Rod Michano, (born Toussaint Roderick Michano, April 19, 1964 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a noted Canadian First Nations HIV/AIDS activist and educator. He is a member of the Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation in Northern Ontario.

Michano left Pic River at age 18, travelling extensively throughout the United States and Canada before coming to Toronto, Ontario where he became active in many Aboriginal and LGBT community organizations. He began HIV/AIDS work and activism in 1990 and has since become a public speaker and educator. He has been involved in many grassroots initiatives that helped raise the profile of HIV/AIDS among Aboriginal, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit, and was featured in the 1997 documentary film Changing Faces of AIDS.

Rod Michano

He resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was co-host of Toronto's 2007 AIDS Vigil.

Rod Michano

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1964 births

HIV/AIDS activists

Ojibwe people

First Nations activists

Canadian LGBT rights activists

Living people

People from Thunder Bay

Two-spirit people

LGBT First Nations people

20th-century First Nations people

21st-century First Nations people

21st-century Canadian LGBT people

20th-century Canadian LGBT people

Rod Michano