Jaylene Tyme

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Jaylene Tyme
Other namesJaylene McRae
OccupationDrag 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]

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Career

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

Jaylene Tyme is a two-spirit 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2024 Canada's a Drag Herself1 episode; docu-series
Canada's Drag Race HerselfContestant; season 5

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References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Knegt, Peter (2024-03-27). "Jaylene Tyme is a drag legend making the world a better place for us all". CBC Arts.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Meet the queens competing on Canada's Drag Race season 5". www.out.com. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  4. 1 2 3 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.
  5. ↑ Canada's A Drag | Season 4 | CBC Gem. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2024-12-09– via gem.cbc.ca.
  6. 1 2 Guzzo, Bianca (2024-11-22). "Canada's Drag Race Season 5 Episode 1 RECAP: Go Off Queen". IN Magazine. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  7. 1 2 Guzzo, Bianca (2024-11-29). "Canada's Drag Race Season 5 Episode 2 RECAP: Greetings Queenlings". IN Magazine. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
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