Sink The Pink is the largest LGBTQ+ performance collective in the UK. Continuously challenging the status quo around nightlife culture, whilst fiercely promoting inclusivity & freedom of self expression.
Founded in 2008, Sink The Pink began as a response to ‘too many bland and non-inclusive nights out’. Growing from humble beginnings in a working mens club in East London, Sink The Pink now tour the world with their legendary parties, iconic performances and immersive productions. Their dedication to creativity, diversity and joy has attracted communities and audiences from across the globe.
Sink The Pink is a melting pot of drag artists, club kids, performers, decorated choreographers, creatives and acclaimed set and costume designers. Inspired by theatre, dance, punk, pop culture and fashion, to ensure that each show delivers a feast for all the senses. They are often found performing on famous stages around the world including Glastonbury, Times Square New York, Sao Paulo, Australia, across Europe and selling out UK venues such as Brixton Academy and the Roundhouse in hours. Collaborating with artists such as Little Mix, Melanie C and Years & Years, to name but a few, along with an array of international brands and charities who support equality.
At Sink The Pink, everyone is welcome and everyone is celebrated.
Current publication:
A rousing, colourful and joyous manifesto dedicated to misfits everywhere seeking empowerment, their tribe and themselves.
In a world plagued by boring binaries, restrictive labels and blinkered expectations, it is easy to feel out of step or like you don't belong. Sink the Pink's Manifesto for Misfits is dedicated to you: from finding your power to dreaming big, owning your space to chasing your joy, embracing your uniqueness to broadening your narrative, each cis-tem-crashing chapter will revolutionise how you see yourself, no matter where you are on your journey.
Discover within thinkpieces, reflective exercises and living testimony from a brave community of self-proclaimed eccentrics, freaks, geeks, rebels and oddballs – including Jade Thirlwall (Little Mix), Yungblud and Spice Girl Mel C – to remind yourself that you are not alone and weirdos win in the end. Too fat, too femme, too weird, too much... lifelong outsider and inclusivity campaigner Glyn Fussell challenges such toxic notions, forces you to question the powers at play and confront internalised demons.
With each of his witty commandments, you will learn why and how to reject the status quo tolive your life your way. He is the founder of Sink the Pink, the largest LGBTQ+ collective in the UK, whose events offer a portal to another world where anything is possible and everyone is welcome.His perspective-shifting book is an antidote to confusion, fear and repression. Feel the love, find self-acceptance and let your freak flag fly. Foreword by Lily Allen.
Praise:
‘I love this book! Its vibrant and jumps off the page at you!’ - Fearne Cotton
‘A potent fruit-punch of a guide that didn’t really exist. Now that it does, it will be a blessing for so many that didn’t even realize they needed it until it’s in their hands.’ - Jake Shears, lead singer of Scissor Sisters
'For as many people that hated me there are people that love me for being different, I’ve made a career out of that. I love making people happy and this book will bring people so much joy and peace of mind in a mixed up word.' - Amanda Lepore
'I am so glad this book exists! Finally a fun read for all the weirdos in the playground - I wish this book was out when I was younger, It would have changed my life!' -- Jodie Harsh
'Woah this book is so engaging and very special, I’m so proud of my friend Glyn. You will love this book'. -- Jess Glynne, Singer / Songwriter
