Crossposting this because anti_cishet_action has been buggy lately
The idea of men being unsexy past a certain age is really disturbing. Not only does it ape a harmful part of straight culture (women hitting "the wall") but it ignores the reality of actual gay death. How many gay people, twinks included, were lost to the worst of the AIDS crisis under Reagan? How many gay people have been lost to suicide? How many more queer people have to die before people learn that arbitrary beauty standards doesn't help the queer community?
I would like to encourage the comments of this post to be filled with examples of twinks in their 40s or older.
I'm approaching 40 and I think about twink death often. Most people guess 22 for my age but I know I can't hold it off forever. I have a solid sunscreen and tretinoin routine but my dysmorphia is such that I may add botox and anabolic steroids to the mix. I have poor self-esteem as it is, so I won't be able to cope if I stop being hot.
based on hearing trans people on here chatter a lot i think the "solution" to the "problem" of "twink death" is probably small amounts of estrogen but i am cis and have literally no idea what i'm talking about. if you want to inquire more i suggest going onto c/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns for actual trans people with actual experience being trans rather than some cis dork.