#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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two years ago
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Speaking Up
Summer 2019
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
He was 28
Why Me?
Surviving, Kinda
Multiple Times
To My Rapist
I let it happen twice
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Second Night of College
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Twice a pattern?
Ripples
I was a child
I Was 16
היי לינור
Happy Birthday
Backpacking
Raped in Foster care
He Stole Something From Me
Taken advantage of
What Should I Do?
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
The Pastor of My Church
Date Rape
Raped at age 9 & 15
Let Down
Continue to Survive
Sexual assualt causes you not to be...
Raped
Shame Destroys
Not Remembering
Help
Raped by my step father
13 and Raped
Choir Camp
My Husband Set Me Up!
My “Step-father”
Sexually abused by my father
J’avais 13 ans
Too naïve
Sex doll
Started As a Child
Be Aware
I wanted to get high
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Just Playing
Spoke out and was blamed
Off My Shoulders
I know when I see a rapist...
I am a survivor
he made me loose hope in love…
Metoo
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Still Hurting
Out of Control
Fenced In
Raped and Molested
My step dad raped me
Twice
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Male dancer
Help…
The Trauma That Made Me
Too Trusting
I Can’t Remember
Rape??
Attempted rape
*rape
Out For A Walk
He said he’d never do it again
My sexual assault will not define me
Too naïve
Find Your Strength
My story growing up with a secret
Different face, but the same monster
My Story
My Year in Hell
A person to trust became my worst...
It Was the Second
It never goes away
#IStandWithHer
I Am Brave!
was i raped?
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
Forced, De-flowered
I’m a functioning alcoholic
Seis Años
אוףףףף
Molested
Mistaken Identity
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
My Uncle
Rape and Not Believed
No
My Sister and I were Abused
Why Me?
My story
Life of Trauma
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Finding My Voice
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Military Man
The Stepmonster
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Just Another Night
Family rape
Why Me?
Wanted Love But Got Rape
My Brother
כמוני כמוך
Braver

I Never Give Up


