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  • Gay Ski Week stirs dispute in Telluride

    01/13/2005 9:15:02 AM PST · by presidio9 · 84 replies · 1,469+ views
    Rocky Mountain News ^ | January 13, 2005 | Joanne Kelley
    Telluride's Mountain Village will host Gay Ski Week next month, an event that has stirred debate among residents of the posh ski -resort and the funky Victorian town a few miles away. In a community that prides itself on diversity, a controversy erupted last month when a resident of Mountain Village wrote a letter to the editor of a local newspaper, questioning why the ski village would promote the gay ski event, which takes place Feb. 26 to March 6. The letter struck a nerve in the community. "It was definitely vociferous. It's to be expected," said Suzanne Cheavens, editor...