Cosmo Christmas TGIF at YAC Studios
Join us at our upcoming Holiday TGIF hosted “Cosmo Christmas” at YAC Studios…
When: Friday, December 9th, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Where: YAC Studio, 472 Calle Principal, Monterey
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Bring your friends and enjoy the great food and holiday spirits!
We expect this will be another great turnout and a fun opportunity to kick off the holiday season with your friends (and make some new ones)!
TGIF Holiday Toy drive
We’re getting ready for the Holiday season, and kicking off December with our annual Holiday Toy and Gift Drive for families in Monterey County affected by HIV/Aids.
Bring an unwrapped gift to our TGIF at YAC Studios on 12/9 – we’ll have a table set up out front for you to leave your donations.
2012 Valentine Dance
Grab your Valentine or come and find one !
Pride Of Monterey County will be having its Valentines Dance on Friday ,February 10 from 7-12 at the Portola Hotel in the Grand Ball Room ( watch for further details)
TGIF 11/11/11!!! At the Rio Grill
Join the fun as we celebrate TGIF in the back private bar of the Rio Grill ~ 6-8 – ( Carmel Crossroads)
Please bring a non perishable food item if you can to donate to our local food bank – - Martini out !
Stay tuned… November TGIF. (TBA)
LOCATION AND DATE TBA – PLEASE BRING A DONATION OF A NON PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM THAT CAN BE DONATED TO A FOOD PANTRY HERE ON THE MONTEREY PENINSULA –
COSMO CHRISTMAS WITH TGIF
SAVE THE DATE DECEMBER 9 FOR OUR FIRST HOSTED EVENT – FROM 6-8 YOU WONT WANT TO MISS THIS !!! HELD IN MONTEREY AT THE YAC STUDIO.
Fall Fun At Montrio –
What a great way to kick off the Fall. !
TGIF – Friday October 14 from 6-8 ~ Enjoy the fun with friends upstairs party room at Montrio,
414 Calle Principal, Monterey, CA 93940
Hope to see you there.
October 14 from 6-8 TGIF celebrates with a Trick or a Treat Happy Hour !
Join the fun with your friends or make a new one ! Location to be announced soon ~ We had a great turnout for the Celebration of DADT at the Crown and Anchor – What a great day for our community and a validation for all those who are serving our Country!
Crown and Anchor – Tues Sept 20
Join us as we share in the celebration for the Repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell ~
Tuesday September 20 At 6:00 “Crown and Anchor ”
Downtown Monterey
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Facts
The DADT law was founded on the assumption that there exists in the military sufficient dislike of homosexuals that the mere knowledge of the presence of a gay, lesbian or bisexual service member would degrade unit morale, unit cohesion and combat readiness. No military or academic study or objective data has ever supported this assumption.
By contrast, a DoD commissioned study in 1993 found exactly the opposite. The Rand Corporation found that “the presence of known homosexuals on the force is not likely to undermine military performance.” And a 2008 Flag Officer Study Group Report stated the following: “Evidence shows that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly is unlikely to pose any significant risk to morale, good order, discipline or cohesion.”
More recently a Zogby International Poll of Iraq/Afghanistan troops indicated that 68% of the personnel either knew for certain or suspected there were gays or lesbians in their own unit, and 73% of them said they were comfortable working around gays and lesbians. And an on-going informal poll of young Naval and Marine Corps officers attending the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterrey, CA found that 75% of the students personally know of gays on active duty in the military. Despite the widely known presence of gays and lesbians among combat troops, the Department of Defense has not reported any diminution in unit morale, unit cohesion or combat readiness.
Therefore tens of thousands of U.S. troops know for certain or suspect there are gays in their own unit, and operational readiness and effectiveness is not impaired.
With so many gays already serving honorably, known to their peers and sometimes even to their commands without negative impact, there is no justification for continuing the DADT law.
On the contrary, the DADT law not only results in the involuntary discharge of 650-700 troops per year, but more importantly, it causes the voluntary departure of 2500-3000 gay, lesbian or bisexual service members each year. The total annual loss of 3000-4000 trained and experienced troops, many of whom are in critical specialties (linguists, physicians, corpsmen, pilots, etc.), and none of whom can be easily replaced with a recruit out of boot camp or a young officer out of OCS or a service academy, results in a degradation of combat effectiveness and a negative impact on national security.
TGIF FRIDAY AUGUST 26 6-8
Join the fun at the Rio Grill- They are setting aside the back party room with private bar service and a special appetizer menu ! It doesn’t get any better ………… So stop in and share your Friday with friends
LGBT Fun at the Rio Grill
Join the fun at the Rio Grill-Friday August 26 6-8
They are setting aside the back party room with private bar service and a special appetizer menu ! It doesn’t get any better ………… So stop in and share your Friday with friends
