#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 Thought I Knew Hi
Let Down
Date Rape?
I was raped by a cop
Graduation Night
My Daughter’s Rape
I Remember Being Happy
The cycle
Sexual Assault Does NOT Define You
Scammer
Different face, but the same monster
Light In The Dark
A person to trust became my worst...
Not normal
Rape
Let’s Fight Back With Love
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
This Is My Story
Despedida
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Worst pain of my life
In Korea
Prisoner of Love
Rape
School Rape
Only Six
ללינור היקרה
לא יוצאים מזה…
An Amazing Woman
Anniversary
At 13
Aftermath
I can’t remember before it started
i just want to tell someone.
My First Time
Rape
The Touches I Felt
So drunk I can’t remember
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Never Ending
A Scared Little Girl
What Was I Thinking?
A respectable collegue
Mi Esposa
Date Rape
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Sex doll
I Don’t Trust My Father
Set Up
3x
Blamed myself …
My Daughter
Nothing for Nothing
What Should I Do?
So Now What?
I didn’t think she would do this....
Just Hanging Out
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Rape, Sexual Abuse
Date Raped
I Blamed Myself
Spoke out and was blamed
16 times
Heart broken
An Embarrassing Situation
Every Way Imaginable
Sexual Assault
Trapped with memories
Was It My Fault?
Bartender Lies
“Trust me, take a chance”
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Lightening Does Strike Twice
I wish I would have been smarter
My Rape
I Am A Survivor
Don’t Know
Stand Strong
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
My Ongoing Journey
It was not my fault
Liar, Liar
Bringing the Stories to Light
Hateful
Unethical or illegal?
I Came Home
J’avais 13 ans
Drunk and taken advantage of
A poem about a not so perfect...
I don’t know if I was raped
Sexual Abuse
I am a Rape Survivor
Betrayed By My Husband
After I Was Raped
Step Dad
Summer 2019
I can’t remember if I said yes...
Raped By Boyfriend
I Am Still Standing
Supporting Sisters
Hope after repeated rape
Thank you for speaking out…
I didn’t fight back.
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
Hotel
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Fraternity gang rape
Permanently Scarred
It was never…..That
Set Up
The Scapegoat of Shame an Guilt
Ms.
Don’t Want to Admit It
The Pastor of My Church
Mi Historia
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
הטרידו אותי
Rape
When I Was 8
#MeToo I am 1
אוףףףף
he made me loose hope in love…
I Was Only 7
Thank you
Raped Three Times
In Denial of My Rape
My Story
I Never Thought
You had no rights
Thank You
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
The Mailman Raped Me
I Pretend Like I Don’t Remember…But I...
Army
I got away
Fishing Trips
Today, I Let It All Go
1 in 5
Rape
At the Movie’s
יש חיים אחרי אונס
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Army
I am not a rape victim
First Date
Broken Trust
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
The Boys Club Continues
I still feel like it’s my fault
It was just a friend date
My Rape Story
13 and Raped
New Years Eve
It never stops changing you
LOST
It Happens All Too Often
My Story of a Gang Rape
Happy Birthday
Lesbian After Assaults
Ketamine Rape
Raped
Drunken rape
Unbelievable
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
The Statistics that Changed Me
You were supposed to be my friend
Anxiety
He took it as yes
Mi Historia
Touching
Prom Night
God Saved Me
Beyond a story
Do I say thank you?
Relationship does not equal consent
Afraid of Being Judged
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
Still Can’t Believe It
My Friend’s House
Strength to Speak Out
Sexual Abuse
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
The Night That Changed My World
My Girlfriend of Two Years
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Second Night of College
Raped After Work
Kidnapped and Raped
Closure
Betrayed By My Own Mind
Step Dad
No Justice
Am I Wrong?
Sex doll
Worthless
Suffered and Survived
Stolen Innocence
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
היי
Myself
my story
Finally Sharing
Learning to Live With My Rape
I can’t remember if I said yes...
There are a lot of assholes on...
I Still Blame Myself
I Trusted Him
He was supposed to be a friend
Our Corrupted Country
My story growing up with a secret
College Professor
I Pretend Like I Don’t Remember…But I...
My Story
Boyfriend Hell
Finally Healing
The Power of Victimization
My ex
A horror that lasts a lifetime
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Raped in the Air Force
Male dancer
Roommates
Moving On
My sisters boyfriend abused me
Just a Kid
Drugged
I Was Just a Little Girl
I Thought I Was Safe
My rapist sent me a friend request...
My Journey as a Rape survivor from...
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
Sexual Abuse
Rape Is Everywhere
Rape by Boyfriend
I can say it now
I Didn’t Know
You were supposed to be my friend
Stronger Every Day
Rape
I don’t know what to do
הסיפור שלי…
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
Didn’t Think it Could Happen to ME
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Just Friends
Twice
random rape
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
I didn’t know what to do
SA in school
Still Terrified
Shelter My Soul
University Bar
Too naïve
My Mother’s Life Partner Sexually Harrased Me...
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
My Year in Hell
Someone I should be able to trust
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
I know when I see a rapist...
Molested By My Cousin
10 YEARS OF SILENCE
I was raped
Help
Frozen in fear
Memories Are Back
#MeToo 5 years later…
Just Words
היי לינור
Un-Silenced
Multiple Rapes
I Am Brave

He said he’d never do it again
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
I Was Only 7
I’m so sorry
Metoo
so forceful
I Thought I was Safe
Rape in supported accomodation
כמוני כמוך
Don’t Give Up
