Flora Gionest-Roussy
Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
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Flora Gionest-Roussy (known professionally as Flora Gionest) is a French Canadian actress, self-portrait photographer, singer-songwriter and drag queen.
Biography
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 her hometown at 17.[2]
She 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 her synthwave single Wave.[1]
Her 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]
