#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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Rude awakening
“raped” by my long time bf
Stockholm
Stuck
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Raped by stranger x2
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
These Men are More Protected Than We...
In My Home
The Setup
Unethical or illegal?
A Night To Remember
27 Hours
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
My Story
Aftermath
6 to 20
A Life of Pain
כמוני כמוך
First Friend at University
Salted Wound
School Prom
3 Times is Not Charming
Mi Historia
25 years of fear
First College Party
So Now What?
Metoo
My Story
לא יוצאים מזה…
LOST
Mrs
In Denial of My Rape
Was It My Fault?
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
lucky
I don’t know what to do
Broken vase
The Woods Don’t Speak
Rape
Bad Morning
Find Your Strength
Spoke out and was blamed
But what really happened?
I don’t know anymore
What If I Make You?
My Healing Journey
He Was My Dad
I Accepted My Past
I was just 9.
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
This Is Me, my fight song
A Child
Life of Trauma
5
About Being Raped
I’m so sorry
Twice
אוףףףף
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
My First Memory
In Korea
Male dancer
I’m a functioning alcoholic
Sexual Abuse
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
I Didn’t Know
Workplace Sexual Harassment
7 years and it still controls me
Dream / Recall
Closure
אוףףףף
My baby girl
The Night My Life Got Destroyed
Raped in Milan
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Victim No More
Raped at 16
3 Days After Arriving at College
No Stranger
So Now What?
Raped By Family Member
My story growing up with a secret
Scar
A person to trust became my worst...
My Mother Was Raped
The First time I shared…
Scammer
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
My Journey Back to Life
Bad Morning
New Years Eve Party
I will never forget
I know when I see a rapist...
37 Years Ago
A Voice to be Heard
I thought we were friends
19 years later and still thinking about...
Summer 2019
Alcohol
Was it my fault?
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Erase and Rewind
November ’08
Be Aware
why me
I Thought I Knew Hi
you do what you gotta
I’ve survived sexual abuse
rape
Warning
Ms.
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
J’avais 13 ans
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
Why Me?
Raped by my boyfriend
Virgin Rape
Confused
The Girl Who Went To College
Not A Trustworthy Man
Remember November
Childhood Friends
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I’m Alive
I Am Brave
