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"Coming Out, What Does That Mean?": A '50s Teen Idol On His Life, Sexuality, and Right to Privacy

Rich Juzwiak · 10/14/15 01:05PM

Sixty years ago, actor/singer/heartthrob Tab Hunter was outed. The story goes that in 1955, Hunter’s first agent Henry Willson sold Hunter out to gossip rag Confidential so that the magazine wouldn’t publish a piece outing another client of Willson’s, Rock Hudson. Despite being something that at the time was virtually inconceivable—especially for all-American boys—Hunter’s career thrived.