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Twink is gay slang for a man who is usually (but not always) in his late teens to twenties whose traits may include a slim to average physique, a youthful appearance, and little or no body hair.^[5]^[6]^[7] Twink is used both as a neutral descriptor, which can be compared with bear,^[8] and as a pejorative.^[5]^[9]

Etymology

The exact origins of the term twink are disputed. Some trace its first appearance to 1963, although it may be derived from an older British gay slang term twank, which means: "The quarry of a homosexual prostitute (male); a man willing and ready to become any dominant man's 'partner'".^[10] Oxford Dictionaries claims twink has origins in the 1970s.^[11]^[12] Another possible origin of the term may be a derivation from the American snack cake Twinkie, commonly regarded as the quintessential junk food. The food is described as "little nutritional value, sweet to the taste, and creme-filled";^[13]^[14]^[15] by comparison, the young men are described as "short, and blond, and full of creme",^[14] with creme being a euphemism for semen.^[14]^[16]

A backronym has been constructed for twink, according to which it stands for "'teenaged, white, into no kink", although these specified traits are not universally accepted as either necessary or sufficient to classify an individual as a "twink".^[17]^[18]

Usage

Popular culture

In his book Never Enough (2007), about a murder committed in 2003 in Hong Kong, described by The New York Times Book Review as hard-boiled clichés with a cartoonish first impression,^[19] Joe McGinniss describes a court case in which twink was defined as "a gay slang term used to denote an attractive, boyish-looking gay man between the ages of 18 and 23, slender ectomorph and with little or no body hair, often blond, often but not necessarily Caucasian."^[20]

It has also been sparingly used to describe straight male celebrities who are skinny and have a youthful appearance, like Timothée Chalamet,^[21]^[4]^[22]^[23] although some object it to being used to refer to non-gay men.^[24]

Gay subculture

The term also serves to identify a subculture within gay culture for which members of the community may self-identify, but their stable assurance mostly comes from acceptance by other members. The subculture, as examined now, serves as a purely physical marker for attributes any one person may hold and/or acquire, highly dependent on normative society's take on beauty standards as a whole and what the community puts forth and prescribes to.^[25]

Grindr, a popular dating app for gay men, lists the term as one of many "tribes" for users to "identify themselves with a niche group and filter their search to help find their type of guy."^[26]

Gay pornography

The term is often modified by various descriptors (e.g. femme twink, Euro twink, muscle twink) and is commonly used in the gay pornography industry.^[7]^[27]^[28]

Essayist Zeb J. Tortorici notes that gay twink porn thrives on the production and performance of "consumable and visually/anally receptive masculinity."^[29] A twink is "memorable for his outer packaging", not his "inner depth".^[14] Twink can be seen as a popular subgenre in gay porn widely consumed across the globe.^[30] In gay pornographic content, a twink usually, but not in all cases, plays the role of the submissive and receiving character commonly known as a bottom.

Analysis

Susan Driver characterized the word twink as relying on "ageist and racist tropes of youth and white desirability".^[30]^[10] In regards to the concept, Driver describes it as "a young, white, and performed masculinity that can be fetishized, consumed, ... clearly coded in terms of race and age",^[30] thus establishing the intersection for which race and age come together to create a hyper-sexualized denomination, often associated with sexual acts and the pornographic industry.^[30]

