Pulse Victims Honored at Orlando Magic Season Opener

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Pulse Victims Honored at Orlando Magic Season Opener
The basketball team started their season with a moment of silence and a reminder that "love always conquers hate."
 Allison Tate
          
          Oct 27, 2016
          
        
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Allison Tate is the Director of Editorial Video at Pride Media, and creates videos for The Advocate, OUT and PRIDE. She is a filmmaker, swing dancer, and enthusiastic Carol fan who works to amplify marginalized voices in media. 
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Pulse Victims Honored at Orlando Magic Season Opener

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Pulse Victims Honored at Orlando Magic Season Opener

The basketball team started their season with a moment of silence and a reminder that "love always conquers hate."

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“I will fight these baseless charges, and I will not be silenced,” the gay journalist said.

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Guillaume Cizeron and his ice dancing partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry have been mired in controversy since the start of the Milano Cortina Olympics.

"We apologize to Elis and our viewers," NBC Sports said in a statement.

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