Daviana believes in undergoing transition steps at a pace that is considerate of her daughter's comfort and well-being.

“I haven't changed my name yet because my daughter's not okay with it. I haven't got breast augmentation yet because my daughter's not okay with it. And like my daughter told me step-by-step even to the point of like when it came to like getting rid of my boy clothes.”

He considers the forced requirement to use female pronouns or honorifics for his parent to be an imposition on his personal freedom.

“It becomes problematic when it's forced on other people without without their choice.”

Living authentically as a woman is necessary for achieving personal happiness.

“Jerry from Gray Gardens he's gay and he was telling me honey if you don't be who you really are you're never going to be happy it doesn't matter if you lose your family all your old friends I did if you don't love yourself then nobody else's love is really going to matter”