#WeAreBrave
SPEAK OUT. SPEAK LOUD. SPEAK TOGETHER.
Welcome to a safe, carefully moderated world of testimonials from survivors of sexual assault and rape. Join our community by sharing your story or showing your support. This platform is meant to heal and not re-traumatize. Please remember to practice self-care if reading these stories is triggering to you.
The #WeAreBrave Story Platform has made BraveMissWorld.com the #1 Google search result worldwide for survivors seeking to share their stories. Yet it was born by accident. When Miss World Linor Abargil decided to step forward and speak publicly about her rape in 2008, she launched the website LinorSpeaksOut. Her mailbox was quickly flooded with emails from survivors wanting to share their stories with someone who would believe them and offer words of support. Linor met with many of the women and men who wrote to her, and included their stories in her film.
When the documentary Brave Miss World was completed and launched in 2014, LinorSpeaksOut was merged into BraveMissWorld.com, which became the online hub for survivors wanting to share their stories. With generous grants from The Artemis Rising Foundation, The Fledgling Fund, The Francis Family Foundation, and The Roy A. Hunt Foundation among others, the filmmakers and a small team of volunteers have curated this one-of-a-kind collection of over 2,500 testimonials, each carefully moderated to screen out any remarks that are disrespectful of survivors. We are committed to making sure that everyone submitting and reading stories on our site feels safe.
Our goal is to change the conversation around assault and rape. Womenโs voices are finally being heard. Until now, we have not demanded that the culture be changed. We are saying no to the deafening silence that has surrounded rape and assault. We encourage members of our community to share their stories, because we believe that healing begins with speaking out and receiving support. Each story on our site receives a supportive comment from a trained advocate, as well as comments from our #WeAreBrave community. Every story is incredibly different and unique, but they all share the tremendous strength and resilience of survivors.
We know our platform works, because of the feedback from those using our site whose lives have changed in significant ways as a result of watching the film and/or sharing their story with others. Every day, new viewers and visitors discover and explore #WeAreBrave and many write to thank us for creating and maintaining this important space. For all those sharing their unique personal experiences and brave accounts of the lasting emotional impact of rape and assault, you are not alone.
Our work needs you. Your continuing support has enabled us to upgrade this site and add the ability to submit audio and visual testimonials. Please DONATE to help us make sure this resource continues to remain available to all those who need it. All donations are 100% tax deductible through our 501c3 fiscal sponsor, Los Angeles Filmforum.
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Trusted Him
I Thought I Could Trust Him
Don’t Know
“No” is Universal
Black and Blue
My Modeling Experience
Rape & Sexual Assault
Blaming Myself
No Longer Keeping the Peace
Innocence Taken
At 17yr old was raped by my...
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Abusรฉe par un voisin de mes grands...
Just a Kid
Raped as a Young Boy
Third time’s the charm
Realization of Rape
He Was a Cop
Obsessed Abusive Ex
Protecting My Predator
Remember as a victim you have done...
silent rape
why me
Bad Decision
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Raped by jail guard
Holiday Rape
Choose healing over silence
The Life I Live
Date Rape
It Happened More Than Once
Uncomfortable
Thank you for speaking out…
Stranger Danger
En Enero de 2010
Things do get better
Betrayed By My Husband
Was almost raped and no one did...
I can say it now
Dad Touching Me
It Was My Fault
Raped as a Young Boy
I Was Only 14
My little girl
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Only I get to make choices for...
I didnโt even know what was happening
Abused and defeated
Perfect on Paper
I guess it was rape
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Just Words
Erase and Rewind
Restoring Innocence
random rape
Too naรฏve
Drugged and Raped
He was my best friend
Freshman Year
I Am Brave!
Raped at the Air Force Academy
#MeToo I am 1
I Said No
I Told Him No
A respectable collegue
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Night Out
Never Going To Happen To Me
Raped in the Air Force
The Reason I Feel Alone
Nightmare
My rape story
A Big Man
I Choose Hope


