#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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25 years of fear
My Modeling Experience
Out For A Walk
Seis Años
The Cliche
Does the pain ever go away?
לא יוצאים מזה…
Nearly 50 years later
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
My First Time Speaking Up
First Friend at University
What Happened?
Just Wanted to Escape
#IAmBrave and together, #WeAreStrong
Unethical or illegal?
14 year old raped at school
I Was Just A Baby
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Dumbed Down
Weak
Drugged
Kibbutz
Raped By a Female
Confused
Friends?
Piece
Raped and Molested
The Statistics that Changed Me
What Should I Do?
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Rape
J’avais 13 ans
The Party I Will Never Forget
My friend assaulted me and another
Child sexual abuse
גבר אלים וחולני
I Saved Myself
Ride from the Concert
I never thought it could happen to...
Molestation
I Was Manipulated
Gang Rape
ללינור היקרה
Respect
I was 11
One Day At a Time
הטרידו אותי
Dad Raped Me
College Rape
Parental Incest Is Rape
Is It My Fault?
Ms.
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
#MeToo 5 years later…
Touched
Am I really that broken?
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
I regret not telling
He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
I don’t know what to do
Raped and Molested
“You’re both minors”
Close of a Brother
Learning to Live With My Rape
Started With My Father
Sexual Abuse
I Was Raped
I was raped
Molested at 3
Bringing the Stories to Light
Help
I thought he was a friend
My “Uncle” Raped Me
Trauma
Not Really Family
Rape
Black and Blue
Second Date
My Secret
Middle school sexual harassment
Tormented
Too Many Times
Bartender Lies
Keeping Faith
The Night That Changed My Life
Sexual abuse by step father
Molested by my brother as a child
A person to trust became my worst...
Rape
Stockholm
Beyond a story
Domestic Rape
Is It Really Rape?
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Living With Us
A Night I Can’t Remember
Deceit of family friend
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
הסיפור שלי…
God Saved Me
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
A Silent Fighter
Date Raped at 19
I Am Brave!
Manipulation
I can’t remember if I said yes...
The Worst Relationship
Was it my fault?
Stranger Rape
What If I Make You?
My Own Street
So Now What?
My story
My Two Cents
Last Party
He Was Saving Me From Me
Ignoring only gets so far
Stronger Every Day
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
My Own Sister
Shopping-Me too
Prom’s ideals
I’m Not Easy
Was it my fault?
En Enero de 2010
The Worst Feeling
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Innocence Taken
Invictus
5 Years On
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
Can Anyone Help?
Spousal Rape
Almost A Stranger
23 year old virgin
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Erased From Memory
I Never Give Up
