Sabrina Berndt (she/her), born in 1955 in Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, Upper Bavaria, embodies the life of a self-determined and vibrant senior in Munich. She has been active in the drag scene since her youth and plays a vital role in the local LGBTQIA+ community as chairwoman of the Queer Archive Forum and as a member of the Rosa Liste. In the late 1980s, Sabrina experienced the challenges of the HIV pandemic firsthand, recalling a time when she had to attend a funeral every month. Her luck: her transition and the associated hormone therapy reduced her risk of infection. To live her 'true self,' Sabrina had to go through a difficult path, as until this year, Germany's 'Transsexual Law' governed the change of gender designation and first name for trans* people.

Christine Bandilla (she/her), born in 1950 in a small village between Lübeck and Hamburg, proudly refers to herself as a 'church lesbian.' Until her retirement, she worked as a software developer, writing code and contributing to the development of digital telephony. After coming out in the late 1980s, she gradually shifted her long-standing church involvement more and more toward the lesbian community within the Protestant Church. She is a co-founder and, as she proudly says, 'co-woman' of various networks where she continues to advocate for a more queer-friendly church. Christine lives in a women’s housing project in Munich-Riem – you can recognize her apartment from the street by the large rainbow flag waving from the balcony. A few minutes' walk from her home is the Riemer See, where she swims several laps a week.

Kornelia Kohler (she/her), born in 1958 in Lübeck, lives with her cats in the quiet outskirts of Munich. She discovered her love for women in her youth through professional sports. Her great passion for handball played a significant role in her life: in 1977, she participated in the Junior World Championship in Romania, followed by a World Championship in Hungary in 1982. After several failed relationships, Konni embarked on a journey of self-discovery and spent ten years on the island of Mallorca. Ultimately, homesickness drew her back to Bavaria. Due to her love of animals, she now works at an animal sanctuary. Together with her ex-wife, she has a son and a daughter.

Jürgen Pfennig (he/him), born in 1940 in Schweinfurt, and Hans-Thorsten Deneke (he/him), born in 1960 in Augsburg, met in 1983 at the Deutsche Eiche in Munich. Their relationship is marked by mutual respect and a shared interest in art, travel, and attending the opera. Jürgen comes from a butcher's family. After a serious traffic accident in what was then Yugoslavia, a lengthy hospital stay, and his first working years in banking and the hotel industry, he decided to pursue ceramics training in Landshut. Later, he renovated an old barn in Fahrenzhausen into a workshop and home, where they still live together today. Hans-Thorsten spent his youth in the USA and Spain but returned to Munich to study law. Before his retirement, he worked in the banking industry.

Francesco Giordano (he/him), born in 1992 in Nagold, is a queer photographer, visual artist, and curator living and working in Munich. In his projects, Francesco focuses on LGBTQIA+ issues and migration. He graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor's degree in Photography from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich. His artistic work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, including at the Tollwood Festival in Munich (2019), the Belfast Photo Festival (2022), the Emigration Museum Ballinstadt in Hamburg (2020), and the group exhibition 'I have no words, there is no title' at the Rathausgalerie Munich (2022). Francesco has received several grants, including the VG Bild-Kunst Continuing Education Scholarship (2023) and the International/Intercultural Research Scholarship (2024). In the same year, Francesco was nominated for the photo award of Munich.

Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert (he/him), born in 1991 in Prien am Chiemsee, lives and works as a queer artist between Berlin and Munich. Ohlert primarily focuses on portraiture, capturing personalities from the fields of art, fashion, and queer culture, with a particular emphasis on the people and their stories. He self-published his first photobook, 'Gender as a Spectrum,' in 2016. Joseph studied at the renowned Ostkreuz School of Photography in Berlin, where he graduated in 2015. In addition to further studies at the University of the Arts in Fine Arts under Prof. Tilman Wendland and later Prof. Monica Bonvicini, he opened his own creative space, P7 GALLERY, in Berlin. Joseph has worked with a wide range of publications (VOGUE, Zeitmagazin, SZ, Spiegel, Rolling Stone, Siegessäule, and many more) and regularly exhibits his work in solo and group exhibitions worldwide. He is currently working on a new book about larger-bodied men, which is set to be published by Kettler Verlag at the end of 2024.

Florian Tenk (he/him), born in 1990 in Dachau, is an artist and photographer from Munich. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and completed his studies in 2018 as a master student under Prof. Dieter Rehm. Florian often incorporates queer themes into his work, especially when he is portraying people. He combines these with images of objects and places to convey and express a specific mood and his thoughts. His works consist of a combination of staged photographs and spontaneous snapshots. In his work, he continuously explores his environment, using photographic fragments to create an alternative, often utopian vision of the world he would like to live in. Florian regularly participates in exhibitions, including the group exhibition 'Alles Immer Jetzt' (2022, Gallery of Artists, Munich), the group exhibition 'Marionetten/Hinter der Bühne' (2021, Municipal Gallery of Kharkiv, Ukraine), and his solo exhibition 'Der Wind weht und die Jungen weinen' (2019, Galerie Zernik, Munich). He has won several awards, including the 2021 'Junge Kunst und neue Wege' scholarship from the Free State of Bavaria, as well as funding awards from the cultural promotion of LfA Förderbank and the Fanny-Carlita Foundation in Munich.

Teo Apostolescu (she/they), born in 2001 in Munich, is currently in her 4th semester studying Photo Design at the university in her hometown. Outside of her academic photography work, she often enjoys exploring street, portrait, and documentary photography. Through analog photography, Teo has started experimenting with other analog creative processes and has found joy in alternative ways of working that offer a creative medium beyond photography, even without a camera. In addition to photography, she is interested in political topics and would like to combine these with photography in the future. In 2024, Teo will move to Berlin for her practical semester.