OSSIPEE — Among those testifying for HB 1319, an anti-gender identity discrimination bill recently signed into law, was Kingswood junior Sarah Rose Huckman, a transgender athlete.
Huckman, 17, of Ossipee and her father, Tom Huckman, spoke to the Sun on Monday by phone.
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