Mormonism has always had a complicated relationship with America. This episode traces the religion from persecuted frontier movement to powerful Utah institution.  From  Mormonism’s westward expansion and Indigenous dispossession, to their  eventual effort to shed its outsider status and enter the American mainstream, Kate charts how that transformation cemented Mormonism’s focus on gender, sexuality, and eventually, conversion therapy.

Mormonism has always had a complicated relationship with America. This episode traces the religion from persecuted frontier movement to powerful Utah institution.&nbsp; From&nbsp; Mormonism&rsquo;s westward expansion and Indigenous dispossession, to their&nbsp; eventual effort to shed its outsider status and enter the American mainstream, Kate charts how that transformation cemented Mormonism&rsquo;s focus on gender, sexuality, and eventually, conversion therapy.

Conversion therapy, often imagined as a bygone practice of bunk science, is alive and well– especially in the niches where religious institutions and close-knit communities have enabled it to continue flourishing. This season, we trace the rise, fall, and shifting identity of conversion therapy in a state uniquely positioned in the crosshairs of this practice: Utah.

Hosted by activist, legal scholar, feminist, and queer ex-Mormon Kate Kelly, Season 2 of Camp Shame tells the stories of Mormons who’ve undergone conversion therapy, the cultural climate that helped conversion programs survive, and why this shame-fueled ill continues to thrive.

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Conversion therapy, often imagined as a bygone practice of bunk science, is alive and well&ndash; especially in the niches where religious institutions and close-knit communities have enabled it to continue flourishing. This season, we trace the rise, fall, and shifting identity of conversion therapy in a state uniquely positioned in the crosshairs of this practice: Utah. Hosted by activist, legal scholar, feminist, and queer ex-Mormon Kate Kelly, Season 2 of Camp Shame tells the stories of Mormons who&rsquo;ve undergone conversion therapy, the cultural climate that helped conversion programs survive, and why this shame-fueled ill continues to thrive.
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In Our Lovely Deseret

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