#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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Struggling to Survive
My Brave Daughter
Can Anyone Help?
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Black and Blue
Amusement Park
My Story
הטרידו אותי
Date Rape
De Los 6 a Los 12
No one owns your story but you
Being Raped
Friend of mines set me up
With Love
Domestic Rape is Real
Raped in my own bed
More Than Once
Tormented
I Am Not Brave
Rape
Still Think It Was My Fault
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
What If I Make You?
I Need to Tell Someone
Seis Años
Multiple Assaults
So Now What?
I can say it now
A Stong Woman
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Blindsided
You made me feel like I was...
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
My Rape Stories
Spring Break Nightmare
I was 11
Confused and Angry
It’s OK
Rape
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
היי
Because of You
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
When I Was 16
In The Past
It’s A Long Story
The Boys Club Continues
Camp rape
Obsessed Abusive Ex
No Justice
Three Times in a Row
Darkness With Friends
My Story
My Rapists I Grew Up With
Why does this keep happening to me?
גבר אלים וחולני
I am a Survivor
Unforgiven
Sexual Abuse
Kibbutz
A Victim No Longer
Erase and Rewind
Family
לפני 14 שנים
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
1 hour 3 days
J’avais 13 ans
Living Nightmare
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
Was I Raped?
I Feel So Betrayed
I Was Only 7
In-Between Times
I am a survivor
Set Up
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Just Another Night
Holding My Feelings In
Is Healing Possible?
I still feel “crazy”
Nearly 50 years later
Scared and Confused
Broken Trust
Innocence Taken
Bringing the Stories to Light
Still Can’t Believe It
I Want to Live
Molestation
Gross
Raped at the Air Force Academy
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
My Story
הסיפור שלי…
Metoo
Don’t Know
Drugged After Junior Prom
Abused by the boyfriend of my mom...
My Best Friend
Unknown Abuse by Biological Father
Shelter My Soul
1 in 5
Rape
I am J. D. R., and I...
I was born for this
Miss
Not just me
More Than Half of My Life Ago
The Statistics that Changed Me
Be Careful Who You Trust
Stupid Coward
My husband was molested as a child
My Scars Do Not Define Me
i was pulling my shorts up
Holiday Rape
Grandpa
Unethical or illegal?
Need help
You were supposed to be my friend
Freshman Year
I know when I see a rapist...
This is my story
Tulane Law
Victimization
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Stronger Every Day
היי לינור
Date Raped When I Was 15
Help
Trust
I’m the Slut. I Must’ve Wanted It.
I Never Give Up

