While the game itself is really, really good so far, I think having the gallery locked behind a Patreon code is a little wack. I understand having exclusive scenes/costumes etc., but not allowing the common player to replay the "fun" scenes is just lame. Again, love the game otherwise!
I don't know how you came to that conclusion, if you just made it up, or did someone lie to you.
The gallery is NOT locked behind Patreon. Once you see a scene in the game, that same scene gets unlocked in the gallery for every player. It's a replay system, once you see it you can rewatch it.
What Patreon offers is skipping the "needing to see it in-game" part.