Weekend Magazine

'A lot of the time when you're hearing queer stories, it's about the struggle' - Indie-pop band Pillow Queens

Self-acceptance is often a hard-fought battle, as indie-pop band Pillow Queens know all too well. Growing up in the early 2000s, when social media consisted solely of Bebo, cameras were mostly disposable and music was still burned on to mixed CDs, Pamela Connolly, Sarah Corcoran, Rachel Lyons and Cathy McGuinness used to think that to be queer - to be themselves - they would have to leave Ireland.