Findings
| When | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Halsey was criticized for featuring Migos rapper Quavo on Hopeless Fountain Kingdom after comments from Quavo that had been widely criticized as homophobic. Halsey defended him as "misunderstood" while also acknowledging that his apology had been poor. | Source |
| 2017 | Halsey's openness about bisexuality has helped normalize explicitly bisexual perspectives in mainstream pop. Their duet "Strangers" with Lauren Jauregui was notable because two openly bisexual women sang directly about a relationship between women using female pronouns rather than disguising the relationship. | Source |
| 2018 | At the 2018 Women's March in New York, Halsey performed the poem A Story Like Mine, publicly recounting experiences involving sexual assault, childhood abuse, coercive sex and a friend's rape. | Source |
| 2020 | During the George Floyd protests, Halsey did more than post online: they attended demonstrations, brought medical supplies and were photographed treating injured protesters. Halsey also publicly acknowledged being white-passing and therefore not experiencing the same racialized violence as visibly Black people. | Source |
| 2020 | During the early COVID-19 crisis in April 2020, Halsey donated 100,000 FDA-certified masks to several Los Angeles hospitals, including Cedars-Sinai and LAC+USC Medical Center, and encouraged donations to families experiencing financial hardship. | Source |
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