References

^ Davis, Davey (28 August 2018). "Troye Sivan Talks Being a Queer Icon — And Being Labeled a Bottom". Them. Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
^ Harmsworth, Andrei (11 June 2023). "Troye Sivan says he's 'transitioning into a white twunk'". PerthNow. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
^ Sayre, Justin Elizabeth (10 May 2022). From Gay to Z: A Queer Compendium. Chronicle Books. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-4521-8387-9. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b Mezzolani, Ario (1 December 2023). "The Twink King: from Antinous to Troye and Timothée, the beauty of humanity". Lampoon Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b Wright, Les (2001). The Bear Book II: Further Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Subculture. Haworth Press. p. 8. ISBN 0789006367.
^ "The Four Young Murder Victims of Serial Killer Stephen Port". ITV News. 23 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b Williams, Joe (8 May 2015). "Man Arrested for Having 'Twink' Images on His Computer". Pink News. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^ Baker, Paul (2004). Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 79. ISBN 0-8264-7343-1. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
^ Sunderland, Mitchell (25 February 2015). "It's Hard Out Here for a Twink". News. Vice. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b Partridge, Eric (2006). A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. p. 2025. ISBN 9781134963652. Retrieved 27 August 2015 – via Archive.org.
^ "Twinkie". Oxford Dictionary. Oxford Press. Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "Online Etymology Dictionary". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
^ Baker, Paul (2002). Polari – The Lost Language of Gay Men. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26180-5. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2008 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Reuter, Donald F. (2006). Gay-2-Zee: A Dictionary of Sex, Subtext, and the Sublime. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 215. ISBN 0-312-35427-4. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2007 – via Google Books.
^ Sagon, Candy (13 April 2005). "Twinkies, 75 Years And Counting". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
^ Petkovich, Anthony (2002). The X Factory: Inside the American Hardcore Film Industry. Headpress. ISBN 978-1-900486-24-8. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2013 – via Google Books.
^ "Terms and Definitions". OSU Pride Center. Pride Panel. Oregon State University. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
^ "Twink". The Free Dictionary. Acronyms. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
^ SHACOCHIS, BOB (16 December 2007). "Sunday Book Review, Here Comes the Bride". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ McGinniss, Joe (2007). Never Enough. Simon and Schuster. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-7432-9636-6. Retrieved 10 July 2008. McGinniss never enough twink.
^ Haramis, Nick (14 May 2018). "Welcome to the Age of the Twink". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
^ Stopera, Matt; Galindo, Brian (15 July 2021). "35 Celebrities Straight People Never Knew Were Twinks". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
^ Anne, Quimberly (14 November 2023). "Timothée Chalamet Shows Off Inner Twink As Troye Sivan in SNL Sketch". Instinct Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
^ Rude, Mey (9 February 2023). "Just a Reminder: Twinks Have to Be Gay". www.out.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
^ Maki, Justin L. (2017). "Gay Subculture Identification: Training Counselors to Work With Gay Men". Ideas and Research You Can Use: VISTAS: 1–12. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2018 – via ACA Knowledge Center.
^ Grindr. "The New Grindr: Zero Feet Away". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
^ Jacobson, Scott; Levin, Todd; Roede, Jason (2010). Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk. Random House, Inc. pp. 204–205. ISBN 978-0-307-59216-3. ISBN 978-0-307-59216-3.
^ Mowlabocus, Sharif, Dr. (28 December 2012). Gaydar Culture: Gay Men, Technology, and Embodiment in the Digital Age. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 9781409492627. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Driver, Susan (2008). Queer Youth Cultures: Performative and Political Practices. SUNY Press. pp. 199–215. ISBN 978-0-7914-7886-8. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Driver, Susan (2010). "Queering pornography". Queer Youth Cultures. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7337-5.

External links

The dictionary definition of Twink at Wiktionary
Media related to Twinks at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Davis, Davey (28 August 2018). "Troye Sivan Talks Being a Queer Icon — And Being Labeled a Bottom". Them. Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

[2] Harmsworth, Andrei (11 June 2023). "Troye Sivan says he's 'transitioning into a white twunk'". PerthNow. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

[3] Sayre, Justin Elizabeth (10 May 2022). From Gay to Z: A Queer Compendium. Chronicle Books. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-4521-8387-9. Retrieved 19 June 2024.

[:0-4] Mezzolani, Ario (1 December 2023). "The Twink King: from Antinous to Troye and Timothée, the beauty of humanity". Lampoon Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

[Bear_Book_II-5] Wright, Les (2001). The Bear Book II: Further Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Subculture. Haworth Press. p. 8. ISBN 0789006367.

