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'''Twink''' is a [[Gender Expression]] term from gay subculture that embraces youthful male appearance or [[effeminacy]].<br />
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Twinks are typically and traditionally associated with a few key tropes, those tropes being general physical attractiveness, a slim build, a man who is in his late teens or twenties, and a youthful appearance that lacks facial hair and often body hair as well.<ref name="pink news">{{Cite web |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220121023603/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/04/27/what-is-a-twink/ |title=What is a twink? |author=[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/ Pink News] |archivedate=20220121023603}}</ref> In his book ''Never Enough'' (2007), 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_print |author=McGinniss, Joe |titlepart= |title=Never Enough |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=2007 |language=English |isbn=9780743296366 |url=https://archive.org/details/neverenough00mcgi_0/page/n7/mode/2up}}</ref><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The origins of the term '''twink''' are disputed.<br />
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One possibility is that the term originates from '''twank''', an older British gay slang term which means "''the quarry of a homosexual prostitute (male); a man willing and ready to become any dominant man's <nowiki>'</nowiki>partner<nowiki>'</nowiki>''".<ref name="twank">{{Cite_print |author=Partridge, Eric |title=The New Partridge Dictionary of slang and unconventional English |contributor=Dalzell, Tom (Senior Editor); Victor, Terry (Editor) |version= |number=vol. 2 |publisher=Routledge |date=2006 |language=English |isbn=9781134963652 |url=https://archive.org/details/newpartridgedict00tomd/mode/2up}}</ref> This would date the term back to the 1920-30s.<ref name="etymonline">{{Cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217213213/https://www.etymonline.com/word/twink |title=Twink etymology |work= |archivedate=20220217213213}}</ref><br />
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Another possible origin of the term may be derived from '''Twinkie''', an American snack cake. The food is described as "''little nutritional value, sweet to the taste, and creme-filled''";<ref name="polari">{{Cite_print |author=Baker, Paul |title=Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men |publisher=Routledge |date=2002 |language=English |isbn=9781134506354 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208004359/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MRKCAgAAQBAJ}}</ref><ref name="gay-2-zee">{{Cite_print |author=Reuter, Donald F. |titlepart= |title=Gay-2-Zee: A Dictionary of Sex, Subtext, and the Sublime |contributor= |version= |number= |publisher=St. Martin's Press |date=2006 |language=English |isbn=9780312354275 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217220236/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7FpPbfVRm3MC}}</ref><ref name="twinkies">{{Cite web |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220121084913/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46062-2005Apr12.html |title=Twinkies, 75 Years And Counting |author=Sagon, Candy |date=2005-04-13 |archivedate=20220121084913 }}</ref> by comparison, the young men are described as "''short, and blond, and full of creme''".<ref name="gay-2-zee"/> ''Cream'' is a well-known food-related euphemistic terms for semen.<ref name="gay-2-zee"/> [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/twink#Etymology_3 Wiktionary] lists this as the official etymology. This dates the term back to 1963.<ref name="etymonline"/><br />
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Oxford Dictionaries claims '''twink''' originates from the 1950s and is related to the word '''twinkle'''.<ref name="twinkle">{{Cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217214029/https://www.lexico.com/definition/twink |title=Twink definition |author=Oxford Dictionary}}</ref><br />
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===Controversy===<br />
Due to its suspected origins,<ref name="twank"/> the term has been accused of being ageist and racist.<ref name="susandriver">{{Cite_print |author=Driver, Susan |title=Queer Youth Cultures |publisher=SUNY Press |date=2008 |language=English |isbn=9780791478868 |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220127051123/https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xHEcZEcgFfcC&redir_esc=y}}</ref><br />
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===Perceptions and discrimination===<br />
The twink stereotype has been criticized for its homogenous descriptions, usually bringing to mind thin, white, able-bodied, blond-haired young men. As with many terms, modern usage has broadened the term to include more diverse parts of the community.<br />
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Twinks are often common targets of homophobia due to closely meeting gay stereotypes. They also tend to be sexualized in media.<ref name="pink news"/><br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:Twink 3.jpg|Twink flag by colajimmycola<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/cocajimmycola/716089697897725952/i-wanted-to-redesign-the-twink-flag-so-here-it?source=share]</ref><br />
File:Twink alt flag4.jpg|Twink alt flag<ref>[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/584905070392921318/]</ref><br />
File:Twink VirxSkh0lstun Flagz.jpg|Twink flag by VirxSkh0lstun_Flagz<ref>[https://www.pinterest.com/VirxSkh0lstun_Flagz/]</ref><br />
File:Sissy twink pride flag by jfifles dgr80a2-fullview.jpg|Sissy twink flag by caeliangel<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/caeliangel/739159089923375104/image-id-3-rectangular-flags-with-7-stripes-that]</ref><br />
File:Metwink.jpg|Metwink flag by neopronouns<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20250512221154/https://www.tumblr.com/neopronouns/769676837369561088/metwink-someone-who-mostly-fits-the-definition-of]</ref><br />
File:6F55A196-91EA-46BB-A87E-F674BE9C0AE6.jpg|Twinkby flag by bentonthefoxkin<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Twinkby-749623592]</ref><br />
File:Twink by neopronons.jpg|Twink flag by neopronouns<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/neopronouns/625807000280891392/an-anon-asked-me-to-redesign-the-twink-pride-flag]</ref><br />
File:Genderqueer twink.png|Genderqueer twink flag by DanDaManatee<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/QueerVexillology/comments/15keq8q/pretty_simple_combination_of_the_genderqueer_and/]</ref><br />
File:Non-binary twink.png|Non-binary twink flag by vampsting<ref>[https://vampsting.tumblr.com/post/179497610175/trans-nonbinary-twink-flags-and-no-i-do-not]</ref><br />
File:Twinkby.jpg|Non-binary twink flag by VirxSkh0lstun_Flagz<ref>[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/584905070392715954/]</ref><br />
File:Trans twink.jpg|Trans twink flag by VirxSkh0lstun_Flagz<ref>[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/638807528431660797/]</ref><br />
File:Trans-twink.png|Trans twink flag by soda-pops<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/QueerVexillology/comments/106vh2l/trans_twink_flag_more_in_comments/]</ref><br />
File:Twink flag.jpg|Alternate twink flag<br />
File:Twink flag by bloodied moonlight on Pinterest.jpg|Twink flag by bloodied moonlight<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Bear]]<br />
* [[Twinkette]]<br />
* [[Twinkgender]]<br />
* [[Rosboy]]<br />
* [[Femboy]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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