The conservative Mormon town of Provo, Utah will soon open its first LGBT resource center. It stands directly across the street from a church temple. It's been a fraught year for relations between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and LGBT people. Organizers hope this new center will bring Provo together to help youth in need. Here's Andrea Smardon.
Volunteers are planting trees outside an old home in the middle of downtown Provo. It's in need of work, but it's got character. Inside, there's a beautiful dark wood staircase and stained glass windows. Volunteer Trevor Johnson has been scraping old paint from the interior walls. He was struck by the view from the second floor when he first saw the place.
"Right through that front window you can see the temple. And I said, that can be a hard thing."
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