#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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אוףףףף
My Horrific Nightmare
College Professor
My Last Party
Assault
#IAmBrave and together, #WeAreStrong
my story
I Thought I was Safe
I said no – but he took...
My best friend
Lost in Europe
My “Step-father”
Impacted Forever
Letter to…
Lasting memories
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Black and Blue
Lightening Does Strike Twice
I still don’t know what happened
First Time Sharing
I Just Need to Tell Someone
De Los 6 a Los 12
My Life Destroyed in 5 Minutes
Erase and Rewind
Family members ex husband
Pregnancy
Doctor Nightmares
Off My Shoulders
Why Me?
Two times. One year.
Not Okay
He Never Apologized
Raped by Him
Drugged raped and failed by justice
My Daughter
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Sexual Abuse
Finally Arrested
Hundreds of Times
Feeling Alone
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Moving on Alone from Rape
You had no rights
היי
When I Was 8
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
About Being Raped
Seis Años
Don’t Walk By Yourself
My Story
The rape apology and my reply
Raped by my ex-boyfriend
House help and cousin
Finally Sharing
Literal Hell
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
Night Out
I know when I see a rapist...
He Was A Police Officer
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
Rude awakening
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
Brothers
Why was it my fault?
Just Words
How can we make it stop?
My Supervising Doctor
I Am Still Standing
Sexual Assault
Did I ask for this?
Holiday Rape
Daycare
Victim of Abuse
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
PART 3: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Finding Words
Trapped In a Fantasy World
I can say it now
My Healing Journey
Few People Know
I did Not need to know this
School Bathroom
Night Out
Help
I trusted my brother.
Didn’t Know I Had Been Raped
My story
I Pretend Like I Don’t Remember…But I...
Deep Scars
יש חיים אחרי אונס
More Than Once
Rape
Male dancer
Did He Rape Me?
April 8th, 2016
A Survivor, Not a Victim
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
Hiding from the Weather
Narcissistic Ex
Teenage Victim
I Said No
He Was My Boss
Third time’s the charm
Sexual Abuse and Rape
I can’t remember if I said yes...
Middle School
I don’t know if I was raped
Raped
My Friend’s House
My Brave Daughter
Realization of Rape
הטרידו אותי
My posting
Justice Didn’t Help Me
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Raped in a Psychiatric Hospital in the...
Childhood of assault
Bad Morning
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
Bad Date
Raped and Almost Raped and Harassed
Molestation
The First Man In My Life
Silence In The Family
Raped
Child sexual abuse
Myself
Today, I Let It All Go
Date Rape
Neighbors
Raped and Abused
My stepfather raped me
Childhood trauma
Rape
Assault?
Stronger Than You Think
How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
What Happened?
Assaulted
Why
Molested By a Stranger
Braver
