#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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Why me?
Too naïve
Spoke out and was blamed
היי לינור
Male dancer
Hurt and Anger
i just want to tell someone.
Raped as a Boy
7th Grade Assault
There Is Hope For Us
Throughout my teen years
I am a Survivor
My Own Family
3 Generations
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
Proud
Erase and Rewind
He Was A Police Officer
En Enero de 2010
Raped in the Air Force
Dating For 10 Months When…
Roommates
Sexual molestation as a child
My Tramatic Experience
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Stupid Coward
Trader Joes
Never Be the Same Again
Pretty Girls
Survivor #metoo
Manipulation
sexual assault & abuse
Rape
Diana Oakley’s Story
Mine Was Different
Love of My Life?
Panic Attack
The Stepmonster
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Too Trusting
Gang Rape
Ready to Share
De Los 6 a Los 12
Sexual Assault
Lightening Does Strike Twice
All Rape Is Legitimate Rape
A Fun Game
I know when I see a rapist...
College Rape
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
היי
Simply My Story
Repressed Memory
It wasn’t my fault
LOST
Lied to left brain damged
Unethical or illegal?
Sexual Abuse
Unhealthy Relationship
It’s still happening
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
A Dating Experience and My Parents’ Attack
Sexually assaulted several times
Date Rape Drug
Rape
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
Thank You
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
The Party
Only 12
I Was 16
I didn’t even know what was happening
Is It Really Rape?
My First Two Times
Just Words
Digging my own grave
Rape by Boyfriend
Survivor, Still Struggling
My Story
Rape
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I Was Only 7
Stolen innocence
גבר אלים וחולני
Constant fear
Rape is Real
My Story
Why Me Over and Over?
University Bar
עדיין מציק
Assault?
Travel
Too naïve
I wish I remembered
My Last Party
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Out For A Walk
Summer 2019
It was never…..That
4th grade
Did He Rape Me?
Multiple Times
Believe Her
J’avais 13 ans
Raped Husband
I Saved Myself
Effort To Survive
Sex doll
Rape
Mi Esposa
Stand Strong
Will I ever get over it.
Sexual assault
Why Me?
My First Time Speaking Up
Third time’s the charm
Finally Arrested
The pain that was never mine to...
Raped by ex boyfriend
He Was My Friend
Broken Trust
Ex
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
11 Years to Justice
Living With Us
Violent Rape
More Than Once
Can Anyone Help?
I Trusted Him
My 21st Birthday
Boyfriend Hell
My husband raped me when I took...
Emotional Abuse
University Bar
He Was A Police Officer
Asking for advice
The Summer of 2013
Hidden Emotions
Once? Twice? Five Times?
My story growing up with a secret
my teacher grabbed me
I Am A Survivor
Set Up
Marital Rape
It never stops changing you
My abuse story victim to survivor
Prom Night
Date Rape
Young and Unaware
First Crush
You had no rights
Not A Trustworthy Man
3 years later i still wonder if...
Rape
Breaking the Silence
