#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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Raped at 17
Child sexual abuse
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Betrayal
הסיפור שלי…
My Multiple-Offender Rape
A Close Call With Family
So drunk I can’t remember
Undertones Throughout My Life
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Date Rape
Unethical or illegal?
Disappointed
My friend assaulted me and another
Why
A Beautiful Trap
My Fight
I Was Raped?
Family Member
Male dancer
Unforgiven
I lost myself before I even knew...
Justice Didn’t Help Me
Assault?
Am i being raped?
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Kept From Us
My story growing up with a secret
Was it rape?
I regret not telling
Taken Advantage
Tormented
Breaking the Silence
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
I Was Only 7
Raped By My Therapist
I was a child
It Started With Rape
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Cruel Kids
I was kidnapped, beaten, knocked out and...
Raped After School
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
That wasn’t too bad now was it?
Motel 6 Nightmare
My Younger Sister
My story growing up with a secret
The Night That Changed My Life
Rape Survivor
I Didn’t Know What Happened
Supposed to be the Best Day of...
Sexually assaulted as a young girl
Tulane Law
My year abroad
Blaming Myself
Too drunk to respond
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
I Feel So Betrayed
The secret
My Boss Raped Me
Forgiving My Rapist
Secretly Molested
An Unknown Face & Hands
Pretty Girls
Still Affected
De Los 6 a Los 12
Letter to Senators
Trapped In a Fantasy World
I Prayed for Death
In Five Years
Not normal
Knowledge is Power
First Time
Raped in the Air Force
Despedida
Sexual Abuse
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
It Was My Fault
כמוני כמוך
“My Rape” at University
Rape, Sexual Abuse
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Braver

Molestation and Rape Survivor/Warrior
Seis Años
Today, I Let It All Go
Why
When All Hope is Gone
Molestation
I Trusted Him
The Scapegoat of Shame an Guilt
This will be painful
לפני 14 שנים
A Silent Fighter
J’avais 13 ans
Raped because of who I loved
A Night I Can’t Remember
I wanted to get high
Erase and Rewind
I Choose Hope
