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,"L'artiste Silver Catalano tourne un vidéoclip à Chandler". Ici Radio-Canada, 17 May 2016. 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.Alain Brunet, "Quitter la prostitution, s'évader dans la musique". La Presse, 4 January 2017.
She became homeless in Montreal for two years before launching Silver Catalano (2015-2019) as a drag musical project,Catherine Genest and Marie Paris, "L’art de la drag". Voir, 7 April 2017. first attracting widespread media attention in 2016 and 2017 for her synthwave single Wave.
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."Gaspé LGBTQ group breaks barriers with 'historic' drag show". CBC News Montreal, 20 February 2017.
Gionest-Roussy is a non-binary trans woman.
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