Bisexual Pop Star Halsey Endorses Sanders for President

Halsey photographed by Luke Fontana

"We deserve a president like him," the out singer-songwriter says in a new video.

Neal Broverman

Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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March 10 2020 2:46 PM EST

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Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and current Advocate cover star Halsey came out today in support of Bernie Sanders, filming a video explaining why the Vermont senator is her candidate for president.

"Bernie Sanders has been fighting for me since before I was alive: a queer woman in a multiracial household who was raised poor in an American suburb," Halsey says in the video, which was released on the day of Democratic primaries in six states, including Michigan and Missouri.

Halsey explained how Sanders's policies for free college and universal health care would have benefited her before her stardom, when she couldn't afford her desired college or to treat a reproductive disorder.

Before the age of 21, Halsey said she repeatedly required medical assistance, housing assistance, financial assistance, and abortion services. These experiences colored her support for Sanders now that her success and financial stability have buffered her from most effects of discrimination; marginalization that could have killed her, she says.

"A victory for Bernie would symbolize a revolutionary shift in the way a government is supposed to work, to mobilize and organize change that starts with the people, for the people, a shift that is long overdue," Halsey says. "Bernie Sanders has not once relented in his pursuit of this activation, and we deserve a president like that."