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t4t

t4t is the alternative letter-case form of T4T.

Adjective capitalized: T4T

T4T (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or focused on relationships between trans people.
    • 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
    • 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, →ISBN
  2. Between 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

Noun capitalized: T4T

T4T (plural T4Ts)

  1. A T4T relationship.
    • 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...2016 August 23, Torrey Peters, Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones, pages 54–55

Forms of t4t

Noun
pluralt4ts
pluralT4Ts
Adjective
alternative formTFT
alternative formt4t
alternative formtrans4trans

Origin of t4t

Abbreviation of trans for trans. Popularized on the personals section of Craigslist in the early 2000s. Compare M4M, M4F, F4F, W4W, etc.

Questions about t4t

What does t4t mean?
T4t means of, pertaining to, or focused on relationships between trans people.
What is t4t the alternative letter-case form of?
T4t is the alternative letter-case form of T4T.
What part of speech is t4t?
T4t can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near t4t in the dictionary

  1. T3
  2. t3h
  3. T3s
  4. T4
  5. T4s
  6. t4t
  7. t4ts
  8. T9
  9. t9n
  10. ta
  11. ta everso

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