Publications

The Palm Center uses evidence-driven research to promote scholarly understanding. Below, please find a list of recent publications written by the Center's staff and senior research fellows, and by others who received support from the Center. You can also view a listing of these publications that is sortable by publication date, author, or title.

2008
- "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Does the Gay Ban Undermine the Military's Reputation
  
  (Armed Forces and Society, Volume 34 Number 2 by Aaron Belkin , Jan 2008)
2007
- The International Perspective
  
  (The U.S. Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy: A Reference Handbook, Melissa Sheridan Embser-Herbert, Ed., Praeger Security International , Dec 2007)
- Balancing Your Strengths Against Your Felonies: Considerations for Military Recruitment of Ex-Offenders
  
  (Michael Boucai, Visiting Researcher at the Georgetown University Law Center with support from the Michael D. Palm Center, Sep 2007)
- Gender Identity and the Military - Transgender, Transsexual, and Intersex Identified Individuals in the U.S. Armed Forces
  
  (By Tarynn M. Witten, PhD, MSW, FGSA. Dr. Witten is the Executive Director and Senior Fellow at the TranScience Research Institute in Richmond, Virginia., May 2007)
2006
- Opinions of Military Personnel on Sexual Minorities in the Military
  
  (Zogby International, Dec 2006)
- Does Social Cohesion Determine Motivation in Combat? An Old Question with an Old Answer
  
  (Robert J. MacCoun, Elizabeth Kier, and Aaron Belkin, Jul 2006)
- "Perceived Sexual Orientation-Based Harrassment in Military and Civilian Contexts"
  
  (Dr. Bonnie Moradi, Apr 2006)
- Financial Analysis of Don't Ask, Don't Tell: How Much Does the Gay Ban Cost?
  
  (Authored by a Blue Ribbon Commission, Feb 2006)
2005
- "Sexual Orientation and Military Service: Prospects for Organizational and Individual Change in the United States"
  
  (Dr. Gregory M. Herek and Dr. Aaron Belkin, Dec 2005)
- Research Note Assessing "Homosexuals and U.S. Military Policy: Current Issues"
  
  (Nathaniel Frank, Ph.D., Jul 2005)
2004
- Recent Judgments Against the United Kingdom and Their Impact on Other Signatories to the European Convention of Human Rights
  
  (Sameera Dalvi, displayed with permission from the University of Florida Journal of Law Public Policy 2004, Dec 2004)
- Gays and Lesbians at War: Military Service in Iraq and Afghanistan Under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
  
  (Nathaniel Frank, Sep 2004)
- The Practical and Conceptual Problems with Regulating Harassment in a Discriminatory Institution
  
  (Sharon Terman, May 2004)
- Multinational Military Units and Homosexual Personnel
  
  (By Geoffrey Bateman and Sameera Dalvi, Feb 2004)
2003
- Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Is the Gay Ban Based on Military Necessity?
  
  (Aaron Belkin, published in Parameters, Jul 2003)
- A History of the Service of Ethnic Minorites in the U.S. Armed Forces
  
  (Rhonda Evans, Jun 2003)
- Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military
  
  (Edited by Aaron Belkin and Geoffrey Bateman, Jan 2003)
- A Modest Proposal
  
  (Aaron Belkin and Melissa Sheridan Embser-Herbert, Jan 2003)
2002
- The Effect of Sodomy Laws on Lifting the Ban of Homosexual Personnel: 3 Case Studies
  
  (Margot Canaday, May 2002)
2001
- Pink and Blue
  
  (Aaron Belkin and Jason McNichol, Nov 2001)
- U.S Military Policies Concerning Homosexuals
  
  (Rhonda Evans, Nov 2001)
- U.S. Military Integration of Religious, Ethnic, and Racial Minorities in the Twentieth Century
  
  (Margot Canaday, May 2001)
- The Pentagon's Gay Ban is Not Based on Military Necessity
  
  (Aaron Belkin, The Journal of Homosexuality, Volume 41(1), The Haworth Press, Jan 2001)
2000
- The Effects of Including Gay and Lesbian Soldiers in the British Armed Forces
  
  (Aaron Belkin and R.L. Evans, Nov 2000)
- The Effects of Including Gay and Lesbian Soldiers in the Australian Defence Forces: Appraising the Evidence
  
  (Aaron Belkin and Jason McNichol, Sep 2000)
- Homosexuality and the Israel Defense Forces
  
  (Aaron Belkin and Melissa Levitt, Jun 2000)
- Effects of the 1992 Lifting of Restrictions on Gay and Lesbian Service in the Canadian Forces: Appraising the Evidence
  
  (Aaron Belkin and Jason McNichol, Apr 2000)
1999
- Military Tolerance Works
  
  (Coit Blacker and Lawrence J. Korb, Jan 1999)

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