Transgender

In the year Jim as well as Sasha Allen made it onto The Voice Live Shows, they were able to make history since Sasha is the very first openly transgender performer on the NBC competition series to get past to the Battle Rounds in the entire 21 seasons. They are now the two who hail from Newtown, Conn., have taken the show one step further into the top 8! Sasha revealed that he's transgender on their Blind Auditions package. He stated to Parade.com that it was a long process to come up with the idea. Sasha stated that it was a struggle to make a decision because he was required to show a very vulnerable aspect of himself in front of millions and millions. He transitioned when at the age of high school. In the last week of Fan Week, watching the emotion of people, their reactions and the way it affected them was worth it. The Voice wasn't even around at the time we performed this track. It was quite a surprise. The track was something we thought of and we came up with thoughts of how to set it up. "I was pleasantly surprised at the way that fans executed the tune."