Since the beginning of a global coronavirus pandemic, our daily lives have been put on hold. Technology took over and people became far more aware of their surroundings, social distancing became the new norm, and self isolation was one of the most-frequently used phrases of the year.
Then, the world was shaken up by a video that caught a murder of an innocent black man by a white policeman. The protests against police brutality erupted across the United States, and swiftly took over other countries.
The Black Lives Matter movement got stronger than ever. It is an important reminder to us all, not just LGBTQI+ people of colour, that the fight for basic human rights is still not over.