Sweden's famously gender equality capital is now planning to spend millions of kronor on lessons to teach 'LGBT-awareness' to schoolchildren.

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The city of Stockholm has announced that it has earmarked eight million kronor ($950,000) to fund the special lessons in primary and high schools in a move to promote and broaden the acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pupils.

“LGBT students are subject to more violence and threats (than other students) and they suffer more from health problems so it’s important that we deal with these issues at school,” Gita Nabavi, a spokeswoman for Sweden’s feminist party Feministiskt Initiativ which has led the initiative, told public broadcaster SVT.

The programme, which is part of push to increase the awareness of human rights, is due to start in 2016.

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