Parea Suriname, with funding provided by the U.S. Embassy Paramaribo set up an exhibition which portrayed the LGBT history of Suriname as well as the high lights of the African American LGBTI society from June 10th to June 24th 2016 in the Surinaams Museum in Fort Zeelandia.The ‘WHY?’ Exhibition, the result of almost 5 years’ research (2015-2019) was a follow-up on earlier research intended for the much smaller LGBT History of Suriname Exhibition ‘FACES’ in 2016. What made the ‘WHY?’ extraordinary was its in-depth and extensive display of the subject, based along four storylines, combined with secondary displays, lights and sound, decor and symbolism.
