No Pride #4 - Identity Confusion

One of the core claims of the Pride movement is the concept of gender identity—a person’s internal and subjective sense of their own gender. According to this view, gender may or may not correspond to the biological sex assigned at birth. But we must ask: is this truly the best foundation for building identity?

The issue isn’t whether someone can feel a deep internal inconsistency between body and mind. That experience is real for some, and we should approach it with compassion. But we must also recognize that identity cannot be rooted in a feeling of misalignment. Internal conflict and inconsistency are not a safe place to build a self. When we define who we are based on a disconnection between mind and body, reality and desire, we’re setting ourselves up for greater confusion, not greater wholeness. That can only lead to frustration, distress, and emotional instability, not fulfillment.

Christianity isn’t anti-body or anti-sex. In fact, it offers a more respectful and integrated view of the human person. Scripture teaches that our bodies matter and that they are part of our created identity. To embrace our biological sex as a guiding part of who we are isn’t oppression; it’s sanity. It’s not religious traditionalism; it’s living in step with the truth. We can try to fight reality, but in the end, reality always wins. When our internal feelings clash with truth, the path to healing is not self-assertion but surrender and realignment.

Even more than realism, Christianity offers redemption. The secular worldview that undergirds Pride often assumes that life is an accident and that identity must be invented. But Scripture teaches that we are created in the image of God—with meaning, dignity, and purpose. Your identity isn’t something you have to create. It’s something you’ve received.

And if you’re in Christ, you’ve received even more: adoption into God’s family, a new heart, a new name, and the promise of full restoration at the resurrection. That is the solid ground of true identity.

God’s design is not only true, it’s better. Come to Him.

Nino Marques