Meanings
t4t1
- not comparableAlternative letter-case form of T4T.
T4T2
alternative TFT · alternative t4t · alternative trans4trans
- not comparableOf, pertaining to, or focused on relationships between trans people.
Online, t4t tends to denote an erotic orientation or practice, but in [Torrey] Peters' novella it also becomes an ethos around which a group of trans women organize themselves […]
2020, Cameron Awkward-Rich, “T4T: Toward a Crip Ethics of Trans Literary Criticism”, in Alice Hall, editor, The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN1 more example
Gay chat rooms therefore evolved into m4m (men for men), T4T (trans for trans), bisexual chat, leather and bear, lipstick lesbian, etc. By the mid-90's, it wasn't unusual to see mm4mm groups (married men for married men) and other [even more] highly specific types of discussion groups.
2008, Kimeron N. Hardin, Loving Ourselves: The Gay and Lesbian Guide to Self-esteem, Alyson Books, page 278 - not comparableBetween trans people.
Likewise, a lot of people who have spewed hate over trans people seemed extremely confused at the idea that trans people could date each other - newsflash, gender and sexuality are different things and T4T (“trans for trans”) couples are fairly common in the LGBTQ+ community!
2023 May 8, Erin Reed, “The Zooey Zephyr I Love, From The Woman She Just Proposed To”, in Erin In The Morning, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2023
plural T4Ts · alternative TFT · alternative t4t · alternative trans4trans
- A T4T relationship.
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I remember how I used to be before the contagion. Embarrassed to be seen with another trans woman, for fear that her transness would reveal my transness and we'd both get clocked. T4T is an ideal, I guess, and we fall short of it most of the time. But that's better than before. All it took was the end of the world to make that happen.
2016 August 23, Torrey Peters, Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones, pages 54–55
Origin
Translations
French T4T, TFT
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t4t. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/t4t
“t4t.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/t4t. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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