S3E1: How do we make allyship at work real—not performative?

Pride Month can feel like a corporate checkbox.

But this week on Work is Weird Now, we’re cutting through the noise to ask a bigger question:

👉 How do we make allyship at work real—not just performative—for Pride and beyond?

Our guest is Tony Marroney, an operations director, proud gay man, and heels-wearing executive who’s spent over 25 years helping workplaces become more inclusive, sometimes while working in environments that didn’t feel safe to be fully out.

This conversation is personal, practical, and powerful. We talk about:

• The difference between allyship and rainbow-washing
• What it feels like to go back into the closet for work
• Why Pride is still a protest
• The invisible labour of inclusion
• And how smal ...