#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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My Story
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
College Student
De Los 6 a Los 12
Babysitter
2 Years Ago
הטרידו אותי
I was just 9.
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Did I ask for this?
Dad Raped Me
Throughout my teen years
Young and Innocent
blackmailed
עדיין מציק
Moving On
Why Me Over and Over?
Repeat Offender
I’m Not Sure
Prescription Drugs
His opportunity
Unsure
Breaking the Trust
The pain that was never mine to...
It Happened More Than Once
A Loss to Mankind
11 Years to Justice
MS13
I Said No
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Bad Morning
A Letter to My Rapist
I don’t know if I was raped
The Trauma That Made Me
Set Up
Need Support
A Victim No Longer
היי
Rape
I met evil at a young age
That wasn’t too bad now was it?
I Woke Up In The Tub
Be Aware
Just Words
They asked if I was lying
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
I “needed” to do this!
My Best Friend & His Friend Raped...
Why Halloween Is So Hard For Me
I didn’t enderstand what was happening
My biggest mistake
My Story of a Gang Rape
Bringing the Stories to Light
Sex doll
Spoke out and was blamed
The Story of a Boy
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
They Laughed
Raped by my step fathers
Metoo
Workplace Sexual Harassment
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
God Saved Me
Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
אוףףףף
Male dancer
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
An Intruder
Domestic rape
With Love
Raped Husband
Left in shambles
Rape
17
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
3rd Grade Terror
Did He Rape My Mind Too
Male dancer
My Story
In My Home
Do you believe me?
First boyfriend raped me when i was...
Memories
Embrace It All
16 times
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Spousal Rape
Thank you
My Husband Set Me Up!
Today, I Let It All Go
Mi Esposa
Years in Denial
So Many Years to Remember
Shout Out
My Brothers Two Best Friends
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Help
Something I’ve Never Shared
Childhood abuse and acquaintance rape
In The Past
Abused by the boyfriend of my mom...
Dad Raped Me
Seis Años
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Family
Unethical or illegal?
I Was Only 14
Sexual Abuse
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
ללינור היקרה
My stepfather
University Bar
He Took My Virginity
I Remember Being Happy
Together, We Are Brave

