Hunter made the reveal in his autobiography, Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star, which was released in 2005.
The news of his death was confirmed by the Tab Hunter Confidential Facebook page, which has been an official source for news regarding Hunter in recent years.
The book would ultimately go on to inspire the 2015 Netflix documentary, Tab Hunter Confidential.
GLAAD also took to social media to honor Tab Hunter by sharing one of his quotes which reads, “I don’t care whether people like me or dislike me.