Flora Gionest-Roussy

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.