[6] "The Four Young Murder Victims of Serial Killer Stephen Port". ITV News. 23 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016.

[PinkNews1-7] Williams, Joe (8 May 2015). "Man Arrested for Having 'Twink' Images on His Computer". Pink News. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

[Fantabulosa:_A-8] Baker, Paul (2004). Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 79. ISBN 0-8264-7343-1. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2007.

[9] Sunderland, Mitchell (25 February 2015). "It's Hard Out Here for a Twink". News. Vice. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

[Partridge-10] Partridge, Eric (2006). A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. p. 2025. ISBN 9781134963652. Retrieved 27 August 2015 – via Archive.org.

[11] "Twinkie". Oxford Dictionary. Oxford Press. Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[ED-12] "Online Etymology Dictionary". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

[Polari-13] Baker, Paul (2002). Polari – The Lost Language of Gay Men. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26180-5. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2008 – via Google Books.

[Gay-2-Zee:_A_Dicti-14] Reuter, Donald F. (2006). Gay-2-Zee: A Dictionary of Sex, Subtext, and the Sublime. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 215. ISBN 0-312-35427-4. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2007 – via Google Books.

[75_Years_And_Counting-15] Sagon, Candy (13 April 2005). "Twinkies, 75 Years And Counting". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2008.

[The_X_Factory-16] Petkovich, Anthony (2002). The X Factory: Inside the American Hardcore Film Industry. Headpress. ISBN 978-1-900486-24-8. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2013 – via Google Books.

[17] "Terms and Definitions". OSU Pride Center. Pride Panel. Oregon State University. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2008.

[18] "Twink". The Free Dictionary. Acronyms. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2008.

[ny-times-19] SHACOCHIS, BOB (16 December 2007). "Sunday Book Review, Here Comes the Bride". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[Never_Enough-20] McGinniss, Joe (2007). Never Enough. Simon and Schuster. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-7432-9636-6. Retrieved 10 July 2008. McGinniss never enough twink.

[21] Haramis, Nick (14 May 2018). "Welcome to the Age of the Twink". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

[22] Stopera, Matt; Galindo, Brian (15 July 2021). "35 Celebrities Straight People Never Knew Were Twinks". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

[23] Anne, Quimberly (14 November 2023). "Timothée Chalamet Shows Off Inner Twink As Troye Sivan in SNL Sketch". Instinct Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

[24] Rude, Mey (9 February 2023). "Just a Reminder: Twinks Have to Be Gay". www.out.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

[25] Maki, Justin L. (2017). "Gay Subculture Identification: Training Counselors to Work With Gay Men". Ideas and Research You Can Use: VISTAS: 1–12. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2018 – via ACA Knowledge Center.

[26] Grindr. "The New Grindr: Zero Feet Away". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

[27] Jacobson, Scott; Levin, Todd; Roede, Jason (2010). Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk. Random House, Inc. pp. 204–205. ISBN 978-0-307-59216-3. ISBN 978-0-307-59216-3.

[28] Mowlabocus, Sharif, Dr. (28 December 2012). Gaydar Culture: Gay Men, Technology, and Embodiment in the Digital Age. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 9781409492627. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Queer_Youth_Cultu-29] Driver, Susan (2008). Queer Youth Cultures: Performative and Political Practices. SUNY Press. pp. 199–215. ISBN 978-0-7914-7886-8. Retrieved 2 August 2013.

[:1-30] Driver, Susan (2010). "Queering pornography". Queer Youth Cultures. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7337-5.

