Jaylene Tyme
Jaylene Tyme | |
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| Other names | Jaylene McRae |
| Occupation | Drag performer |
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Jaylene Tyme is the stage name of Jaylene McRae,[1] a Canadian drag queen who was profiled on the fourth season of Canada's a Drag. She is currently a contestant on the fifth season of Canada's Drag Race.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Jaylene Tyme first discovered drag in Calgary, Alberta before moving to Vancouver.[4] In June 2024 she was featured in the final episode of season four of Canada's a Drag, a CBC Gem docu-series which profiles various drag performers across Canada. By the time of her episode she had been doing drag in Vancouver for over 30 years.[5]
In October 2024 she was announced to be one of the eleven queens competing on season five of Canada's Drag Race.[3] She received a rose in the first episode for having the best Entrance look of the season, which paid tribute to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People. However she was not chosen to lipsync for the win as one of the top two contestants in the episode.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Jaylene Tyme is a Two-Spirit First Nations and Métis Indigenous trans woman.[3][7] She is a survivor of the Sixties Scoop, where she was removed from her Indigenous home and placed into a settler family. She was separated from her brother at age three and lived in five different homes before age four.[4] She discussed her story of being a Sixties Scoop adoptee in the second episode of Canada's Drag Race, where she connected with fellow contestant Xana whose grandfather was also a Sixties Scoop survivor.[7]
Jaylene Tyme is sober, having been in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction since the late 1990s.[4] She is based in Vancouver as of 2024.[3] Members of her drag family include Kendall Gender, Chelazon Leroux, and Canada's Drag Race season 4 winner Venus.[6]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Canada's a Drag | Herself | 1 episode; docu-series |
| Canada's Drag Race | Herself | Contestant; season 5 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Addiction, Artistry and Authenticity: Jaylene McRae's Journey of Transformation and Empowerment". blanchemacdonald.com. Blanche MacDonald Centre. 29 March 2016. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
- ^ Knegt, Peter (2024-03-27). "Jaylene Tyme is a drag legend making the world a better place for us all". CBC Arts.
- ^ a b c d "Meet the queens competing on Canada's Drag Race season 5". www.out.com. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
- ^ a b c Knegt, Peter (March 27, 2024). "Jaylene Tyme is a drag legend making the world a better place for us all". CBC Arts. Archived from the original on July 3, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- ^ Canada's A Drag | Season 4 | CBC Gem. 2018-09-18. Archived from the original on 2024-12-09. Retrieved 2024-12-09 – via gem.cbc.ca.
- ^ a b Guzzo, Bianca (2024-11-22). "Canada's Drag Race Season 5 Episode 1 RECAP: Go Off Queen". IN Magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-11-22. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ a b Guzzo, Bianca (2024-11-29). "Canada's Drag Race Season 5 Episode 2 RECAP: Greetings Queenlings". IN Magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-12-09. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
- Canada's Drag Race contestants
- Canadian drag queens
- Canadian transgender women
- Drag performers from Calgary
- Drag performers from Vancouver
- Indigenous drag performers of the Americas
- Métis artists
- Sixties Scoop victims
- Transgender drag performers
- Two-spirit people