{"id":2097303,"date":"2025-10-17T09:33:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2097303"},"modified":"2025-10-17T09:33:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:33:22","slug":"snoop-dogg-changes-stance-on-lgbtqia-representation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/snoop-dogg-changes-stance-on-lgbtqia-representation\/","title":{"rendered":"Snoop Dogg Changes Stance on LGBTQIA+ Representation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/snoop-dogg\/\"><strong>Snoop Dogg<\/strong><\/a> is sharing his love for parents from all walks of life after his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/snoop-dogg-shares-thoughts-on-lgbtqia-in-kids-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversial comments<\/a> about a same-sex couple in the Disney film <em>Lightyear<\/em> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Snoop, 53, teamed up with media monitoring organization GLAAD to celebrate Spirit Day on Thursday, October 16, with a new song, \u201cLove Is Love,\u201d and a candid conversation with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/the-voice\/\"><em>The Voice<\/em><\/a> alum <strong>Jeremy Beloate<\/strong>, who he coached on the NBC reality singing competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful thing that kids can have parents of all walks and be able to be shown love, to be taught what love is, because hate is taught, and so is love,\u201d Snoop said in the chat with Beloate, which was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qeK6hWvc4Ao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> via the rapper\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that being able to have parents of all walks of life, whether it\u2019s two fathers, two mothers, whatever it is, love is the key,\u201d he added. \u201cI think these kids are being loved by these great parents that are showing them an example of what a family is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Snoop added in a statement to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.out.com\/celebs\/snoop-dogg-spirit-day-glaad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Out<\/a>, \u201cAt the end of the day, it\u2019s all about love \u2014 that\u2019s what we\u2019re teachin\u2019 the kids with \u2018Love Is Love.\u2019 Partnering with GLAAD for Spirit Day just felt right, because spreading love and respect for everybody is what real gangstas do. We\u2019re showin\u2019 the next generation that kindness is cool, inclusion is powerful, and love always wins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As well as praising same-sex parents and families, Snoop is also doing his part to represent them. The rap star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JZzYrWHSIxY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> a new song, \u201cLove Is Love,\u201d on Thursday via Doggyland, his animated YouTube channel aimed at children, to teach inclusion and diversity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe embrace all parents with a big ol\u2019 hug \/ Love is love and there\u2019s nothing above,\u201d Snoop raps. \u201cDifferent families make us all great \/ there\u2019s no debate, that\u2019s how we relate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Snoop\u2019s support for LGBTQIA+ representation comes after his controversial comments in August <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/snoop-dogg-shares-thoughts-on-lgbtqia-in-kids-movies\/\">about watching <em>Toy Story<\/em> spinoff <em>Lightyear<\/em><\/a> with his grandchildren. The Pixar animated film features a montage in which one of the characters kisses her wife, and they later have a child.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/joanna-gaines-and-more-celeb-parents-who-have-written-childrens-books\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/joanna-gaines-and-more-celeb-parents-who-have-written-childrens-books\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Celebrity Parents Who Have Written Children\u2019s Books Over the Years<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tGabrielle Union and more celebrity parents have released picture books for children. The Bring It On actress released her debut book, Welcome to the Party, in May 2020 to celebrate non-traditional families.\u00a0 Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. Subscribe to newsletters Please enter a valid email. Subscribe By signing up, I agree to the Terms [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI took my grandson to see [<em>Lightyear<\/em>] \u2026 <strong>Keke Palmer<\/strong> is in that movie. She plays, like, the daughter,\u201d he said on the \u201cIt\u2019s Giving\u201d podcast. \u201cSo we\u2019re watching it and \u2026 down the line [a woman character] had a baby with a woman. My grandson, in the middle of the movie, was like, \u2018Papa Snoop, how did she have a baby with a woman?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m scared to go to the movies now,\u201d he continued. \u201cY\u2019all throwing me in the middle of s*** that I don\u2019t have an answer for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Snoop added, \u201cIt threw me for a loop. I\u2019m like, \u2018What part of the movie was this?\u2019 These are kids. We have to show that at this age? They\u2019re going to ask questions. I don\u2019t have the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Snoop\u2019s comments were subsequently removed from the podcast episode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Evans<\/strong>, who voiced lead character Buzz Lightyear in the 2022 film, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/chris-evans-im-upset-lgbt-content-in-lightyear-is-newsworthy\/\">previously defended the Disney movie\u2019s inclusion<\/a> of a same-sex relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s nice, and it\u2019s wonderful, it makes me happy [to have such inclusion],\u201d he told <em>Variety<\/em> in June 2022. \u201c[But] it\u2019s tough to not be a little frustrated that it even has to be a topic of discussion. That it is this kind of \u2018news.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snoop Dogg is sharing his love for parents from all walks of life after his controversial comments about a same-sex couple in the Disney film Lightyear earlier this year. Snoop, 53, teamed up with media monitoring organization GLAAD to celebrate Spirit Day on Thursday, October 16, with a new song, \u201cLove Is Love,\u201d and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2097304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21741,359953,21912],"class_list":["post-2097303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-gay-pride","tag-movies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Snoop-Dogg-Changes-Stance-on-LGBTQIA-Representation.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2097303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2097305,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097303\/revisions\/2097305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2097304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2097303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2097303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2097303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}