#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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Memories
I Was Manipulated
Trader Joes
This Is My Story
Abuse of Men and By My Mother
My principal mom raped me
Summer 2019
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Afraid of the Truth
Hateful
Just Words
I was attacked at 19 years old
Someday Soon
A respectable collegue
3 years on
Secret Sorrow
Forced, De-flowered
Darkness With Friends
How Many Times?
לא יוצאים מזה…
Rape
I Said No
But what really happened?
Even Lawyers Get Raped
I just realized this today.
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Sexual Assault
Nashville Sweetheart
My story growing up with a secret
My 18th Birthday
Way Back in 1973
Childhood Horror
Child sexual abuse
When I Was 8 Years Old
Thank You
Not Sure It Happened
Victim No More
Rape Victim
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Sexual Abuse
Seis Años
November ’08
Married My Rapist
Still Rape
Betrayed By a Loved One
Never Wanted to Believe
My Fight
Being weak or stupid
I still see him on campus
All men are the same
Trying to Survive
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Accepting myself and my story after…
The Statistics that Changed Me
I am not a rape victim
It’s my fault
I Hate You
The First Time
When does it get easier?
Married to Abuser
Assault?
What Happened?
You Were My Friend
Incest & Date Rape
Can Anyone Help?
With Love
Sex doll
Feels like i am drowning
My Boyfriend
Male dancer
Still Confused
Family
Do NOT Trust Strangers
אוףףףף
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
My “Step-father”
Childhood of assault
ONLY the Beginning
Did I ask for this?
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
The Park
Survivor
