[1] Famed DJs Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles both worked at the club, but not at the DJ booth.
Grace Jones and Loleatta Holloway both made their debut performances at The Gallery.
[citation needed] The disco era produced an attitude and culture popular among a majority of the population, but proved to be an especially crucial time for the emergence and empowerment of traditionally marginalized and disadvantaged groups, as blacks, gays, and women found security in the community built around dance clubs such as The Gallery.
This safety provided by The Gallery in the 1970s created a catharsis for minorities though the temporary relief from harsh outside realities.
[2] The club “[featured] ritualized activities centered around music, dance, and worship, in which there [were] no set boundaries between secular and sacred domains”.