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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 GCC plan to ban homosexuals kicks up row Debate rages on social media DOHA: Media reports that is homosexual. He cautioned that Gulf countries are planning to any such law should be drafted deny residency visas to peo- and enforced only after careful ple who are found to be trans- studies. gender and homosexual after “And if we are convinced that medical check up went viral on such legislation is needed, we can social networking sites in Qatar go ahead and implement it with- yesterday. out fear of global human rights The reports trickled down from organisations,” said Tahoos. Kuwait where a senior public Meanwhile, most Qataris health official said Kuwait and commenting on the issue on other GCC states were mulling local social networking sites conducting tests to detect trans- said they welcomed the move gender people and homosexuals wholeheartedly. among newly-arriving foreign But several of them added workers. that they wondered what would If the tests are positive, such happen to the homosexuals and workers would be refused resi- transgender people in their own dency and work visas, the direc- community. tor of public health in Kuwait, Dr Some commentators said the Fourteen giant bronze sculptures have been installed outside the Sidra Medical and Research Center in Doha.