Kendall Gender

Kendall Gender is the stage name of Kenneth Wyse (born July 16, 1990), a Canadian drag performer most known for competing on the second season of Canada's Drag Race in 2021. She returned to compete in the first season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World in 2022.

Early life Wyse was raised in Richmond, British Columbia. He graduated from Henry James Cambie Secondary School in 2008 before attending Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

Career Wyse chose the drag name Kendall Gender as a reference to reality television personality Kendall Jenner, although for the Snatch Game episode of Canada's Drag Race, she chose to impersonate Kris Jenner.

Her first time in drag was in 2014, where she performed Beyonce's "Ring the Alarm".

Kendall Gender won the Vancouver's Next Drag Superstar competition in 2017. She also recreated four albums by Black artists: Beyoncé's Dangerously in Love, Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas, Rihanna's Unapologetic, and Whitney Houston's Whitney. She won the show's roast challenge.

Following her run on Canada's Drag Race, she was named to Vancouver Magazine's annual Power 50 list of influential Vancouverites. where he has regularly performed as part of the "Brat Pack" drag troupe alongside his Canada's Drag Race castmates Synthia Kiss and Gia Metric.

Filmography

2021 Canada's Drag Race TV Contestant Season 2, 10 episodes (Runner-up) 2022 Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World TV Contestant Season 1, 1 episode (9th Place) 2023 Stay Short Film Ivy Diamonds / Kaleb Premiere in the 18th Vancouver International Women in Film Festival 2024 Alert: Missing Persons Unit TV Canary / Drag Queen Season 2, Episode 4 & 10

Web series Bring Back My Girls (2024)