#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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Men get raped too…
Date Rape
#IStandWithHer
Does the pain ever go away?
I Thought I was Safe
Sexual Abuse
I didn’t break up with him back...
I thought he liked me
Gang Raped
Nearly 50 years later
Sexual Abuse
1990
Memories in the Dark
Speaking Up
#MeToo 5 years later…
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Day at the Lake
Two Friends and Two Boys
Halloween Nightmare
Don’t Want to Anymore
Proof, but no Witnesses
Hiding from the Weather
Because of You
My posting
I Recorded my Rapist
Victim Impact Statement
Seeing My Rapist Everday
Prom Night
Diana Oakley’s Story
Growth
היי
I was assaulted twice at the same...
A Day My Life Changed Forever
J’avais 13 ans
James
Nerve damage
Stockholm
Torn
Police Officer/Date Rape
Shame Destroys
Love of My Life?
Trapped In a Fantasy World
Too naïve
I don’t know anymore
En Enero de 2010
Six Years of Denial
Shame Destroys
The Fight We Can All Win
My Story
My Story
I Didn’t Even Know Him
Sexual Harrassment
Older
Despedida
Still Terrified
Rape
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
My Story
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Raped in College
The Night That Changed My Life
Used
Life Is Rough
Almost A Stranger
I guess it was rape
Erase and Rewind
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
You Must Acknowledge
Gang raped foolishly
Rape
Ms.
The Cliche
Six months in the making..
It never goes away
Freshman Year
College Campus Rape
Time Heals
My Cousin
My story
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Who Is To Blame?
ללינור היקרה
A Story
The Girl Who Went To College
We All Have a Voice
Drugged
People You Do Not Know
I Said No
Asking for advice
College Campus Rape
My Story
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
Thank you
My story growing up with a secret
My Army Fiance
I was a child
Family Ties
You Can’t Trust Anyone
I met evil at a young age
Not A Trustworthy Man
I’m Confused
Piece
My Friend’s Ex-Boyfriend
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Is this normal?
Summer 2019
I Trusted Him
Supporting Sisters
Touched by a Man I Didn’t Know
Catfished
School Bathroom
Trying To Help
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Don’t Give Up

