#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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Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
אוףףףף
Molestation
Time To Tell
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Surviving sexual assault trauma
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
HE Haunts Me
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I Was 10
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Rude awakening
My First Time
Raped in the Air Force
I Was Raped as a Child
The Night That Changed My Life
ללינור היקרה
Being Raped
Family
My “Step-father”
Manipulation
Freshman Year
היי
What Happened?
Sexually Abuse
Just Another Night
It never goes away
April 8th, 2016
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
More Than a Survivor
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
A Journal of a Wayward Child
James
my story-and where i “took it”…
Why I’m sorry
Too naïve
Happy Birthday
Just Words
Child Rape
Sexual Abuse
Summer 2019
Thank you for being LOUD!
It Happened More Than Once
Unethical or illegal?
My Innocence Was Taken Away
I Slept Next to Him
Letter to…
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Not Sure It Happened
Being Done
My Husband Set Me Up!
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Literal Hell
I lost myself before I even knew...
Raped When I Was 12
Read This Please
עדיין מציק
Sexual Assault??
Still Unable to Tell People
Sexually Assaulted as a Child
I Still Blame Myself
Sexually abused by my father
Date Rape?
I didn’t enderstand what was happening
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Don’t Give Up

My First “Boyfriend”
Metoo
Am i being raped?
A Silent Fighter
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Touched
Shame
Smoke Together
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
That Night
Stranger Rape
I’m Only Stronger
Raped at the Air Force Academy
I Thought I Knew Hi
Mi Historia
Broken down car
Date Rape
Raped by Him
My best friends dad
My Story
Child Rape
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
My Beloved Man
I wish I would have been smarter
I was used. I got left. I...
Aftermath
College Student
Middle school sexual harassment
10 Years!
it was 1 am
I still feel like it’s my fault
St. Louis Riots
I am a survivor
He was a friend
Kibbutz
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
J’avais 13 ans
I Think I Was Raped
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Blaming Myself
My boss
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Rape by Boyfriend
Mi Esposa
Ex Boyfriend
Date Rape
Forced, De-flowered
De Los 6 a Los 12
Date rape
Speaking Up
When Will This Nightmare End
First Frat Party
Step Dad
Travelling
My Mother’s Albatross
My Daughter
Becoming Whole
The Mailman Raped Me
Molested by my biological father
Ignored For a Lifetime
Sexual Assault
Relationship does not equal consent
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Erase and Rewind
Broken
לא יוצאים מזה…
Drugged
Together, We Are Brave
