While SOAK feels that "androgynous" is a label she feels comfortable assigning to herself, she never felt the need to define herself growing up, as Derry provided a community in which she could always simply exist without explanation. "Where I'm from is a very accepting place," she explained to The Line of Best Fit. "Being gay in that environment — I've never suffered any backlash, and was supported so much by my parents and the local community. I was very lucky and privileged to have grown up there."
She grew up post-Troubles, but she still finds that people are surprised by the picture she paints of Derry. " . . . people expect me to be like, 'Bombs are going off all the time and I got shot like five times!'" she continued. "Obviously Derry had its history, but I grew up in the ceasefire [following] that era and my childhood was just lovely. I had all the freedom in the world."