#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.
Contact us here: producers@BraveMissWorld.com
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I did Not need to know this
Knowledge is Power
Football Player
I Was Only 7
10 years later I realised
Mi Esposa
This Is My Story
Ashly’s story
My sisters boyfriend abused me
Was It Rape? I Don’t Know
3x
Scar
Surpris à la Maison
So drunk I can’t remember
Love of My Life?
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Aftermath
Unethical or illegal?
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Spoke out and was blamed
Assault?
I Was Nearly Raped
Spousal Rape
My Rape
Being weak or stupid
Help
Freaking Scared
Shelter My Soul
I thought he was a friend
In Denial of My Rape
Amusement Park
i was a child.
Today, I Let It All Go
I Said No
My story
Raped in College
En Enero de 2010
Myself
J’avais 13 ans
Not normal
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Too naïve
אוףףףף
Sexual Abuse
Help !
A Survivor, Not a Victim
Rape
Still Can’t Believe It
Remember as a victim you have done...
Stupid Coward
I thought you loved me
My Story
The First Man In My Life
Raped at Camp
Quarterly Review
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
Incest & Date Rape
הטרידו אותי
Assault?
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Finding Words
Afraid of the Truth
Almost A Stranger
Glitter Girl, Gone.
I Am Brave!
I trusted my brother.
Rape Victim
Father Figures
I Was 16
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Domestic rape
Mental Breakdown
Sex doll
Child sexual abuse
I’m Still Here… Wish For Peace
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Despedida
Was I Raped?
Daycare
Bartender Lies
In Denial of My Rape
Forgotten Memories Submerge
עדיין מציק
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Being drunk is not consent
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Raped in a Psychiatric Hospital in the...
Lessons I’m Learning Late in Life
היי לינור
Methed for Math Teacher
Raped by my boyfriend
The cycle
High School Orientation
Babysitters
An Acquaintance
Rape
Incest & Date Rape
First Friend at University
Anal Rape
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Rape
Blamed myself …
#IStandWithHer
Thank you for being LOUD!
Why was it my fault?
The One I Trusted
The pain that was never mine to...
Forgiving The Rapist
I can’t remember before it started
Naive and Raped at 15
I know when I see a rapist...
My Boyfriend Raped Me
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
Why did this happen to me???
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Finally Sharing
School Does Not Care
my story
Rape of My Partner
Boyfriend Hell
Perfect on Paper
הסיפור שלי…
My abuse story victim to survivor
Growth
My First Boyfriend
A Fun Night
Why Me Over and Over?
Rape
It Kills Me
Broken Girl
The year that changed me
Together, We Are Brave

