This report was spearheaded by the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS). Chapters 2, 3 and 4 were written by Marie-Anne Valfort under the supervision of Stephane Carcillo (Head of the Jobs and Income Division) and Monika Queisser (Head of the Social Policy Division), and under the leadership of Stefano Scarpetta (Director of ELS) and Mark Pearson (Deputy Director of ELS). The overview chapter (Chapter 1) was jointly written by Stephane Carcillo, Monika Queisser and Marie-Anne Valfort. Caroline Medina provided valuable research assistance at an early stage of the report. Lucy Hulett and Maxime Ladaique together with Natalie Corry and Alastair Wood prepared the manuscript for publication.
We are very grateful to members of the Working Party on Social Policy and the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee for reviewing the pre-filled questionnaire on LGBTI-inclusive laws and policies on which this report is based, and for their helpful comments and suggestions on a pre-publication version of this report.
We warmly thank the United Kingdom, Norway, Canada and Austria for their financial support.