Mandy Mangler, born in Leipzig in 1977, is the Chief Physician for Gynecology and Obstetrics at Vivantes Auguste-Viktoria-Klinikum and Vivantes Klinikum Neukölln in Berlin. She studied medicine at Freie Universität Berlin and worked at Charité until 2016, where she became the first woman to serve as acting head of gynecology. Mangler is a strong advocate for gender equality in medicine and was awarded the Berliner Frauenpreis in 2022. She is also the co-author of the podcast "Gyncast," which focuses on women's health, and teaches as a professor at Evangelische Hochschule Berlin.

Sophia Wagemann is a doctoral student at the University of Leipzig. Her dissertation project focuses on the history of hormonal contraception and the concept of side effects in Germany, 1960s-1990s. She is currently working at the Institute for the History of Medicine and Ethics in Medicine Charité Berlin and at the interdisciplinary LeipzigLab Global Health at the University of Leipzig. Her areas of expertise are the history of hormonal contraception, the history of the body, and the use of hormones in the context of hormones in the context of gender diversity.