JAKYLLYN is back in ACTION-YLLYN (that worked 'ish)

OK Friday night was the BIG dance floor opening at the Majestic on Davie, to launch their new Friday night club scene "the Maj" invited anyone who is ANYONE to the free cover friday opening.. I wasn't sure I wanted to, but I was so moved by the turn out (and had a LOAD OF FUN), I was determined to bring Jaky back with a vengeance.
NO pictures yet but... Saturday night Jaky arrived (semi early) for the Majestic Drag show starring Carlotta Gurl and Joan-E, guest starring the impervious Helena Handbag... I took the time during the intermission to speak with Joan-E.. My job was doene but we will see if anything comes of it.. (i will post any pics I get)

"quotable quotes"

“I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades”

-Laura Kightlinger

Back on Track babies!

I agree I have taken too much time off, I haven't posted a real blog entry in almost eight months. BUT THE BITCH IS BACK ONLINE!!! expect the best, read the rest!



When I moved to Victoria many years ago I was still a young drag queen, I had only been performing for two years and I was desperate to establish myself and continue to preform in my new home. It took me quite a while to gain the same respect as a serious performer I had when I was allowed to develop my career in Edmonton. a full two years of random bookings but i did it, I worked my way onto the stage and worked my ass off for three more first once a month then every two weeks as half of the monthly schedule. When I moved to Vancouver in February I needed a break, I made the transition to Vancouver living with little hesitation, I now face an even larger hurdle, with Victoria Pride approaching and being requested to host events I am left to question have I really taken too much time off, do I still have any following at all? I am desperate to announce YES, but feel a tinge of remorse for leaving so promptly. Is it possible to really take a break and make it back to the top in a new city? stay tuned and I guess we will find out together!

0:)fairy-dust fairy-dust fairy-dust 0:)

whats to come in the new year?

Sunday was a fabulous Electra Socket show down at prism. SPIDER-MAN!!!. We all enjoy the antics of our hometown diva, no matter how many times I see her sometimes crude but horribly ORIGINAL drag comedy style I just can not get enough of her, I know she cares as much about our community as I do. ELECTRA YOU ARE ONE OF A KIND and WE LOVE YOU!!!

Well the New Year is upon us Girls, and Jaky's show is coming up this Sunday. I have been thinking of the perfect way to wrap up a great year in our drag community. What better than to do a BEST OF 2007 wrap up show in honor of all the queens who have cum and gone? I will be dedicating numbers and taking requests meet me at PRISM LOUNGE at 10:30 Sunday January 6 for the first show of 2008!!!!

WHO LOVES JAKYLLYN HYDE?

The Boa Shows Turned 13

Jaky was in Vancouver over the Weekend and had the pleasure of attending the glamourous thirteen year anniversary of the (Feather) Boa Shows at the Odyssey Sunday December 9th... Congratulations go out to the hostesses Joan-E and Justine Tyme, and the best thing to happen to a drag show since the tape-deck DJ Jules. with special guest pure diva action all the way Ms. CoCo.

The history of these shows is as vast as the performers themselves..
It all began over twenty years earlier when a division of owners brought about a new club called the Odyssey on Howe Street in Vancouver B.C. from the get go the owners wanted a strong show with steady hosts that could keep the crowd coming back (who doesn't... LOL) Past hosts have included such immense talents as Empress XV & XX Myria Le Noir, and Empress XIX Willie Taylor, to Empress III Sandy St. Peters, but no one has had as much of a lasting impact as the current talents of Joan-E and Justine Tyme. It wasn't always easy said Joan-E as she bridged to a montage dedicated to the the past thirteen years she told of past attempts to keep hosts and the casting of future Empress' XXVIII Joan-E and XXX Diana Rose in 1994 followed by the coaxing of Calgary Glamour queen Justine Tyme in 1995. The drag community lost a mentor and friend in 2001 with Diana Rose but she would never be forgotten. The Feather Boa show did not replace their third host instead welcoming a third guest weekly, these guests have always ranged from the glamorously imperial to the hip and trashy. Regular talents including Carlotta Gurl, Willie Taylor and Vivian Von Brokenhymen, they have tested the hands of time and with hope together Joan-E and Justine will continue to entertain our Sunday nights for at least one more year. Congrats Girls and Good Luck into the New Year.

