New Male Survivor CSA forum

ByCBG Reading Time: 1 minute

Survivor Island is another resource aimed at male survivors of child abuse with a members-only section to the wider forum. However the initial concentration started with teenagers though the site is open to all ages. Further resources are planned in future. The link is as follows;

http://forum.survivorisland.org/index.php

Meanwhile, back in the UK, AMSOSA, formerly Survivors Swindon continues in the same vein as SI, though it’s essentially members only by default and the UK definition of adult starts from 18 with less of the grey area that arises with American sites. We mentioned it earlier but didn’t link a few articles back, so should you wish to post at the latter forum the password would have to be requested. Follow the instructions on the index page at the following address;

http://www.amsosa.com/

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