Top Twinks of All Time

Ryan P

Don Grady 😍

Tony Dow... Thank you Tony and Don for making me the Gay man I am today 😛

Maxwell Caulfield

There was nothing of the traditional Twink appearance of Ricky Nelson, Don Nelson, or Tony Dow. That is, they weren't especially slender effeminate fellows.

Bosie!

Twink doesn't mean effeminate to me. Slim, perhaps I will grant. Ricky was hardly a mesomorph. No muscles, but sturdy legs.

I'll second Ricky Nelson and add Miles Heizer:

Tim Matheson.

Peak twink in Yours, Mine, and Ours.

1. Tony Dow ( now and forever)

2. Luke Halpin of Flipper ( caused orgasms when he finally displayed armpit hair)

3. Ross Lynch

4. Jace Norman ( Henry Danger)

5. Mark-Paul Gosselaar in SBTB

^so awkward

Alain Delon

@r10 "Luke Halpin"

As a young budding Gay boy this picture made me very confused (Luke? Brian? Luke and Brian? 😜 )

Matt Dillon

Twink Hall of Fame...

Bow down, bitches, for the King Twink of all time. Plus he died 3 months after he turned 30, preserving and protecting his cherry twinkdom for all time. Even the name is twinky. Use your tongue when you say it: Brandon de Wilde

The template for all porn twinks to follow....

[quote]^so awkward

Makes him much more appealing.

I FORGOT TO LINK KING TWINK

Jesus I'm a disaster twink this morning

Oh, come on, everybody knows the winner.

Steven Bauer

I had a few thoughts about Kurt Russell

Don Johnson

Bea Arthur

Robin (Burt Ward)

Antonio Sabato Jr.

A lot of recent choices were not twinks.

Al Pacino

Thank you, R28 the hall monitor. Young and handsome is good enough.

No, this is the time to acknowledge twinks. We've had countless threads about young and handsome.

^ r28 is Princess Khow-it-all who wonders why she never gets laid 🤨

Miss R28/R31 Has Stated Her Boundaries!

Oh, R31. And what is the difference between "twink" and "young and handsome" for those of us who don't have this very important esoteric knowledge?

[quote](among gay men) a gay or bisexual young man with a slim build and youthful appearance.

I found the above definition of "twink". I guess that eliminates most of the guys on this thread. Why can't people stick to strict definitions? It's maddening.

Twinks are pretty. Sometimes a young masculine guy might be referred to as a twink, but not on a list of all-time twinks.

Who would be attracted to a "pretty" guy? Asking for a friend.

Your friend would.

I doubt it. We're not really into swishy, skinny gay guys. To each his own.

Twinks are late teens or early twenties. How many actors are famous that young?

[quote]Oh, [R31]. And what is the difference between "twink" and "young and handsome" for those of us who don't have this very important esoteric knowledge?

Essence of twink.

Did anyone include Robbie Benson?

I always thought twinks were young, pretty, (relatively) hairless [italic]gay[/italic] men.

R28, was Corey Monteith a twink or was he too butch?

" Handsome young man" and " twink." There is a difference.

Corey was more of a twunk.

Me too, R42. I didn't know all these actors were gay. It gives me hope.

Milo Manheim was a senior in hs when he competed on DWTS, but I wouldn't consider him a twink, despite his age.

@r35, "(among gay men) a gay or bisexual young man with a slim build and youthful appearance."

I would say that describes exactly most of the guys pictured on this page who got their start as teenagers

I didn't know Kurt Russell was gay, R48. Does Goldie know?

Jesus. You just back the "handsome young man" to the age when he was a glorious twink.

Even Arnold Schwarzenegger was a twink at an early point.

To us real men, a little muscle, mustache and butch attitude doesn't change the fact or use of the young.

Is this a stealth pedo thread?

Why on earth would the DL be stealth about a pedo thread?

R5 is unaware of the range of "twink" types. Rick Nelson was the premier twink of his era.

