Tim Courtney
Posted on April 17, 2014 by A&U in Columns, Ruby's Rap
Tim Courtney Ruby’s Rap by Ruby Comer “Ruby, do you want to play doctor? This time let me be the doctor, okay?” This childhood memory flashes through my noggin’ when I see an old chum, Tim Courtney, at an AIDS fundraiser in San Diego. Tim and I used to be neighbors and one time during [...]
Hands-On Healing
Posted on November 7, 2011 by A&U in Features
San Francisco’s Positive Being celebrates ten years of providing healing bodywork to low-income people living with HIV by Brent Calderwood Certified massage therapist Bill Stern, PhD, founded Positive Being three years after he nearly died of complications from AIDS in 1996. “After several close calls, I started seeing a massage therapist regularly,” recalled Stern. “The [...]
