#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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Halloween Nightmare
Assault
Rape
Quiet for 2 years
I was sexually assaulted
Cruel Kids
Had Her Back
Summer 2019
Molested as a Child
Holding My Feelings In
I Blame Myself
f*ck you
He was supposed to be a friend
A night gone wrong
I Am a Survivor
I am still running
Family members ex husband
Time To Tell
The Night That Changed My Life
Sexual Abuse
I Was Only 7
Sexual Assault
My Year in Hell
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Abuse of Men and By My Mother
I Thought It Was Normal
Touching
New Years Eve
Scars That Heal
Raped and Molested
Stronger Than You Think
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
My family friend
I thought he was a friend
הסיפור שלי…
Twenty Years of Hell
Afraid of the Truth
From a Boyfriend
Fraternity Men
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Stronger Than You Think
I Was Raped By An Stranger
Brother in Law
Sex doll
She was never the same…
Too naïve
It never seems like Rape to me
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UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
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#IStandWithHer
The Fight We Can All Win
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
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Spousal Rape
I didn’t know what to do
Do you believe me?
Believe Her
All Just Too Much
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Rape
College Campus Rape
My story
Today, I Let It All Go
For the guy
I Too Was Raped
Raped By 6 Policemen
Stupid Coward
My husband was molested as a child
I did Not need to know this
Mrs.
What If I Make You?
“No” is Universal
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Spoke out and was blamed
I was born for this
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Just wanted to be loved
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Attempted Rape
Alone
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
הטרידו אותי
J’avais 13 ans
I Never Give Up
