Recent Publications

Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Detailing the Cost

Dr. Nathaniel Frank | The Palm Center | August 16, 2010

Read the full study here.

Presence of Openly Gay Soldiers in IDF Does Not Undermine Unit Social Cohesion

Danny Kaplan, Amir Rosenmann | Research Report Submitted to the Michael D. Palm Center | June 6, 2010

Highlights: This study examines the correlation between the presence of gay and lesbian soldiers in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) and measures of unit social cohesion, following a survey of 417 combat and non-combat male soldiers conducted in 2000, seven years after IDF restrictions on gay personnel were terminated. The argument that openly gay soldiers could undermine unit cohesion rests on a particular understanding of cohesion as a social factor based on interpersonal emotions between unit members.

Memo for the Pentagon Working Group

By Diane H. Mazur, Legal Co-Director, Palm Center, and Professor of Law, University of Florida, Levin College of Law | April 1, 2010

What Does the Empirical Research Say about the Impact of Openly Gay Service on the Military?

Dr. Nathaniel Frank | March 3, 2010

MIXED MESSAGES FROM JUSTICE KAGAN

Much of the opposition to Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court came from her blistering criticism of "don't ask, don't tell." She has called the policy "a profound wrong, a moral injustice

What Does the Empirical Research Say about the Impact of Openly Gay Service on the Military?

Gays in Foreign Militaries 2010

Twenty-five nations now allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. In many of those countries, debate before the policy changes was highly pitched and many people both inside and outside the military predicted major disruptions, but when inclusive policies were implemented, no more than three people in each country actually resigned.