Some panic in the corridors of power this week as Ministers are worried about the rumour of lesbianism rife in our single sex school system The Arab Times reports:
”The Ministry of Education is collecting information about suspected gay and lesbian students in all ministry schools and sources say the step is aimed at preventing the ‘phenomenon’ from spreading, reports Al-Watan daily. Reliable sources say the ministry is conducting a study on the phenomenon and is surveying all schools “to detect such cases,” especially since the talk about gays and lesbians has increased among school students at all ages. Ministry Undersecretary Jassem Al-Omar and Chairperson of the Model Mother Committee Sheikha Fareeha Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah are supervising the study and reportedly Sheikha Fareeha was very upset with the results of the study.
Though several such cases were reported during the first stage of research, the ministry will send specialists to various schools to observe “the activities of such students and make a report about them.” According to sources, it is a comprehensive study, in which all cases of tribalism, racism and violence among students too will be noted down. In a related development, sources say securitymen were given verbal instructions to arrest all gays and lesbians wherever they were found. Though it is not known why the instructions were given verbally, sources say, “the reasons will never be told but the authorities might be trying to protect the reputation of arrested people.”
Then they are going to give them some medicine to make it all better.