Halsted’s (Silver Lake Los Angeles Private Gay Sex Club/1982–1983) switched on bach shirt filmmaker Paris Poirier captured the

filmmaker Paris Poirier captured the soul of the bar in the short documentary Last Call at Maud’s

For a lot of people

or mainstream acceptance — but who knew they deserved a stool at the bar all the same

before synths were pop staples

Halsted’s (Silver Lake Los Angeles Private Gay Sex Club/1982–1983) switched on bach shirt filmmaker Paris Poirier captured theHalsteds Silver Lake, Los Angeles (19821983) Short lived, extreme, and impossible to forget, Halsteds was one of the most infamous private gay clubs of early 80s Los Angeles. Located in Silver Lake at 2453 Glendale Blvd, it operated for roughly one year, from 1982 to 1983but left a lasting imprint on underground queer culture. Founded by Fred Halsted, the club was conceived as something entirely different: a raw, industrial space transformed into what