User:Jasonrobertballard

Jason Robert Ballard was born May 12th 1987 to Mother, Lori Crane and Father, Paul Ballard. He attended and graduated from Monticello High School in the state of New York. After which he attended Orange County Community College for a year, transferred to Monroe County College in Rochester, finally working toward his B.A. in graphic design at Nazareth College of Rochester. Jason Robert Ballard is known for being a transgender and transsexual advocate, being trans himself, Jason has worked toward gender neutral housing in colleges, trans rights in health care, and taken to helping individuals start and progress in their own transitions. Jason was born and raised Anastasia Leigh. When he was thirteen years old he was a member of the Mormon religion and began frequenting a chat site called LDSChat. There he created Jason and used this personality as a method of expressing himself when his outward life was restricted to presenting female. After dating a Mormon girl from Pennsylvania, and having his secret found out by his mother, Lori, Jason and Lori sat down and talked about what was going on and how he felt. The next morning Lori presented him with a literal stack of papers about transgender. When Jason turned eighteen he changed his name to Jason Robert, Jason from the red power ranger, and Robert from his grandfathers first name. When he turned 21 he started hormone replacement therapy and started making a name for himself in the GLBT community.

Along with advocacy, Jason Robert Ballard works freelance as an advertising designer. Heading Jason Robert Productions at the age of 17, he has recently put funding into the project, copyrighted and created the business front of the production company. Jason Robert Productions has worked with companies such as Conklin Fashions, Hesse Galleries, “I’m Naked” Clothing company, Aura energy drinks, Lambda Association of Nazareth College, Fermata Thin Air, and Asbury Daycare of Rochester. Jason Robert Productions introduced Self Made Men in the spring of 2010, bringing both of Jason Robert Ballard’s interest into one by selling clothing and specialty items with the transgender and transsexual community in mind. Self Made Men is expected to launch by the Fall of 2010 and be fully operational.

Jason Robert Ballard can be found at his online blog by searching JasonRobertBallard on tumblr.