Dr Lajos Romsauer (1936-2011) was a psychiatrist and gay activist. He was an important member of the gay community in Budapest. Dr Romsauer was the president of the first Hungarian gay association, Homérosz. He also shouldered the responsibility to represent homosexuality and the homosexual community in public. As a psychiatrist, Romsauer also helped young adolescents who struggled with homosexuality, including helping them avoid being drafted by giving them medical certificates confirming that they were “homosexual” and thus suffered from a “psychic disorder.”