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The Most Fabulous of Random Show Highlights

Well It's finally December and as promised I am bringing to you a follow up to my show last Sunday... a little late but I was worked to near death by this weekend I was working with a slight cold and the rain does not heed the weak of health i suppose... The Random Show was a great success thanks to the help of great performers we pulled it off..
a little story: this week was to originally be an Electra Socket show and she had decided to take the week to herself and rest.. (lest we forget she is the other half of the Victoria Drag scene lol) I strategically put together a very fun and random of shows including the one and only Aliyah Ice and Toby Pierce-McCrotch only to arrive a full hour early to the face of Ms Gay herself Electra Socket in full Drag.. she had forgotten to take the week off and was not going to go home now..
well it was going to be Myself the infamous Princess of Whales Jakyllyn Hyde, Impersonator extraordinaire Aliyah Ice, Spitfire Drag brother Toby Peirce-(McCrotch) and the Straight-Shooting Trailer-Chic comedy of Electra Socket (P.S. apparently Electra loves Jagger). Thankfully we all bring different talents to our art and put them to good use pulling off one of the best shows I've been apart of in a very long time (Where are you Ryann Ginger :( )...

Here take a look at some highlights.. any questions? lol

Jakyllyn Hyde's the "Origin of Love"


Electra "Drives All Night" to find the Light


a TOUGH act to follow Toby Pierce


Aliyah Ice takes the crowd to Church


Jaky closes the show out with Taylor the Latte Boy (my tits broke that bra!)

"quotable quotes"

"Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it's because I'm not a bitch. Maybe that's why Miss Crawford always plays ladies."

-Bette Davis on Joan Crawford

a question for us all

In 2006 I became Ms Gay Vancouver Island X, I did so with a determination to change the GLBT community for the better, I knew that in this age of easy solutions the pageant and title were more than a pretty tiara and sash, it was a responsibility to a whole community, one on the verge of dissolve:
The weeks following June 28th 1969 the world would be forced to change it's outward view of the Gay and Lesbian community due to an act of bravery known as the Stone Wall riots. Only little more than ten years after the original riots, in the early eighties, by our own ignorance and the ignorance of our global governments to take action, we allowed an epidemic to strike down our community and threaten the work, everything we had fought so hard to create. By 1989 AIDS had touched our communities on a global level, yet instead of simply allowing our communities to die we stood up, we fought, we took action, we educated and through adversity and grief we came together, survived and grew. We are again in danger this time not only by political oppression or increase in viral cases but by our own lack of education.
With so little positive education and so many options available online, without leaving your home, from impersonal ineffective counseling and chat, to gay cruise-lines, internet porn and virtual relationship, we most of all are suffering from the "information nations" delusions of our community. We are forced to question: Will this strengthen or threaten our community? Does this render the process of coming-out unnecessary? What is your opinion? Let me know

born to be

Similar to the African American and Jewish communities we too have a rich history oppression, endurance and success, yet our history can not be simply handed down from mother to daughter, Father to son. Our Community is one we are not born into but is built; we are responsible for it's legacy. As a gay man first and a Drag Queen second I understand the importance of support, a feeling of self and community. Today in a world filled with images of what "gay lifestyle" and presumptions of actions it’s easy to lose sight of ones own identity and a history we will soon forget. I believe we have lost our focus, we have more Pride parades now than ever before in communities with little more connection to the community than one celebration a year and we are finding higher promotions paying out Pride functions, aiming them toward corporate sponsorship and away from community based participation. People don’t feel they need to contribute. Pride Week is important, but more importantly I feel we should use this platform for a true intention, education of history and of current battles and bring a community driven apart back together.