Gendermirror or Genderreflect is a label for people who mirror the gender of someone who they have an important relationship with. This relationship can be platonic, romantic, or another type of relationships. Some examples could include:
- Someone having a deep connection with someone who identifies as transgender, they might have realized they are trans from that person.
- Mirroring the gender of an idol they admire.
- Mirroring the gender of their romantic partner or friend.
After breaking the bond/relationship with the person who was mirrored, some gendermirror may become "mirrorless" until they find someone else of high importance to them. Others may stay with mirroring the gender.
The sexual orientation counterpart is mirrorsexual
Additional Terminology
Demi-Mirror
Demi-Mirror refers to when someone feels they are partially, but not fully the gender they are mirroring.
Bimirror
Bimirror refers to someone who is bigender and gendermirror. One mirrors two different genders, coming from two different people. These could be expirenced simultaneously or one could be fluid between them.
Lingermirror
Lingermirror is a term for those who consider themselves as genderless, perhaps due to fear from past mirrorings, or perhaps due to seeking for "the one" to mirror (non-romantically or not), and currently hasn't found anyone they consider worthy to mirror.
Mirror-Fragment
Mirror-fragmenting refers to when one gains a gender that is not the one they are mirroring.
Cracked
Cracked is used when someone's feeling of the gender they're mirroring isn't the same, yet they don't wish to leave it. People with a cracked mirror might get mirror-fragments.
Breaking
Breaking is when someone is loses connection to the gender they were mirroring. Some people may just stay with a "cracked" mirror, other might drop the gender entirely and replace it.
Restoration
Restoration is when someone who had a broken or cracked connection to the mirrored gender gets strong connection to it again.
Mirrorless
Mirrorless describes refers to when a gendermirror person is no longer mirroring someone, some gendermirror people might feel a void inside them, a feeling of discomfort, or they might not even feel anything it all, all depending on the person.
History
Gendermirror and the flag were created on May 25, 2021 by Musephile, with some writing help from dumbmossgremlin.[1] The flag showing a mirror reflecting the pangender flag (showing that gendermirror people could have any gender) along with the LGBT+ flag reflecting on the ground below it.