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Photographed by Roger Erickson at Palihouse Holloway in West Hollywood
PROMOTERS
ROBIN GANS
& SANDY SACHS
In 1990, Sandy Sachs (reclining) and Robin Gans moved from New York to Los Angeles, only to find lesbian nightlife a little lacking. That year they opened Girl Bar, with an emphasis on hot DJs and a sexy and very visible clientele. Not a pair to rest on their laurels, they've expanded their sapphic domain to Girl Bar nights at clubs in Phoenix and Chicago, and to Palm Springs, Calif., where they cofounded the annual Girl Bar Dinah Shore Weekend, the largest lesbian event in the world. Sachs (who was the inspiration for
L Word character Dawn Denbo, played by Elizabeth Keener) and Gans's most recent joint venture is dating site GirlBarMatch.com.
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