Custodiogender (also known as sentiogender) is a sub-set of genderfluid that describes a gender that changes based on the perception of how others view the person's gender. This is a gender that activates or alters after interaction with others, after gender-affirmation or gender-refutation, or after the individual believes/is reminded that they are being perceived as a certain gender (even if no one is around.) A custodiogender person may be able to activate their own gender by perceiving themself.
Someone who is custodiogender may fluctuate between pretending to be a certain gender due to other's perception, being in a state of becoming that gender and actually being it. After a certain gender is activated, it may remain for a period of time even after the activation trigger has ceased. A custodiogender person often has a base/static gender for when they are unperceived or unobserved and may therefore also identify as demifluid.
Others may or may not perceive their gender to be a certain way, but a custodiogender person's gender is altered based on how that person believes others are viewing their gender. For instance, someone may be viewing a custodiogender individual as agender but is using the gendered pronouns she/her, and therefore the custodiogender person would interpret herself to be female (despite the "perceiver" viewing their gender differently in their own head.) Simply put, this gender relates to how someone thinks other people gender them and does not always relate to how someone is being mentally gendered.
This is a xenogender that falls under mutogender and is a type of condigender. This falls under amative genders.
This gender is related to gendered-dynamics, gendered-language used by others, and actions that are perceived to be motivated by gender. A custodiogender person may have little grasp of their gender identity when unperceived, or they may have a strong sense of identity which is then altered when they are perceived.
Someone who is custodiogender may or may not also identify with pangender, panagender, polygender and/or multiflux. Someone who is custodiogender may have any gender as their base/static gender, and may fluctuate to some or all other genders upon perception.
It may be considered impolite to purposefully activate a custodiogender individual's gender.
History
Custodiogender was coined by lgbta wiki user Nemosexual on the 4th of August, 2021, after said user was unable to find the correct gender term to describe sun experience. This page is the original source of coining for this term and flag. It was originally coined as sentiogender, but the name was changed upon learning that sentiogender is already an lgbt+ term.
Flag
The custodiogender flag is a five-striped flag, coloured black (to represent a static/base gender), green (to represent non-binary and xenogenders), white (to represent genderless/agender experiences), pink (to represent feminine-aligned genders) and blue (to represent masculine-aligned genders). The different colours represent the spectrum of gender fluidity under this gender.
Etymology
The prefix 'custodio' originates from the latin word meaning 'observed.'