Aaron Belkin

Aaron Belkin is a Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University, founder and director of the Palm Center, and author of Bring Me Men: Military Masculinity and the Benign Facade of American Empire, 1898-2001 and How We Won, Progressive Lessons From the Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (e-book). He has been one of the nation’s leading advocates on the gays-in-the-military issue for more than a decade, and is now running a research and public education campaign on transgender military service.

Professor of Political Science, San Francisco State University

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