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+<!--  Needed otheruses DAB tag to hopefully keep people from repeated addition of online game meaning (esp. World of Warcraft) -->[[File:2018.06.10 Troye Sivan at Capital Pride w Sony A7III, Washington, DC USA 03443 (27870870367).jpg|thumb|Australian singer-songwriter [[Troye Sivan]] has been described in media, and by himself, as a ''twink''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Davey |date=28 August 2018 |title=Troye Sivan Talks Being a Queer Icon — And Being Labeled a Bottom |url=https://www.them.us/story/troye-sivan-bloom-interview |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=Them |language=en-US |archive-date=23 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623221418/https://www.them.us/story/troye-sivan-bloom-interview |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harmsworth |first=Andrei |date=11 June 2023 |title=Troye Sivan says he's 'transitioning into a white twunk' |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/troye-sivan-im-transitioning-into-a-white-twunk-c-10883059 |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=PerthNow |language=en |archive-date=18 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240718181837/https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/troye-sivan-im-transitioning-into-a-white-twunk-c-10883059 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sayre |first=Justin Elizabeth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=189UEAAAQBAJ&dq=Troye+Sivan&pg=PA250 |title=From Gay to Z: A Queer Compendium |date=10 May 2022 |publisher=Chronicle Books |isbn=978-1-4521-8387-9 |page=250 |language=en |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref><ref name=":0" />]]
-'''''Twink''''' is [[gay slang]] for a man who is usually (but not always) in his late teens to twenties whose traits may include a slim to average physique, a youthful appearance, little or no [[body hair]], and [[Wiktionary:flamboyant|flamboyancy]].<ref name="Bear Book II">{{cite book |last=Wright |first=Les |title=The Bear Book&nbsp;II: Further Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Subculture |publisher=Haworth Press |year=2001 |isbn=0789006367 |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=23 November 2016 |title=The Four Young Murder Victims of Serial Killer Stephen Port |publisher=ITV News |url=http://www.itv.com/news/2016-11-23/the-four-young-murder-victims-of-serial-killer-stephen-port/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124051540/http://www.itv.com/news/2016-11-23/the-four-young-murder-victims-of-serial-killer-stephen-port/ |archive-date=24 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="PinkNews1">{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Joe |date=8 May 2015 |title=Man Arrested for Having 'Twink' Images on His Computer |newspaper=[[Pink News]] |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/05/08/man-arrested-for-having-twink-images-on-computer/ |access-date=29 December 2015 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819100808/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/05/08/man-arrested-for-having-twink-images-on-computer/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Twink'' is used both as a neutral descriptor, which can be compared with ''[[Bear (gay culture)|bear]]'',<ref name="Fantabulosa: A">{{cite book |last=Baker |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T72TJfZoywAC |title=Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |year=2004 |isbn=0-8264-7343-1 |page=79 |access-date=4 December 2007 |archive-date=4 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704012413/https://books.google.com/books?id=T72TJfZoywAC |url-status=live }}</ref> and as a [[pejorative]].<ref name="Bear Book II" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Sunderland |first=Mitchell |date=25 February 2015 |title=It's Hard Out Here for a Twink |website=Vice |department=News |url=https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/its-hard-out-here-for-a-twink-456 |access-date=29 December 2015 |archive-date=30 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130043122/http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/its-hard-out-here-for-a-twink-456 |url-status=live }}</ref>
+'''''Twink''''' is [[gay slang]] for a man who is usually (but not always) in his late teens to twenties whose traits may include a slim to average physique, a youthful appearance, and little or no [[body hair]].