#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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Roommates
2 Years Ago
Erase and Rewind
Letter to My Rapist
Deja Vu
I Thought He Loved Me
The Statistics that Changed Me
Why was it my fault?
His opportunity
I thought he was a brother
The Hole in My Heart
Daddy?
Male dancer
Moving On
It Felt Like Rape
i was 5 , 12 , 13...
My First Boyfriend
Just Words
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
Rape, Sexual Abuse
Seis Años
Be Aware
He said he’d never do it again
The Girl Who Went To College
My 21st Birthday
The pain that was never mine to...
הסיפור שלי…
My Rape
I Trusted Him
My Snowball Effect
No man, however old, is safe.
I am More than a Victim
He Lied
When I Was 4
My boyfriend
עדיין מציק
Worthless
Sexual Abuse
I don’t know what happened
Rape
In NYC
Molested
Rape
I Thought I was Safe
Together, We Are Brave

Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
Life of Trauma
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Thank you for being LOUD!
I Blame Myself
Was I really raped?
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Camilla’s Story
So Long Ago But Still With Me
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
“Me too” On Facebook
I just realized this today.
לפני 14 שנים
Believe Her
Halting The Pain
My Friend
A Message from the Director
First Time Sharing
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Blindsided
My Own Street
Husband raped? Well people don’t call it...
Mi Esposa
Two Friends and Two Boys
Effort To Survive
Raped in the Air Force
Help!! What Can I Do?
Around 9 PM
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Is It Really Rape?
A Voice to be Heard
Drunken rape
Survivor
Always the Girls Fault
I was only 11
Drugged raped and failed by justice
It was someone I knew and I...
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
Didn’t Know Until Later
Rape
Unbelievable
Raped At 16, 29, 31
I was raped…
I am More than a Victim
More Than a Survivor
From a Boyfriend
Army
A learning experience
What Can I Do
My stepfather raped me
When will it be enough?
She Should Be Over It
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
כמוני כמוך
היי לינור
I’m Not Sure
Roofied
Freshman Year
My story growing up with a secret
Rape
De Los 6 a Los 12
My Mother was raped and told me...
Stolen Innocence
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Friend of my Husband
First “Real” Boyfriend
Myself
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
An uncle who couldn’t keep his hands...
Raped When I Was 12
If I Were Stronger Then
It Was the Second
Why Me?
Sex doll
Not A Trustworthy Man
Not just me
I’m Only Stronger
Thank you
My First Time Speaking Up
You were supposed to be my friend
Breaking the Silence

