Bíblia para Parada Gay em São Paulo" ['Crucified' in 2015, model takes Bible to Gay Pride Parade in São Paulo]. Estado de Minas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "'Crucificada' em 2015, modelo leva bíblia para Parada Gay em SP" ['Crucified' in 2015, model takes Bible to Gay Pride Parade in São Paulo]. ISTOÉ Independente (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "Modelo protesta contra bancada evangélica na Parada LGBT" [Model protests against evangelical caucus at LGBT Pride Parade]. TV UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 May 2016. Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2026 – via Universo Online.
  11. ↑ "Transexual critica a bancada evangélica na Parada do Orgulho LGBT em São Paulo" [Transgender woman criticizes the evangelical caucus at the LGBT Pride Parade in São Paulo]. Diário da Manhã (in Brazilian Portuguese). 30 May 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "MILITÂNCIA ALÉM DAS CORES: O FUNCIONAMENTO DA MEMÓRIA EM IMAGEM DA PARADA DO ORGULHO LGBT DE SÃO PAULO" [ACTIVITY BEYOND COLORS: THE FUNCTIONING OF IMAGE MEMORY IN THE SÃO PAULO LGBT PRIDE PARADE]. Seminário de Pesquisa em Estudos Linguísticos (in Portuguese). 9 (1): 425–429. 3 December 2018. ISSN 2317-0549. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "Transexual 'crucificada' vai desfilar de militar na Parada LGBT: 'Estamos em todos os lugares'" [Trans woman 'crucified' will march in military uniform at the LGBT Parade: 'We are everywhere']. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 June 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  14. 1 2 "Viviany Beleboni, a atriz transexual que encenou crucificação na Parada Gay, processa Marco Feliciano por danos morais" [Viviany Beleboni, the transgender actress who staged a crucifixion at the Gay Pride Parade, is suing Marco Feliciano for moral damages]. Geledés - Black Women's Institute (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 July 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "Transexual 'crucificada' em Parada Gay diz que foi esfaqueada em São Paulo" [Trans woman 'crucified' at Gay Pride Parade says she was stabbed in São Paulo]. O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 9 August 2015. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  16. ↑ Vieira, Bárbara (9 August 2015). "Viviany Beleboni é esfaqueada e, assustada, fala em suicídio" [Viviany Beleboni is stabbed and, frightened, talks about suicide]. Ego (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  17. ↑ "Modelo transexual que encenou crucificação em Parada LGBT, Viviany Beleboni diz ter sido esfaqueada em São Paulo" [Transgender model Viviany Beleboni, who staged a crucifixion at an LGBT Pride Parade, says she was stabbed in São Paulo]. Extra Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). 10 August 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  18. ↑ "Viviany Beleboni protesta contra a bancada evangélica na Parada do Orgulho LGBT" [Viviany Beleboni protests against the evangelical caucus at the LGBT Pride Parade]. Catraca Livre (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 May 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  19. ↑ "Transexual é intimada a depor por 'crucificação' em Parada Gay de 2015" [Transgender woman summoned to testify over 'crucifixion' at 2015 Gay Pride Parade]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 14 June 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  20. ↑ Pereira, Eduardo (12 July 2016). "Transexual 'crucificada' em parada gay vai deixar SP após nova agressão" [Trans woman 'crucified' at gay pride parade will leave São Paulo after another attack]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  21. ↑ Machado, Alisson; Dias, Marlon Santa Maria (27 August 2018). ""Então eu vim flagelada": a imagem profana na circulação midiática" ["Then I came scourged": the profane image in media circulation]. Verso e Reverso (in Portuguese). 32 (80): 154–166. doi:10.4013/ver.2018.32.80.06. ISSN 1806-6925.
  22. ↑ Diniz, Márcio (7 August 2020). "Sikêra Jr. terá de pagar R$ 30 mil à atriz trans 'crucificada' na Parada LGBT" [Sikêra Jr. will have to pay R$ 30,000 to the trans actress 'crucified' at the LGBT Parade]. Catraca Livre (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  23. ↑ Gentile, Rogério (7 August 2020). "Opinião - Rogério Gentile: Apresentador é condenado após chamar modelo trans de raça desgraçada" [Opinion - Rogério Gentile: Presenter convicted after calling trans model a "disgraceful race."]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  24. ↑ "Modelo trans é condenada a pagar R$ 15 mil para Sikêra Jr" [Transgender model ordered to pay R$ 15,000 to Sikêra Jr]. ISTOÉ Independente (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 April 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
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