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Flora Gionest-Roussy
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, 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.

He became homeless in Montreal for two years before launching Silver Catalano (2015-2019) as a drag musical project, first attracting widespread media attention in 2016 and 2017 for their synthwave single Wave.

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.

References

  1. ^ "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.


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