<ref name="Bear Book II">{{cite book |last=Wright |first=Les |title=The Bear Book&nbsp;II: Further Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Subculture |publisher=Haworth Press |year=2001 |isbn=0789006367 |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=23 November 2016 |title=The Four Young Murder Victims of Serial Killer Stephen Port |publisher=ITV News |url=http://www.itv.com/news/2016-11-23/the-four-young-murder-victims-of-serial-killer-stephen-port/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124051540/http://www.itv.com/news/2016-11-23/the-four-young-murder-victims-of-serial-killer-stephen-port/ |archive-date=24 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="PinkNews1">{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Joe |date=8 May 2015 |title=Man Arrested for Having 'Twink' Images on His Computer |newspaper=[[Pink News]] |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/05/08/man-arrested-for-having-twink-images-on-computer/ |access-date=29 December 2015 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819100808/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/05/08/man-arrested-for-having-twink-images-on-computer/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Twink'' is used both as a neutral descriptor, which can be compared with ''[[Bear (gay culture)|bear]]'',<ref name="Fantabulosa: A">{{cite book |last=Baker |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T72TJfZoywAC |title=Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |year=2004 |isbn=0-8264-7343-1 |page=79 |access-date=4 December 2007 |archive-date=4 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704012413/https://books.google.com/books?id=T72TJfZoywAC |url-status=live }}</ref> and as a [[pejorative]].<ref name="Bear Book II" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Sunderland |first=Mitchell |date=25 February 2015 |title=It's Hard Out Here for a Twink |website=Vice |department=News |url=https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/its-hard-out-here-for-a-twink-456 |access-date=29 December 2015 |archive-date=30 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130043122/http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/its-hard-out-here-for-a-twink-456 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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-In his book ''Never Enough'' (2007), about a murder [[Murder of Robert Kissel|committed in 2003 in Hong Kong]], described by the ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' as hard-boiled clichés with a cartoonish first impression,<ref name=ny-times>{{cite news |last1=SHACOCHIS |first1=BOB |title=Sunday Book Review, Here Comes the Bride |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/books/review/Shacochis-t.html?pagewanted=all |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=16 December 2007 |access-date=19 August 2014 |archive-date=20 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820105511/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/books/review/Shacochis-t.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Joe McGinniss]] describes a court case in which ''twink'' was defined as "a gay slang term used to denote an attractive, boyish-looking gay man between the ages of 18 and 23, slender [[ectomorph]] and with little or no [[body hair]], often blond, often but not necessarily Caucasian."<ref name="Never Enough">{{cite book |last=McGinniss |first=Joe |title=Never Enough |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7432-9636-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/neverenough00mcgi_0/page/280 280] |url=https://archive.org/details/neverenough00mcgi_0 |url-access=registration |quote=McGinniss never enough twink. |access-date=10 July 2008}}</ref>
+In his book ''Never Enough'' (2007), about a murder [[Murder of Robert Kissel|committed in 2003 in Hong Kong]], described by ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'' as hard-boiled clichés with a cartoonish first impression,<ref name=ny-times>{{cite news |last1=SHACOCHIS |first1=BOB |title=Sunday Book Review, Here Comes the Bride |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/books/review/Shacochis-t.html?pagewanted=all |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=16 December 2007 |access-date=19 August 2014 |archive-date=20 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820105511/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/books/review/Shacochis-t.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Joe McGinniss]] describes a court case in which ''twink'' was defined as "a gay slang term used to denote an attractive, boyish-looking gay man between the ages of 18 and 23, slender [[ectomorph]] and with little or no [[body hair]], often blond, often but not necessarily Caucasian."<ref name="Never Enough">{{cite book |last=McGinniss |first=Joe |title=Never Enough |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7432-9636-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/neverenough00mcgi_0/page/280 280] |url=https://archive.org/details/neverenough00mcgi_0 |url-access=registration |quote=McGinniss never enough twink. |access-date=10 July 2008}}</ref>
