Max Appenroth (they/he) is a Germany-based trans activist, diversity consultant, and PhD candidate at the Institute of Public Health at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. He is an internationally recognized expert in HIV prevention for trans communities.María do Mar Castro Varela is Professor of General Pedagogy and Social Work at the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin. She is, among other things, founder and member of bildungsLab* and chair of the Berlin Institute for Contrapuntal Social Analysis (BI:KA). Her current research interests include issues of ethics, art, trauma, emancipation, and knowledge production.