[contextly_auto_sidebar] Tab Hunter passed away Sunday, it was announced by his husband. The 2005 autobiography Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star is filled with true surprises -- his vicious Jewish father and rocky childhood -- and relative ones, like his being gay when Hollywood would have none of it. I wrote about his serious, brave story when the book came out, hopeful that younger folks in public life and private would have a much easier time. Was I wrong? Was I wrong. Here's that piece, published in my … [Read more...]