Here are all the highs and lows of this year, a roundup and an outlook, in consecutive order. First things first: I’ve been swimming my heart out! I’ve really fallen hard for this sport and will continue to swim (almost) every day next year. Thank Goodness the Olympics were on in August and I could additionally geek out and stalk the world’s top swimmers during this week of pure bliss and nail-biting TV watching!

Selina is a lesbian woman living in Bern. She grew up in the small village of Lauenen, close to Gstaad. When she was 21, the father of the girl she was seeing attacked and tried to kill her, and later incited the village against her family: "Keep your girls inside, there's a lesbian plague going around," his message was.