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Kids will learn to accept same-sex public displays of affection in a £1million anti-homophobic bullying project.

Around 70 per cent of 100,000 LGBT people surveyed by the government felt uncomfortable handing hands in public.

Equalities minister Penny Mordaunt, who is spending the cash on teacher training, said: “We are stepping up work to protect more children and to stop hatred from festering and growing in to discrimination in adulthood.”

Another £1million will go into health care to ensure LGBT people are treated properly after half said they had waited too long for mental health treatment.

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Around 16 per cent said they thought GPs were not helpful because of their sexuality.

Ms Mordaunt will spend a total of £4.5million on the Government’s 75 commitments in its LGBT action plan.

Ms Mordaunt said: “Everyone should feel safe and happy to be who they are, to love who they love, and to live their lives without judgement or fear.

“We are stepping up work to protect more children and to stop hatred from festering and growing in to discrimination in adulthood.”