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Alexander Morgan
What It's Like To Tell Your Mum You've Been Raped
Alexander (left) with his mother, Sandie, (right) together in 2012. I can’t imagine what it must be like for a parent hearing your child was raped. I told my mum in an email. I wasn’t ready, but some not very nice people had found out things in my past that they could exploit and threatened to tell the world. Linked with these were the two times I was assaulted. I couldn’t let her find out that way. I felt like I had no choice but to disclose to my family all about the attack
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Sophie Mills
What Pride Can Mean For A Survivor Of Sexual Assault - Like Me
Earlier this month, many of us were lucky enough to stand in the Pride in London parade which saw thousands of the LGBTQ+ community and allies alike, come together and celebrate the undeniable milestones the community and its supporters have made over the last 50 years. Since the Stonewall Riots 50 years ago, communities have come together, embraced each other for their differences and welcomed those who, in many circumstances, may not have the help and support they need and
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Alexander Morgan
Importance of being Brave: How putting Male rape stories on TV has fueled a surge in reporting
**Trigger Warning: Descriptions of Rape** According to a new Government strategy to support male victims of abuse, TV dramas with story lines centred around male rape have contributed to a 57% rise in men and boys aged over 13 reporting sexual assaults. The report, a statement paper separate to the Ending Violence Against Women Strategy published by the Home Office, specially addresses male victims and the impact of those coming forward is having on services. Since 2015/16,
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Stay Brave Team
Stay Brave introduces “Speaking Out”
We've launched our first survey project, "Speaking Out", and we'd like you to help reach more survivors. Estimates suggest that, in the last year alone, 1.3 million women and 700,000 men experienced domestic abuse.[1] This shocking figure doesn’t even come close to the full scale of the issue: add in the hundreds of thousands each year who experience other sexual violence, image-based sexual abuse, stalking, harassment, or coercive control and you’ll no doubt double those est
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Rhodri Roberts
New funding for survivors of rape and assault in England and Wales. But is it enough to tackle the p
Rape and sexual abuse support services across England and Wales have been awarded increased government funding in March – totaling £24m over 3 years – to help even more victims. Around 79 rape/sexual assault support centres are to be awarded grants – meaning there will be government-funded services in all 42 of the country’s police and crime commissioner areas. Among the services receiving a funding boost are a national helpline and web-chat service for male victims following
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Rachel Turpin
#ThisManToo - Bringing A Voice To Male Survivors
#MeToo has proven to be a triumph for so many, demonstrating the scale of assault, harassment and abuse, and allowing survivors to stand in solidarity with one another. We’ve seen how individual experiences have amalgamated to create something so much bigger than the sum of its parts. Yet, despite all its successes, the movement has been dominated by female voices, leaving many male survivors feeling isolated from the movement, like their experiences do not play a part in the
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