Jonathan Van Ness (jvn) elaborates on why he's backing Elizabeth Warren for president
The 'Queer Eye' star also spoke about how the Trump administration's"demonization" of Planned Parenthood inspired him to speak out about being HIV positive.star Jonathan Van Ness opened up about his decision to endorse Elizabeth Warren in her 2020 presidential bid on Monday's episode ofAfter Van Ness mentioned Warren's support of Medicare for All, he further explained the "several things that nudged" him to publicly endorse the politician.
Van Ness added that it is important to relax as the campaigns pick up. "We're gonna be moving into a lot of endorsements, honey. A lot of people are gonna be making decisions that we may not agree with or we may agree with, honey, and it's very important to just feel that breath coming in your nostrils," he said.
Van Ness was 25 at the time of his diagnosis and he didn't have health insurance. "As I've witnessed this kind of demonization of people who dare to be pregnant or engage in sex [and go to] Planned Parenthood, I was like, 'I really need to speak about this.' Because we have states ... that have new HIV infection rates that are really alarming, and it's so sad because it doesn't need to be," he said.
"When I was 25 and got this, I was not someone who had this platform. I did not have access financially that I have now and the amount of hoops that I had to jump through," he said before he listed the programs he started to be able to afford the medication.
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