Previously in 2012 over 2 million expatriates across Gulf Cooperation Council countries were gender tested. The proposal was set to be discussed in Oman on 11 November 2013 by a central committee tasked with reviewing the situation concerning expatriates. It has been suggested that concern for hosting 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and fears for controversy in a case that football fans would have been screened, made Mindkar to backtrack the plans and insist that it was a mere proposal. Those who would have failed the tests would have had their visas revoked. Obtaining a visa already requires passing a health examination for migrant workers from certain countries. The director of public health Yousuf Mindkar from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health initially proposed that routine medical examinations would have also screened for homosexuality.
Gulf Cooperation Council homosexuality test was a proposed homosexuality test that would have been used in Gulf states to prevent any homosexual travelers from entering the countries.
Proposed homosexuality test in Gulf states
