April 2, 1930 - Dante "Tex" Gill

Dante "Tex" Gill (died January 8, 2003) was an American transmasculine gangster, pimp and massage parlor owner.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Gill worked as a blacksmith before getting involved in the massage parlor industry. He was arrested several times during the 1960s and 1970s, and associated with prominent members of the city's sex industry and criminal underground. In 1984, he was sentenced to thirteen years in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy and tax evasion in a federal court. He was released after three years and died in 2003.

Gill was known throughout his life for his masculine presentation, and has been seen by some modern audiences as a transmasculine person and member of the transgender community. A biopic of his life was proposed in the 2010s, but the project received backlash after a cisgender woman was cast in the lead role. The idea was later reworked as a television series starring transgender actors.

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