#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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My 21st Birthday
He bought me chips and sent me...
My Life History
My Rape
Step Daddy
His Charming Ways
My boyfriend
Sexual Abuse
Date Rape
How to handle it
Rape
Off My Shoulders
Raped By 6 Policemen
My Best Friend
Never Even Knew
Heavy Is The Head
Different face, but the same monster
Raped by stranger x2
Unethical or illegal?
Because of You
My Ongoing Journey
Ignored
When i was stripped of my innocence
Sexually assaulted at 4
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Hated Myself
Does the pain ever go away?
After Wedding
Sexually assulted by coworker
Different face, but the same monster
Obsessed Abusive Ex
3 Generations
The Other Guy
Why was it my fault?
Raped by My Ex
I Just Started High School
A respectable collegue
I Too Was Raped
‘I have a voice’
Raped by Him
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
The Stepmonster
He was my best friend
Scared and Confused
My Scars Do Not Define Me
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Serial Rapist
It started with you.
I Was Only 14
Seis Años
Agressée deux fois, mais toujours debout.
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Safe Isn’t Always What We Believe
Date Rape Drug
Beyond a story
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I wish I would have been smarter
כמוני כמוך
My husband was home
My Story
STRONG
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
My Story
I called him my friend
I now know
My Journey (sexual abuse)
Multiple Assaults
Restoring Innocence
Out of Control
Innocence Taken
When will it be enough?
Abused By A Therapist
Rock It!

Keep it to myself
Is Healing Possible?
#MeToo 5 years later…
Male dancer
Raped at 17
I was molested and raped at 6
keep it a secret
En Enero de 2010
Rape inside marriage is still rape…
The First Time
Why was it my fault?
The “R” Word
Ex Best Friend
Neighbors
Army
No one owns your story but you
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Moving on Alone from Rape
Why Me Over and Over?
Still Hurting
Molested
Raped in the Air Force
She Should Be Over It
Too much trauma
Hospitalized
Relationship does not equal consent
Ketamine Rape
Life Is Rough
Twice
Breakin Burgler
My Own Sister
Scared Like Crazy
Finally facing it
I Trusted You
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Alcohol
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Gang Rape
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Finally Healing
Just Words
“No” is Universal
Marital Rape
November ’08
It Happened More Than Once
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Salted Wound
ללינור היקרה
Rape
Afraid of Being Judged
Date Rape
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Didn’t Think it Could Happen to ME
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
And It Continues
I Was 16
Coercion is never consent
I loved him
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Finally ready to tell my story
So Young
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Be Aware
Everyone loves him
I Trusted Him…
Raped as a Boy
Rape?
School Principal
I know when I see a rapist...
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Healing and releasing painful memories
Black Out
לא יוצאים מזה…
Rape
Spoke out and was blamed
Made in America
School Rape
The Hole in My Heart
גבר אלים וחולני
J’avais 13 ans
Sexually Assaulted Abroad
Despedida
I Thought I was Safe
Living With Us
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
You Were My Brother’s Best Friend
At 13
A Message from the Director

Married to Abuser
Childhood Abuse
Nobody believed me
I can’t remember before it started
Repressed Memory
The Chapter Before The End
Males can be victims too
4 Years Ago
Dream / Recall
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
Broken Hearted
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Why Me?
Childhood Abuse
Rape Survivor
Tormented
First Crush
Drunken Sex or Assault?
Braver
