Gaywaves, Sydney’s first gay and lesbian radio program, first went to air at a time when homosexuality was still illegal for men in NSW.

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.