Evolution of Government Policy Towards Homosexuality in the US Military The Rise and Fall of DADT

Preface James E. Parco, Department of Economics and Business, Colorado College, USA, and David A. Levy, Department of Management, US Air Force Academy, USA

Foreword: The Political Battle for Repeal: Personal Reflections from the Frontlines Patrick Murphy, Former Congressman, US House of Representatives, USA

1: The President’s Pleasant Surprise: How LGBT Advocates Ended "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" Nathaniel Frank, Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, Columbia Law School, USA

2: Politics of Paranoia Aaron Belkin, Department of Political Science, San Francisco State University, USA

3: OutServe: An Underground Network Stands Up Sue Fulton, Communications Director, OutServe, USA

4: The Rise of Repeal: Policy Entrepreneurship and "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" Christopher Neff, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney, Australia, and Luke Edgell, Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney, Australia

5: From Exclusion to Acceptance: A Case History of Homosexuality in the US Court of Military Appeals Kellie Wilson-Buford, Department of History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

6: Formalizing the Ban: My Experience in the Reagan Administration Larry Korb, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, USA, and Alex Rothman, Research Associate, Center for American Progress, USA

7: The Comprehensive Review Working Group and DADT Repeal at the Department of Defense in 2010 Jonathan Lee, Department of Defense, USA

8: Outing the Costs of Civil Deference to the Military Elizabeth Hillman, Hastings College of the Law, University of California, USA

9: Gays in the U.S. Military: Reviewing the Research and Conceptualizing A Way Forward Armando X. Estrada, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, USA, Gia A. DiRosa, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, USA, and Arwen H. DeConstanza, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, USA

10: Policy and Paradox: Grounded Theory at the Moment of DADT Repeal James E. Parco, Department of Economics and Business, Colorado College, USA, and David A. Levy, Department of Management, US Air Force Academy, USA

11: The Myth of the Warrior: Martial Masculinity and the End of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell L. Michael Allsep, Department of Leadership and Strategy, Air Command and Staff College, USA

12: If We Ask, What They Might Tell: Clinical Assessment Lessons from LGBT Military Personnel Post-DADT Heliana Ramirez, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Stephen J. Rogers, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, USA, Harriet L. Johnson, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, USA, Jon Banks, Wanda P. Seay, Billy L. Tinsley and Andrew W. Grant

13: Mental Health Characteristics of Sexual Minority Veterans Bryan N. Cochran, Department of Psychology, University of Montana, USA, Kimberly Balsam, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto University, USA, Annesa Flentje, Department of Psychology, University of Montana, USA, Carol A. Malte, Puget Sound Health Care System, United States Veterans Administration, USA and Tracy Simpson, Puget Sound Health Care System, United States Veterans Administration, USA

14: Transgender People in the Military: Don’t Ask? Don’t Tell? Don’t Enlist! Adam F. Yerke, Chicago School of Professional Psychology—Los Angeles, USA and Valory Mitchell, California School of Professional Psychology—Los Angeles, USA

15. One Year Out: An Assessment of DADT Repeal’s Impact on Military Readiness Aaron Belkin, Department of Political Science, San Francisco State University, USA, Morten Ender, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, US Military Academy, USA, Nathaniel Frank, Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, Columbia Law School, USA, Stacie Furia, Palm Center, School of Law, University of California – Los Angeles, USA, Gary Packard, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, US Air Force Academy, Tammy S. Schultz, National Security and Joint Warfare, U.S. Marine Corps War College, USA, Steven Samuels, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, US Air Force Academy, USA and David R. Segal, Center for Research on Military Organization, University of Maryland, USA

Appendix I: Title 10, Section 654 of the United States Code. "Policy Concerning Homosexuality in the Armed Forces" (1993)

Appendix II: Executive Summary, Report of the Comprehensive Review of the Issues Associated with a Repeal of DADT

Appendix III: H.R.6520 – Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010

Biography

Jim Parco is an Associate Professor of Economics and Business at Colorado College, USA. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and an MBA from the College of William & Mary. He previously taught at the Air Command & Staff College, USA, and at the US Air Force Academy. He retired from active-duty in 2011. He has co-authored The 52nd Floor: Thinking Deeply about Leadership, Attitudes Aren’t Free: Thinking Deeply about Diversity in the U.S. Armed Forces and Echoes of Mind: Thinking Deeply about Humanship.

Dave Levy is a Professor of Management at the US Air Force Academy. He served on active-duty from 1988-1998 and received his Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Cornell University, USA. He has co-authored The 52nd Floor: Thinking Deeply about Leadership, Attitudes Aren’t Free: Thinking Deeply about Diversity in the U.S. Armed Forces and Echoes of Mind: Thinking Deeply about Humanship.