New York City was the birth place of Disco music. During the 1970’s underground dance venues were filled the melodies of groovy, disco music. Disco music took the place of funk music and became extremely popular in big cities such as Chicago, Miami and San Francisco.
African Americans, Latinos, as well as gay dancers took interest in this genre of music. Sexual fluidity became more popular with the introduction of disco music. For some reason aided with people being more open about their sexual identity. .