Flora Gionest-Roussy | |
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Born | Chandler, Quebec | 20 November 1995
Nationality | French Canadian |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, actor |
Flora Gionest-Roussy (known professionally as Flora Gionest) is a French Canadian actor, self-portrait photographer, singer-songwriter and drag queen.
Born in Chandler, Quebec,[1] and raised in the community of Pabos Mills, Flora struggled with anti-queer bullying for years before dropping out of high school at 15 and leaving their hometown at 17.[2]
He became homeless in Montreal for two years before launching Silver Catalano (2015-2019) as a drag musical project,[3] first attracting widespread media attention in 2016 and 2017 for their synthwave single Wave.[1]
His career has been marked by LGBTQ+ activism, including being a part of the first drag show ever staged in the Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine.[4]