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"Hi, my name is Allyson. My pronouns are she and her."
Squinting back at me from the hospital bed is a wiry man with a head of wispy white hair. His puffy eyes take the usual route: first my face, then a flicker over my half-buzzed hair, then a scan down my chest and hips in my black unisex scrubs.
Date: February 13, 2023
Contact: news@apta.org
Content Type: Perspective
Allyson Sutkowi-Hemstreet PT, DPT
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