Dashiell Hannoush talks to Prue Borthwick about the LGBTQIA+ radio program Gaywaves and how she turned her personal stories into social statements.

Sydney gay and lesbian radio program Gaywaves presenter Dietmar Hollman reports in November 1985 on proposed legislation (which would become the 1985 Public Health Proclaimed Diseases

Dietmar Hollman discusses the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) with American activist, film historian and author Vito Russo on Gaywaves in 1988.

Gaywaves presenter and program producer, Dietmar Hollman.

Hollman was a member of the New South Wales Gay Rights Lobby during the gay law reform campaign in the early 1980s.

Greg Reading reports for Gaywaves in 1983 from a march on Oxford Street, Sydney.

Gaywaves float at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade, 1994.

Recordings from the radio program Gaywaves, which ran from 1979 to 2005 on Sydney community radio station 2SER 107.3.

Radio Archivist Chris Arneil looks at the outcomes of our Gaywaves LGBTQIA+ radio preservation program.

Tens of thousands of items are collected by the NFSA each year. What did we collect in 2014? Part 2 includes wild sounds, rock stars, Indigenous music and Mardi Gras.

The NFSA has developed a project to ensure the preservation of LGBTQIA+ radio in our collection thanks to a bequest from the estate of Dietmar Hollman, a former presenter and producer of Gaywaves and gay rights activist.