10-20% of Somali Canadians are gay/bisexual and proud.

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Let's give it up for the Somali-Canadian community.:qri8gs7:
I met the head of the LGBTQ community on campus.
Mashallah it was a former somali classmate. More diversity and protection for the LGBTQ somali community is needed.
 
Some scary numbers:

Certain populations have higher rates of new HIV infections (incidence).1,4

According to 2014 national estimates:

  • Aboriginal populations have incidence rates 2.7 times higher than people of other ethnicities.
  • People from HIV-endemic countries (living in Canada) have incidence rates 6.3 times higher than people of other ethnicities (living in Canada).
  • Men who have sex with men have incidence rates 131 times higher than other men.
  • People who inject drugs have incidence rates 59 times higher than people who do not inject drugs.
  • Males have incidence rates 3.4 times higher than females.
 
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