#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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When will it be enough?
Stronger Every Day
Rape by family
Rape
Too naïve
Secret overload
Assault?
The pain that was never mine to...
Feeling Alone
I thought he was a friend
I was a victim of serious child...
Infatuation
Miss
My First Memory
Sexual Abuse
Multiple Assaults
Naive girl
“No” is Universal
לא יוצאים מזה…
Male dancer
Heavy Is The Head
עדיין מציק
Becoming Whole
I can’t keep quiet anymore
I Was Only 7
The Statistics that Changed Me
I Woke Up In The Tub
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Such Shame
כמוני כמוך
He Was My Best Friend
my story
My Story
STRONG
Survivor
The Park
Almost Raped
Sex doll
First Frat Party
אוףףףף
Is this normal?
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
3 Times is Not Charming
From a Boyfriend
Raped, Adopted, Raped Again
Online Dangers
Remember November
You Were My Friend
35 Years Ago
It Happened More Than Once
Your truth will change someones’ life.
The abuser
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Brave
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
The Pastor of My Church
Date gone wrong
When I Was 8 Years Old
Being Raped
היי לינור
Mental Breakdown
Faded Memories
Not Safe in Your Own Family
#MeToo 5 years later…
5
Still Haunted By It
Stronger Than You Think
I was born for this
Sex doll
A Journal of a Wayward Child
I can’t remember if I said yes...
So Long Ago
Sexual abuse by brother
Innocent Faith
Bad Morning
Not Blood Cousins
Black Out
Darkness With Friends
My Mother was raped and told me...
a shattered girl and her dreams restored
“Date” gone wrong?
Rape or Not?
Molestation
Football Player
My story
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
Date Raped When I Was 15
After I Was Raped
Rape
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
Finally ready to tell my story
Ketamine Rape
Weak
Fraternity Men
He Was a Friend
Was It My Fault?
Alcohol
Teenaged Victims
Third time’s the charm
Only Six
Kibbutz
My Story
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Childhood Rape
Close of a Brother
Young and Innocent
Being Done
Broken
Ms.
LOST
When Will My Voice Be Heard
Braver