^ No, most of these guys are older than me or dead, but it's how a lot of us figured out we were "different"

God, some of you old queens are so annoying with your persnickety definitions that even your cats can't stand you

Amen, R55.

.....

Yes, R55.

And those annoying queens would be arguing about the definition of "kitten" as they annoyed.

Leo used to be pretty.

So true, R58.

I prefer shopping locally.

^^^ Oh dear. Those scrawny guys need to gain at least 30 pounds.

Is this spot the odd one out? I'm going with last row, 3rd from the left.

It's true that some of these are more twunk than twink.

R61 Not a chest hair among them. Ricky Nelson, OTOH, was one of Hollywood's hairiest.

I'm way more interested in Mr. Hairy Chest, Brian Kelly, than the two boys. Even if I was 15, that would still probably be the case.

Bubba Higgins and Albert Ingalls

Maybe this will help the conversation:

The article says Twinks have to be queer. E.g. Gay or bi. I dunno. In my opinion it's OK to call straight guys who are twinks in many ways, except gayness, "twinks". But I could be wrong.

Whether young Don was bi or straight, he seems a quintessential twink to me.

I really think, in 2024 we can rewrite history and consider many of the male pin-ups to have men twinks. Robby Benson, yes. Despite being straight and a brunette.

But maybe they are just "heartthrobs" and not "twinks".

young Rob Lowe in his jock. Twink? Or what.....?

Erratum R70 *pin-ups to have BEEN twinks.

The Biebs

Young Rob Lowe was definitely pretty, R71.

Jeremy Jordan

I'd say Dillon was never a twink. A pretty boy for sure but he was a very "street" and even lite "trade".

Another brunette pretty boy. Broderick. I'd say yes, a twink. Possibly queer even?

Capote was definitely a twink and he wasn't even that pretty. So a twink can include that.

Not sure if Seann William Scott counts as twink but this outfit puts him in the category.

Looks like a jock not a twink.

I like this photo of Capote by Irving Penn, even though I think cigarettes are a big turn off. Sign of the times.

Yes, Justin Bieber.

Brad Pitt in Thelma and Louise.

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^^^ River Phoenix

He often had an "artsy" look, not super butch.

R61's photo was part of the special party invitation that B. Singer sent to his producer friends, showing what they would miss if they failed to attend.

Great choice, R83, but R28 will probably tear you a new one because Pitt has muscle definition. Young Brad was pretty.

Papa Bieber is so lucky to have Justin to support him financially. Otherwise, he'd probably be living in a dump.

Jesus, before that Adam, in between Alexander the Great.

Aaron Carter. Way before the tattoos.

R12, The most beautiful man who ever lived.

Article at r68 says twink is a “subculture” like bears. I think it’s a type, but not a subculture.

Is this twinky enough for you, R28? Some man-child called Austin Mahone.

^^^ I hope this isn't a recent photo. He's 27 now. That would make him a senior citizen on this thread.

I don't know if consider him a "twink", but gosh, til this day I wish to have a boyfriend like Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie).

Very cute, R95.

Shawn Mendes:

Shawn fits the strict definition of "twink", ie. being gay or bi 😆.

Shawn qualified until he performed in his first video. Then, he started bulking up into a twunk.

18-year old twink Shawn:

R100, you’re right and I’m wrong. I just “felt” he was a twink in that first video. Old pervy eyes play tricks on me.

R101, it's okay. The CK underwear photo at R97 is from when Shawn was in his early 20's. The one at R100 is from a videoshoot Shawn did when he turned 18.

Zac Efron has to be on this list:

Julian Morris:

Nick Gruber, Calvin Klein's ex-BF and twink extraordinaire. Arrested for hitting a man with a frying pan, allegedly.

Nick was rough trade. Trade and twink don't usually overlap as identities, but they can look similar.

WHET to Nick?

Would the two leads in the film "Trick" qualify for this category?

Nope, R108. Twunk.

Gruber became a violent junkie, R107. The details of the injuries from the frying pan incident are really something.

Don't let him near a frying pan, Calvin.

And of course the king of them all