It’s OK to take ‘Pride’ in your true self
MiQ commercial director Fiona Roberts reflects on a powerful journey of discovery, as we begin Pride Month.
With the excitement of Pride Month just around the corner, and only two years to go until Sydney hosts the first ever World Pride Celebrations in October 2023, I’ve recently spent some time reflecting on how different our industry and my working experience is to when I started in media at 21.
Twenty years ago, I walked into my first real media gig full of hope, ambition, excitement, and a very large dose of fear. At that stage, I had yet to come to fully accept myself as gay. Sure, on the inside I knew deep down that secretly watching The L Word when my parents weren’t home was probably not leading me directly down the path of heterosexuality, but I was certainly not out, and I was still hopeful I could be what everyone thought I was, what they wanted me to be, and what everyone seemingly around me was: straight.
