#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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Daycare
Childhood Rape
I like to think I won’t feel...
Today is my time to cry
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
De Los 6 a Los 12
4th grade
Bad Programming
Ready to Share
So drunk I can’t remember
לפני 14 שנים
Sexually abused by my step brothers
Letter to…
Shout Out
Rape Survivor
Happy Hell-oween
My Rape Story
3 Generations
Intruded
The Statistics that Changed Me
Drugged
Male dancer
Rape
School Principal
Not Another Moment
הטרידו אותי
Army
Trader Joes
A Message from the Director
Raped
Date Rape
Things do get better
Dream Job, Turned Nightmare
Lost In Time
Spoke out and was blamed
לא יוצאים מזה…
I Barely Knew Them
was raped and I don’t remember it
Raped at the age of 16
I got away
It Happened More Than Once
You are with me!!
A learning experience
Not Really Love
Rape inside marriage is still rape…
16 times
Drunken rape
Thank you
Raped By a Family Member
Molestation and Rape Survivor/Warrior
Nirbhaya “ fearless”: Justice for the Brutal...
My so called “best friend”
Mi Esposa
My principal mom raped me
Piece
Despedida
Proof, but no Witnesses
The thief
I don’t know what to do
Miss
I wanted to get high
Raped at 17
Spring Break
Thank You
Broken down car
Shame
Camp rape
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
Letter to My Rapist
37 Years Ago
Still Lost :/
My Daughter
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Memories
לפני 14 שנים
Still Rape
Emotional Abuse
April 2015
Salted Wound
En Enero de 2010
My Story
Rape
He was right
my story
עדיין מציק
I think I was raped
My Sister and I were Abused
Summer 2019
Enough Is Enough
I Thought He Loved Me
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
Disappointed
Rape
Ms.
Date Rape
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Naive and Raped at 15
They Blamed it on the Tequila
I Remember Being Happy
Spring Break
My 21st Birthday
Stronger Every Day
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Still Haven’t Healed
Bringing the Stories to Light
Over 40 years Ago
Raped in the Air Force
I wanted to get high
Happy Birthday
Mistaken Identity
Holiday Rape
First Love to Long Term Abuse
To the men who hurt me
I Was Just A Baby
Halloween Nightmare
Sexual Assault
He Took My Virginity
Metoo
An Abnormal Reaction
Too naïve
He raped me. I hugged him goodbye...
College Campus Rape
My step dad raped me
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
I Am Still Standing
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Loss of Trust
My Childhood
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Too naïve
3 years on
J’avais 13 ans
היי לינור
Raped by a work colleague
Why didn’t I do anything?
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
Mi Historia
dad and mom rape
It Can Happen To Anyone
I was 17 and survived
A Different MeToo
It’s Been 10 Years
Memory or a dream?
Breaking the Silence
