#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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I “needed” to do this!
My Fight
הטרידו אותי
Brock and Will
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Afraid
Rape and Not Believed
Not My Friend
My Daddy
University Bar
Mi Historia
Mi Esposa
Rape
Is It Really Rape?
For the guy
17
Don’t Know
My Story
2 Years Ago
Rape By My Husband
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Rape and Crisis
my story
Believe Her
גבר אלים וחולני
Night Out
He Was My Best Friend
It Started with my Brother
My Father’s Funeral
A person to trust became my worst...
Justice Didn’t Help Me
April 19th
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
40 years
Was I Raped?
It Started With Date Rape
Rape Shaming
Agressée deux fois, mais toujours debout.
Invictus
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Night of Psychedelic Horror
We go to the same church
Loss of Trust
College Campus Rape
Mistaken Identity
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Does the pain ever go away?
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
No Power
Ex-Boyfriend
Thought He Was A Friend
I Was 9
At 13
Frozen in fear
The Party I Will Never Forget
De Los 6 a Los 12
Raped By My Therapist
He Took My Virginity
Remember as a victim you have done...
I Didn’t Know What Happened
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
Breaking the Trust
Today, I Let It All Go
My family friend
A Life of Pain
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
I Shouldn’t Have Drank
I was raped
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
My best friend
06.05.2006
Paris Nightmare
Summer 2019
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Someone I should be able to trust
I Remember How It Felt
Childhood rape
Never Got Over It
היי
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
I Just Started High School
In Front of My Girls
Read This Please
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
What Happened?
3 years on
4th grade
No one owns your story but you
Did I ask for this?
His Masterpiece
Abuse Continued
Online Dangers
The Other Guy
Was It Rape?
Ended in Rape
My story
Raped By My Father
I was just 9.
Love of My Life?
Too naïve
The First Time
Boyfriend Hell
Guilt and Shame Almost Killed
Drugged
He had my pants down
Raped
One Day At a Time
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
Daycare Teacher
How I Was Raped
Only Six
Life of Trauma
הסיפור שלי…
I didn’t break up with him back...
Confused
my story-and where i “took it”…
My Story
Raped By My Brother
Confused
HS Reunion
Wouldn’t take no for an answer
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
You Were My Friend
My Last Party
3rd Grade Terror
6 to 20
The Worst Feeling
My First Time
Help
College Rape
And It Continues
Childhood Trauma
Ketamine Rape
Raped At 15
He was family
Rape
Bad Date
So Long Ago
Raped
Wanted Love But Got Rape
Find Your Strength
My Daughter’s Rape
3 Generations
היי לינור
The First Man In My Life
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Incest
Why Didn’t You Stop Him?
Me too.
Brave
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Too naïve
I didn’t know
My Story
The Devil You Know
What Happened?
Together, We Are Brave

