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The party that changed London forever
Evening Standard
|March 30, 2022
CLUBBING Sink the Pink brought LGBTQ+ culture to the mainstream. Its founders tell David Ellis why they’re ending an era
GLYN FUSSELL is uncharacteristically struggling for words. “I feel…” he begins, and then stutters to a stop. “Sorry.”
For Fussell, who in 2008 co-founded the Sink the Pink parties with best friend Amy Redmond, this is an emotional moment. Next month, time is called on a project that has consumed the past 14 years of his life. “I feel a bit crazy about it,” he says. “It’s been everything. It became my baby… I suppose I can only compare it to a parent with a child going to college. I’m excited because it’s the next chapter, but I’m terrified too.”
The final wind down will be marked with the Sink the Pink Farewell Ball on April 15, when some 6,000 or so fans head to Printworks to pay tribute to the parties that changed London forever. “When we did our announcement, there was quite a lot of shock but I think everyone sensed it was the way it is at any party — you want to leave when it’s still good,” says Redmond.
This story is from the March 30, 2022 edition of Evening Standard.
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