#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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Stranger Danger
Birthday Rape
Football Player
Drugged
I Was Told It Was Normal
It was never…..That
Freaking Scared
I Kept Saying No
Holiday Rape
Its Got To STOP!
7 Months
Sexual abuse
I was 4 yrs old
Why Me Over and Over?
Pretty Girls
The Boys Club Continues
Was I really raped?
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
My story growing up with a secret
I Said No
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Me and my Best Friend
Twice
My Rape
Rape Survivor
Ex-boyfriend rape
Male dancer
Hostage
Silence
LOST
A respectable collegue
I was 13
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
…
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Fell In Love With a Monster
Myself
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Rape
That “man”
How I Was Raped
It Was My Fault
Speaking out for the first time in...
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Different face, but the same monster
היי לינור
Teenaged Victims
J’avais 13 ans
He Took My Virginity
Childhood abuse and acquaintance rape
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
Taken Advantage
כמוני כמוך
An Embarrassing Situation
Multiple Times
You are going to show me how...
Scar
Enough Is Enough
Stress
Afraid of Being Judged
Sexual Abuse and Rape
It will get better
I thought he liked me
Date Rape
Just Another Night
Ketamine Rape
Rape or Not?
Metoo
My Younger Sister
Unhealthy Relationship
Twice
I Was Manipulated
I know when I see a rapist...
My Interview
Sexually assaulted at 4
raped by my own brother
Incest & Date Rape
Nightmare
Multiple Assaults
When i was stripped of my innocence
Second Date
I still see him on campus
Date Rape
Metoo
My rape story
Tree House
Never Even Knew
I Thought I was Safe
Testifying
Just Words
It wasn’t my fault
Mental Breakdown
Lost In Time
My Boss Raped Me
I am More than a Victim
“Me too” On Facebook
21
Rape
I’m Alive
Cousin Rape
Holding It In
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Simply My Story
What am I doing wrong
My Story
The reason for my tattoo
Mi Historia
My trauma and its effects
5 Years On
The Party
My Father’s Funeral
I Thought He Loved Me
Rape
I am a survivor
Too naïve
Rape
Summer 2019
Stronger Every Day
75 Percent Humidity
But what really happened?
3 Different Times
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Denial
My Side
Repressed Memory
אוףףףף
2 Years Ago
It was someone I knew and I...
I wish she wouldve helped me
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Because of You
His Charming Ways
Proud
My Boyfriend Raped Me
you do what you gotta
Rape By My Husband
And It Continues
Be Careful Who You Trust
Marital Rape
I didn’t break up with him back...
My 19 year old cousin
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Can’t Even Take My Medicine
I Was Only 7
The abuser
Rape
Shout Out
My Brave Daughter
Unethical or illegal?
Obsessed Abusive Ex
I Don’t Trust My Father
My Rape
Keeping Faith
I want my innocence back
I Slept Next to Him
Rape
Online Dangers
Hospitalized
Sexually assaulted several times
Scammer
Anywhere I Go
Victim No More
לפני 14 שנים
Confusion
A Year After
Was it my fault
Prisoner of Love
Mi Esposa
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
En Enero de 2010
Sexual Abuse
De Los 6 a Los 12
Raped Husband
Ride from the Concert
Who is Responsible?
The “R” Word
Male dancer
Despedida
Growing Past Just Surviving
The pain that was never mine to...
I Am a Survivor…
Kidnapped
Raped in the Air Force
Smoke Together
Sex doll
Freshman on Campus
Child Molestation
An Abnormal Reaction
עדיין מציק
Stolen Innocence
Survivor #metoo
Letter to My Rapist
Confused and Angry
My Classmate
I Am Beautiful Now
Victim of sexual assault
So drunk I can’t remember
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Shelter My Soul
Ripped Me Apart
You Were Supposed to Be My Protector
הטרידו אותי
Raped By a Female
Family Member
Spoke out and was blamed
My Mother Was Raped
I should’ve known
My First Time
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Last Party
Dating & Relatives
My First “Boyfriend”
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Rape & Sexual Assault
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
ללינור היקרה
I Didn’t Even Know Him
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
When I Was 8 Years Old
Date Rape
School Bathroom
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
From Heaven to Hell
My Fault or His
Raped by jail guard
גבר אלים וחולני
Ms.
Scars
‘Were you drinking?’
Rape
I now know
Raped By My Therapist
Never Seemed Worth Telling
היי
I am a survivor and got over...
Unfair
Erase and Rewind
I Was 20
I wanted to get high
A Loss to Mankind
Ripped Me Apart
My Ex-husband
I felt like it didn’t count because...
לא יוצאים מזה…
She’s a survivor
PART 3: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
To my best friend who raped me
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Enough Is Enough
School Principal
Manipulation
Being Done
It wasn’t your fault
I Am Beautiful Now
More Than a Survivor
University Bar
I Thought He Was My Friend
Too much trauma
Young and Unaware
Broken Trust
We Stand Together
I Too Was Raped
Wouldn’t take no for an answer
10 years later I realised
Party Time
Beyond a story
With Love
Sexual Assault
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I Am Brave!
Family
Boy scout of america
Trying to Survive
Raped By Family
Still Rape
How Could It Have Happened
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Survivor
