A custodioboy (also known as custodioman) is someone who is observed as a boy and therefore becomes one. This is a type of custodiogender, which is a mutogender and can be a condigender. The opposite of custodioboy is custodiogirl.
This usually describes someone who is genderfluid or genderfruct and fluctuates between being observed as/being a boy and other genders (e.g. agender, xenogenders, female, demigirl, etc). However, this term is also inclusive of genderflux individuals, specifically boyflux individuals, who always remain mia-spec a type of mingender/solarian. This can describe someone who is usually libramasculine, a para-boy or a demi-boy who becomes 'more boy' or 'fully boy' once observed. This would also be custodioflux.
Custodioboy experiences include:
- feeling like a 'real boy' around certain people/family. This can include non-binary men who feel more male out of non-binary spaces or vice versa.
- pretending to be a boy for others, and then actually becoming one.
- long-term gender shifts related to presentation/how others perceive their presentation.
- feeling a mingender differently when unobserved than with other people.
Flag
The custodioboy flag is a five-striped pride flag. The dark blue represents observation/gender perception, the dark pink represents male gender switches, the white represents libramasculine/agia-spec custodioboys, the light pink represents custodioboys with ties to female-aligned genders (like also fluctuating to fia-spec genders) and the light blue represents overall male-aligned custodioboys.
History
This term was coined on the Custodiogender page on the lgbta wiki by wiki FANDOM user Nemosexual on the 4th of August, 2021. That page is the original source and coining page for the term custodioboy.