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Scott D. Pierce: CNN’s Bell focuses on LDS and LGBTQ in Utah. And, no, it’s not a hit piece.

There is a segment of Utah’s population that will see the upcoming episode of “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” as a hit piece on the LDS Church.

It’s not. And the people who think it is are the ones who should definitely watch.

Titled “Out and Proud Salt Lake” — and, coincidentally, airing the same weekend as Utah Pride (Sunday, 8 p.m., CNN) — it’s an informative, touching, funny and heartfelt look at what it’s like to be LGBTQ in the city that’s home to the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.