 It has also been sparingly used to describe [[Heterosexuality|straight]] male celebrities who are skinny and have a youthful appearance, like [[Timothée Chalamet]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haramis |first=Nick |date=14 May 2018 |title=Welcome to the Age of the Twink |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/t-magazine/age-of-the-twink.html |access-date=15 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=24 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224014546/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/t-magazine/age-of-the-twink.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mezzolani |first=Ario |date=1 December 2023 |title=The Twink King: from Antinous to Troye and Timothée, the beauty of humanity |url=https://lampoonmagazine.com/article/2023/12/01/what-twink-means-tribe-queerbaiting-binary-patriarchy-heteronormativity-troye-sivan-timothee-chalamet/ |website=Lampoon Magazine |access-date=15 May 2024 |archive-date=5 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705202244/https://lampoonmagazine.com/article/2023/12/01/what-twink-means-tribe-queerbaiting-binary-patriarchy-heteronormativity-troye-sivan-timothee-chalamet/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stopera |first1=Matt |last2=Galindo |first2=Brian |date=15 July 2021 |title=35 Celebrities Straight People Never Knew Were Twinks |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/celebs-that-are-twinks |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=BuzzFeed |language=en |archive-date=15 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515190427/https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/celebs-that-are-twinks |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Anne |first=Quimberly |date=14 November 2023 |title=Timothée Chalamet Shows Off Inner Twink As Troye Sivan in ''SNL'' Sketch |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/timothee-chalamet-shows-off-inner-twink-as-troye-sivan-in-snl-sketch/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Instinct Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=30 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530201556/https://instinctmagazine.com/timothee-chalamet-shows-off-inner-twink-as-troye-sivan-in-snl-sketch/ |url-status=live }}</ref> although some object it to being used to refer to non-gay men.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rude |first=Mey |date=9 February 2023 |title=Just a Reminder: Twinks Have to Be Gay |url=https://www.out.com/celebs/twinks-are-gay-not-straight |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=www.out.com |language=en |archive-date=22 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522151449/https://www.out.com/celebs/twinks-are-gay-not-straight |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 === Gay pornography ===
-[[File:French Twinks Prowler Awards 2018.jpg|thumb|Models of gay porn studio [[French Twinks]] with the producer (rightmost) at Prowler Porn Awards 2018]]
 The term is often modified by various descriptors (e.g. ''[[femme]] twink'', ''[[Europe|Euro]] twink'', ''[[physical fitness|muscle]] twink'') and is commonly used in the [[gay pornography]] industry.<ref name="PinkNews1" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Jacobson |first1=Scott |title=Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk |last2=Levin |first2=Todd |last3=Roede |first3=Jason |publisher=Random House, Inc. |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-307-59216-3 |pages=204–205}} {{ISBN|978-0-307-59216-3}}.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Mowlabocus |first=Sharif, Dr. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cciagVwKWPcC&pg=PA113 |title=Gaydar Culture: Gay Men, Technology, and Embodiment in the Digital Age |date=28 December 2012 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |isbn=9781409492627 |access-date=17 September 2017 |archive-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024010109/https://books.google.com/books?id=cciagVwKWPcC&pg=PA113 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 == Analysis ==
 Susan Driver characterized the word ''twink'' as relying on "[[ageist]] and [[racist]] [[trope (literature)|trope]]s of youth and white desirability".<ref name=":1">{{cite book |last=Driver |first=Susan |year=2010 |chapter=Queering pornography |title=Queer Youth Cultures |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-7914-7337-5}}</ref><ref name="Partridge" /> In regards to the concept, Driver describes it as "a young, white, and performed [[masculinity]] that can be [[Sexual fetishism|fetishized]], consumed, ... clearly coded in terms of race and age",<ref name=":1" /> thus establishing the intersection for which race and age come together to create a hyper-sexualized denomination, often associated with sexual acts and the [[Sex industry|pornographic industry]].<ref name=":1" />
-Jones, Ciardha, and Elliott observed that the use of ''twink'' pornography—depicting men in their late teens or early 20s who are typically of slim build—was mentioned by some users that are "exclusively attracted to children" as a legal outlet for sexual release.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Sarah J. |last2=Ó Ciardha |first2=Caoilte |last3=Elliott |first3=Ian A. |date=October 2021 |title=Identifying the Coping Strategies of Nonoffending Pedophilic and Hebephilic Individuals From Their Online Forum Posts |journal=Sexual Abuse |language=en |volume=33 |issue=7 |pages=793–815 |doi=10.1177/1079063220965953 |issn=1079-0632 |pmc=8419289 |pmid=33084517}}</ref>
 ==See also==
-{{Portal|LGBT}}
+{{Portal|LGBTQ}}
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+[[Category:LGBTQ youth]]
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-[[Category:Stereotypes of LGBT people]]
+[[Category:Stereotypes of LGBTQ people]]

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