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Trans influencer filming in the women’s room at Disney World is everything that’s wrong with this selfish movement

Trans TikTok influencer Lilly Tino now UNDER INVESTIGATION by Florida AG for filming in women’s bathrooms at Disney.

The controversy sprouted from a series of viral TikTok selfies posted by self-designated “trans activist” Lilly Tino, 31, born Nicholas Contino, as he 'rated' women's bathrooms in Florida’s not-so-Magic Kingdom.

Despite Disney having “gender-neutral restrooms” (called “companion restrooms”), Tino invaded the women’s restrooms anyway. In a public post documenting his perverted experience, he explained that he’d “peed standing up,” an obvious sign to anyone but mental patients that he was probably in the wrong place.

Disney has taken no action against Tino, like banning him from the park. Oh, the Mouse is playing dumb, but it knows about the situation; it refused a request for comment from The Federalist, for example.

Yesterday, Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a state investigation into “Lilly” Tino's photo tour of women’s restrooms at Walt Disney World, which is almost certainly a crime under the state’s privacy laws. The AG’s announcement didn’t specify which crime they’re considering, but Video Voyeurism (Fla. Stat. § 810.145) springs to mind.

Florida’s video voyeurism statute criminalizes intentionally using any device to secretly observe or record people in situations where they have a reasonable expectation of privacy, specifically including restrooms. And Mr. Tino is no princess.

Even if Tino were filming himself, the presence of unconsenting women and girls clearly visible in the background —particularly in a location as sensitive as a bathroom— triggers this statute. A third-degree felony, it carries up to 5 years in prison and up to a $5,000 fine.

Mr. Tino might plead down to Disorderly Conduct (Fla. Stat. § 877.03), a second-degree misdemeanor, and still face 60 days in jail. Barring a rare and uphill exception, it would be men’s jail.

It was also more bad news for the remaining scraps of Disney’s anemic public relations. Regardless of the park’s legal liability, Tino’s TikToks shatter the illusion. Parents expect Disney bathrooms to be safe, private spaces, especially for their children. Seeing an adult biological male snapping selfies in bathrooms near their daughters, bragging about peeing from a standing position, and then posting the film online is a bad look.

I’m not his lawyer, but I would still suggest Mr. Tino not make any jail TikToks. Possession of a Cell Phone in a Correctional Facility (Fla. Stat. § 944.47(1)(a)) would be another non-magical felony.