Local: Venus Landin
National: Philip Johnson
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By Laura Douglas-Brown, | Oct. 23 at 5:00 AM
http://www.southernvoice.com/today/index.cfm?blog_id=21928October is Gay History Month. Every day, Southern Voice highlights a person or group that has helped shape Atlanta's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. In conjunction with the Equality Forum, we also feature a video tribute to a national Gay History icon daily.
Local: Venus Landin
Gay Atlanta lost a tremendous activist and learned a difficult lesson about same-sex domestic violence when Venus Landin, co-chair of the African American Lesbian & Gay Alliance and a well-known community aleader, was fatally shot three times on March 2, 1993, by Bisa Niambi, her former lover. Niambi then shot and killed herself.
Landin had gone to Niambi's apartment, friends said, because Niambi had promised her money in reparation for property damage caused by Niambi during one of the several conflicts during the couple's break up in February.
Landin also participated on the Atlanta Lesbian/Gay Pride Committee, the Atlanta Lambda Community Center board, ZAMI and the City Council's Lesbian/Gay Public Safety Task Force.
