#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. Women’s 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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Remembering
Stand Strong
Finally Healing
One Day At a Time
Thought He Was A Friend
Constant fear
Family rape
I was attacked at 19 years old
Was almost raped and no one did...
my story
Ex-Boyfriend
But what really happened?
Raped When I Was 12
I am a Survivor
Raped in my own bed
Amusement Park
Rape
My 21st Birthday
Still Rape
Day at the Lake
Semper Fi
Was It Rape?
lucky
Finding My Voice
Darkness With Friends
Football Player
Just Words
A Nightmare
Manipulation
Nothing important…
After 14 Years
He Was Saving Me From Me
My Ongoing Journey
I wanted to get high
Help
MY Inspirational Story
A Letter To My Abusive Brother
Losing my virginity
Glitter Girl, Gone.
The healing process
Rape
Raped By My Therapist
לפני 14 שנים
Bringing the Stories to Light
Surviving, Kinda
I Was Only 7
Ms.
That One Night
7 years and it still controls me
The Summer of 2013
I Hate My Father
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
My case is different from yours
Rape
Rape by Boyfriend
What Is Success?
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Life of Trauma
Bringing the Stories to Light
Embrace It All
היי לינור
It was just a friend date
Summer 2019
I don’t know who I am
There are a lot of assholes on...
My Brother
Don’t Want to Anymore
Raped by my boyfriend
A respectable collegue
My First Time
Miss
He knew what he was doing
Restoring Innocence
Army
Unethical or illegal?
Why me?
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
A person to trust became my worst...
היי
Shelter My Soul
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
My Own Family
It is not my fault
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
My Relationship With Dad
Football Player
Unsure
I’m Not Easy
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Seis Años
Help
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
I Choose Hope
