Flora Gionest-Roussy

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Flora Gionest-Roussy
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Flora Gionest-Roussy in 2016.
Born (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 (age 29)
Chandler, Quebec
NationalityFrench 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.

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]

Gionest-Roussy is a non-binary trans woman. [5] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "L'artiste Silver Catalano tourne un vidéoclip à Chandler". Ici Radio-Canada, 17 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Alain Brunet, "Quitter la prostitution, s'évader dans la musique". La Presse , 4 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Catherine Genest and Marie Paris, "L’art de la drag". Voir , 7 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Gaspé LGBTQ group breaks barriers with 'historic' drag show". CBC News Montreal, 20 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "FLORAA: le genre et la musique main dans la main". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Changement de genre: au-delà de la prise d'hormones". Radio-Canada (in French). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
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