#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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It Was the Second
Inspired
A young mother
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Raped at the Air Force Academy
I Didn’t Even Know
Seis Años
Moving On
16 times
Was It Rape?
3 Times is Not Charming
How Many Times?
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
My Best Friend
Broken vase
Time Stood Still
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Mi Historia
My teacher and my step-brother
Friends?
J’avais 13 ans
Ketamine Rape
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Breaking the Trust
My Boss Raped Me
Male dancer
Ending Misogyny
לא יוצאים מזה…
Forever Changed
Scarred for life
Rape and the Aftermath
Sexual Assault at 11
Stupid Coward
A Lifetime of pain
innocent
Frozen in fear
How Many Times?
Rape
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Supposed To Be There
Was It Rape?
Help
Identity?
Mi Esposa
Thank you for being LOUD!
לפני 14 שנים
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
It was not my fault
The abuser
Thank You
Just Words
My abuse story victim to survivor
Justice
My Story
Naive and Raped at 15
I Thought I Knew Him
Was It My Fault?
I’m finally letting my hurt out
Feeling Alone
Dear Coward
Survivor
Respect
Thank you for speaking out…
Disappointed
My Step Father
A Night I Can’t Remember
I Came Home
I still don’t know what happened
I still don’t know
No More Silence
Rape by Boyfriend
Rape
כמוני כמוך
The Party
Raped at age 9 & 15
My Story
Multiple Assaults
First Time
Not friends
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Unsure
My 18th Birthday
Unethical or illegal?
Summer 2019
Gang raped foolishly
Trauma
Unhealthy Relationship
Still Confused
16 times
When no means nothing
11 Years to Justice
Speaking Out
Raped By My Brother
1990
Spousal Rape
Despedida
A respectable collegue
The Elevator Man
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Is Healing Possible?
Only 12
Brother & Sister
Lightening Does Strike Twice
My Husband Set Me Up!
My Husband Set Me Up!
How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
Together, We Are Brave

