#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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It Happened To Me
Third time’s the charm
I was raped and I didnt know...
Unwanted Flashbacks
Lifetime of Abuse
Despedida
Politeness Serves No One
Rape??
גבר אלים וחולני
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
Myself
incest
Broken
Twice
Was it Really Rape
Raped By My Therapist
Hospitalized
Literal Hell
After I Was Raped
April 8th, 2016
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Travelling
My Mom
Victim Shaming
I regret not telling
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
I Don’t Know My Story
Ms.
Way Back in 1973
Weathering The Storm
…
Not Really Family
Tormented
Playing Games
I wanted to get high
Beyond a story
Am I really that broken?
I was a kid, you were my...
Okay, Not Okay
My Family My Love
I Am A Survivor
Not normal
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
I wish she wouldve helped me
Anniversary
Raped By Family
I thought you loved me
Ended in Rape
En Enero de 2010
Cafeteria Food
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Just Words
A respectable collegue
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Still Rape
הטרידו אותי
What If I Make You?
אוףףףף
Mistaken Identity
Males can be victims too
Am i being raped?
Rapist Turned Murderer
לא יוצאים מזה…
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Too naïve
Multiple Times
Just a Child
Assaulted by my neighbor
Childhood End
2 Years Ago
No one owns your story but you
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
My Mother was raped and told me...
Everyone loves him
Date Raped When I Was 15
Breaking the Silence
Scared
כמוני כמוך
It’s just not fair
I Feel So Bad For Him…
Too Trusting
Attempted Rape
Unethical or illegal?
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
Tulane Law
My mom is in constant contact with...
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
I Had No Voice
Gang Raped
An Abnormal Reaction
Raped in College
Raped At 16, 29, 31
Boy scout of america
Being Raped
Only I get to make choices for...
A Journal of a Wayward Child
I tried to bury it for seven...
Rape
I Thought He Loved Me
Raped
Mi Historia
Sexual Coercion
The Night That Changed My Life
Sexual Abuse
Rape by Boyfriend
Birthday Rape
A Story
No one cared until I made them
I don’t know if I was raped
Mi Esposa
My Childhood
Tormented
Halloween Nightmare
I said no
Was it rape?
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
My Daughter
Parental Incest Is Rape
My story
Still Unable to Tell People
My boyfriend of 2 years
Afraid of Being Judged
A person to trust became my worst...
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
Life of Trauma
I can’t remember if I said yes...
My Ex-husband
Incest & Date Rape
Was Raped
He Was a Friend
Didn’t Know Until Later
Why Me?
my story
Safe Isn’t Always What We Believe
The Life I Live
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
A Night To Remember
Predators
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
7th Grade Assault
Online dating
Just Violated
Perfect on Paper
A Meek Young Girl
Lost Soul
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Undertones Throughout My Life
BoR Amendment VI – Protecting Rapists in...
No
The Party
Betrayed By a Loved One
Freshman Year
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Date Rape
Drunk and taken advantage of
One Of Many
Just a Child
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
Snowball Effect
הסיפור שלי…
The Party
23 year old virgin
Why Me Over and Over?
My Last Party
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Shelter My Soul
I’m Only Stronger
Rape
Forest floor
Raped Multiple Times
I want to be better
Stronger Than You Think
I am a Survivor
He’s Dead
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
It was
Freshman Year
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
Do you remember your first time?
Why Me, Time and Time Again
My babysitter
Choir Camp
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Step Dad
The First Time
Me too
I didn’t know it was rape, I...
My Friend’s House
To serve and protect, but who will...
How do you give tragedy a title?
My Own Sister
Rape in my locked home
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Raped By 6 Policemen
I Am Brave

