Flora Gionest-Roussy (known professionally as Flora Gionest) is a

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actor, self-portrait photographer, singer-songwriter and drag queen.

Biography

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, 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
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'', 4 January 2017. She became homeless in

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for two years before launching Silver Catalano (2015-2019) as a drag (clothing), drag musical project, first attracting widespread media attention in 2016 and 2017 for her synthwave single ''Wave''. Her career has been marked by LGBT, LGBTQ+ activism, including being a part of the first drag show ever staged in the Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Gionest-Roussy is a non-binary trans woman.

References

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