#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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Surpris à la Maison
My Rape Story
Sexual Assault
I Thought He Loved Me
Rape without remorse
My biggest mistake
My story growing up with a secret
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
I was a raped by a couple...
The Day I Was Raped
More Than a Survivor
He Was My Father
Not normal
כמוני כמוך
Thank You
Multiple Times
7 years and it still controls me
My story
Erase and Rewind
More Than Half of My Life Ago
A respectable collegue
My Rape
Light In The Dark
Confused and Angry
I know when I see a rapist...
My Brother
I Am Brave

The First Time
Forever Changed
Raped 14 times in 1 year
A young mother
Unwanted Flashbacks
My Story
You Didn’t Break Me
My Story
Stolen innocence
He Was My Boyfriend
#MeToo, too
ללינור היקרה
my story
My Step Brother Raped Me
Raped By Family
Blackout
Paris Nightmare
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Did He Rape Me?
1990
So Now What?
Married to Abuser
Ms.
I just realized this today.
The Pastor of My Church
Not Remembering
Just a Child
The Wolf and His Rabbit
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
Fraternity gang rape
My abuse
Confused by Rape
I Was Only 7
Sexual Harrassment
The Loss of My Childhood
Finally telling my story.
Years later… meeting my rapist again
End of Innocence
Continue to Survive
I Didn’t See It In Time
The Fight We Can All Win
You are going to show me how...
Too drunk to respond
Log
Hundreds of Times
לא יוצאים מזה…
They thought it was fun
Holding It In
Happy Birthday
Spoke out and was blamed
Only I get to make choices for...
I want my innocence back
עדיין מציק
He Was a Cop
אוףףףף
The Touches I Felt
Victim of sexual assault
Set Up
I survived
Simple games was a way to hide...
Stronger Every Day
My Army Fiance
The Woods Don’t Speak
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My best friend
Nashville Sweetheart
Twice is too much
הסיפור שלי…
Sexual Abuse
Keep it to myself
Rape by Boyfriend
Sexually Assaulted
My ex
He ignored me
He was 15
לפני 14 שנים
Not Okay
Just Friends
Survivor
