WELCOME TO THE MICHAEL D. PALM CENTER

Welcome to the Michael D. Palm Center, a new research institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Center is committed to sponsoring state-of-the-art research to enhance the quality of public dialogue about critical and controversial issues of the day. The Center's priority, the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Project, continues the work of the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military.


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New Data on Gender Identity in Military Finds Discrimination

August 21, 2008, Santa Barbara – New figures released today by the Transgender American Veterans Association reveal discrimination based on transgender status. A Palm Center analysis of the data was also released today.

 

Intelligence Agency Touts Diversity as Boon to Security

SANTA BARBARA, CA, August 19, 2008 – The National Security Agency (NSA) recently hosted a corporate diversity trainer, Brian McNaught, well-known for his work with Fortune 500 companies that want to appeal to gay and lesbian workers and consumers.

 

Media Reporting 50+ Generals Now Oppose Gay Ban

: [Photo Credit: CBS News]SANTA BARBARA, July 23, 2008 - CNN, USA Today, and the San Francisco Chronicle have reported that more than 50 retired U.S. Generals and Admirals urged Congress to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" law in a July 7 statement. [Photo credit: CBS News]

 

Law Review Questions Expertise of Congressional Witness

SANTA BARBARA, July 23, 2008 -The Palm Center announced today that a Duke University law review is publishing a critique of a chief Congressional witness who is testifying at today’s hearings on the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military.

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Major Book on Military's Gay Ban Due Out Next Year

SANTA BARBARA, CA, June 5, 2008 - St. Martin's Press has announced that it will publish the much-anticipated new book on gays in the military by Dr. Nathaniel Frank, the country's leading expert on "don't ask, don't tell." The book, Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America will be published in the winter of 2009.

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