Editing Tab Hunter (section)

==Personal life==
Hunter [[came out]] publicly as [[gay]] in his 2005 memoir. According to William L. Hamilton of ''The New York Times'', detailed reports about Hunter's alleged romances with close friends [[Debbie Reynolds]] and [[Natalie Wood]] during his young adult years had been strictly the product of studio publicity departments. As Wood and Hunter embarked on a well-publicized but fictitious romance, insiders had developed their own headline for the item: "Natalie Wood and Tab Wouldn't".<ref name=Hamilton/> Regarding Hollywood's [[studio era]], Hunter said, "[life] was difficult for me, because I was living two lives at that time. A private life of my own, which I never discussed, never talked about to anyone. And then my Hollywood life, which was just trying to learn my craft and succeed..." The star emphasized that the word {{" '}}gay' ... wasn't even around in those days, and if anyone ever confronted me with it, I'd just kinda freak out. I was in total denial. I was just not comfortable in that Hollywood scene, other than the work process."<ref>{{cite news|last=Parks|first=Tim|date=December 15, 2005|title=The many lives of Tab Hunter|newspaper=[[Gay and Lesbian Times]]|url=https://timparksmediaho.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/the-many-lives-of-tab-hunter/|access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> "There was a lot written about my sexuality, and the press was pretty darn cruel," the actor said, but what "moviegoers wanted to hold in their hearts were the [[Girl next door|boy-next-door]] marines, [[cowboy]]s, and swoon-bait sweethearts I portrayed."<ref name=Hamilton/>

Hunter had a long-term relationship with actor [[Anthony Perkins]] after having met him at the [[Chateau Marmont]] during the filming of ''[[Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)|Friendly Persuasion]]'' in 1956. Their relationship spanned two to four years,{{sfn|Hunter|2005|p=130}} and Hunter has said that they only broke up because of Perkins's movie studio, [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], and the studio system. However, he remembered Perkins as a "special part of my journey. He wanted to be a movie star more than anything. I wanted that too, but not with the same kind of drive he had. We were such opposites - but then maybe that was the attraction."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hunter|first1=Tab|date=July 9, 2018|title=Exclusive: Tab Hunter Recounts His Relationship With "Psycho" Star Anthony Perkins|newspaper=Attitude|department=Exclusive|url=https://attitude.co.uk/article/exclusive-tab-hunter-recounts-his-secret-relationship-with-psycho-star-anthony-perkins/18188/}}</ref> He also had relationships with champion figure skater [[Ronnie Robertson]], actor Neal Noorlag, and Soviet-born ballet dancer [[Rudolf Nureyev]] before settling down and marrying his partner/spouse of more than 35 years, film producer [[Allan Glaser]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Bayard|first=Louis|date=October 9, 2005|title=The Celluloid Closet|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/06/AR2005100601518_pf.html|access-date=January 7, 2009}}</ref><ref name=NewYorkTimes />

Hunter seriously pondered marrying his ''Lafayette Escadrille'' costar [[Etchika Choureau]] as they grew closer, but decided against it as that would not be living true to himself.{{sfn|Hunter|2005|p=172}} Additionally, [[Joan Perry]], a close friend of his, proposed to him after her divorce from [[Laurence Harvey]], but he rejected her as he wanted their relationship to remain platonic.{{sfn|Hunter|2005|p=317}}

Hunter was raised in his mother's [[Catholic]] faith. Except for a period in his youth, Hunter was a practicing Catholic for the rest of his life.<ref name=slant/><ref>{{cite news|last=Fillo|first=MaryEllen|title=Hollywood's all-American boy Tab Hunter brings his documentary to Warner Theater|newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]]|url=http://www.courant.com/java/hc-fillo-tab-hunter-1014-20151013-column.html|access-date=March 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lattanzio|first=Ryan|date=October 12, 2015|title=Tab Hunter, Out of the Hollywood Closet and in His Own Words|website=IndieWire|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2015/10/tab-hunter-out-of-the-hollywood-closet-and-in-his-own-words-176331|access-date=March 14, 2018}}</ref> When asked about his Jewish identity, due to his father and partner/spouse being Jewish, Hunter stated that he did not identify as Jewish.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmoNqfDJf5Q&t=7s|title=TAB HUNTER CONFIDENTIAL Q&A: Does Tab I.D. as Jewish?|date=October 13, 2015|time=0:07}}</ref> Hunter was an avid horse owner.<ref name="C&I_Conversation" />