A straight, cisgender dad is melting hearts in Saskatchewan, Canada, with some sequined support for his two trans kids.

Jada Yee, a straight man of First Nation and Chinese descent, is both a drag queen and a dad to four young adult kids, two of whom revealed they’re trans in the last few years.

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“My children are my life,” he said recently on the podcast This is Saskatchewan.

“Everything I want to do is to show them that they’re loved and appreciated. I try to see things through their eyes.”

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“That’s what makes me a better person,” he shared.

When his daughter, Jill, revealed herself in her late 20s, Yee joined parent support groups for his own benefit and education, but, more importantly, to let his daughter know he had her back.

“I talked to her, and I asked, ‘How long have you thought about this?’ And they expressed ever since she could remember.”

“Because, when you’re two-spirit, you’re born that way, right? Your brain comes pre-programmed. It’s like a computer. So I was like, yeah, that makes perfect sense to me.”

A few years later, Yee’s son revealed he was trans, as well. His dad said he was prepared this time — and suspected for a while that might be the case.

“I knew,” he told CBC with a smile. “His entire life up until 13, I just knew. He was always a tomboy, and his twin is a diva.”

Not long after, Yee went public with support for his kids — in high heels and a dress.

In 2023, the Saskatoon businessman was invited to join Walk the Walk, a fundraiser that puts pillars of the community on stage in drag to raise money for Lulu’s Lodge, an organization that supports queer and trans young adults who’ve been kicked out of their homes.

Yee chose the drag name Chyna B. Deadly, a nod to both his heritage and an unearthed talent for lewks that slay.

Chyna B. was mobbed by her fellow performers that night, begging her not to hang up her gown.

Yee recalled that one queen “was crying, and she said, ‘I wish you were my dad.’ It was so emotional.. And then afterwards, the group came up to me and they said, ‘You should continue doing this.'”

“You’re part of us,” they told him.

“That’s the reason why I continue to do it,” said Yee, who’s appeared at multiple Pride events and fundraisers as his alter ego. “Because I actually got permission. I felt like I got validated by them.”

Chyna B. is just one more commitment to his kids, Yee said, to be visible, vocal and an ally, and “to really be more open with them.”  

Their relationships are better than ever, he said.

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