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Dante 'Tex' Gill was the owner of multiple massage parlors in Pittsburgh and he won them from the mob after the parlor wars. Although he was caught eventually, he had a wild time as one of Pittsburgh's well known mobsters.

Sources:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5924185/The-incredible-life-transgender-gangster-Mr-Gill.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_%22Tex%22_Gill

https://isaacmeyer.net/2021/05/dante-tex-gill/

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https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/thedigs/2014/02/17/the-complex-and-tough-dante-tex-gill/

http://www.elisarolle.com/queerplaces/ch-d-e/Dante%20Gill.html

https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/thedigs/2014/02/17/the-complex-and-tough-dante-tex-gill/gill-and-wife-cynthia-bruno-gill-in-1984-ross-a-catanzathe-pittsburgh-press/

https://deadline.com/2020/07/rub-and-tug-reconfigured-tv-series-scarlett-johansson-controversy-dante-tex-gill-new-regency-television-our-lady-j-write-pilot-trans-actor-playing-pittsburgh-massage-parlor-owner-1202990712/

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https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/superior-court/1983/314-pa-super-256-2.html

https://qburgh.com/in-memorium-herb-beatty/