#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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Too naïve
God Saved Me
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Raped by Abusive Husband
What Happened?
My Rape
Constant fear
Hated Myself
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Date Rape
My Fight
A familiar fight
Bringing the Stories to Light
It Was My Fault
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
In-Between Times
My story
@ years of rape and being drugged
3x
I’m Confused
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
my rape
Six months in the making..
Raped in a Psychiatric Hospital in the...
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
To protect and serve
#IStandWithHer
17
Afraid of Being Judged
Kidnapped
HS Reunion
Never Got His Name
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Quiet for 2 years
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
dad and mom rape
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Everyone loves him
I trusted my brother.
My Story
Memories
I Never Give Up

Raped By 6 Policemen
A Victim No Longer
I Am A Survivor
A super long account of a day...
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
4th of July
Trapped In a Fantasy World
Losing My Innocence At Fifteen
Unspoken
Drugged and Gang Raped
Betrayed By My Own Mind
13 and 16
I’m Still Here… Wish For Peace
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
So drunk I can’t remember
He’s Dead
גבר אלים וחולני
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Forgiving The Rapist
I didn’t think she would do this
Left Me In Pieces
Too good to be true
Breaking the Silence
Trusted Friend
היי לינור
My Story
The Setup
A respectable collegue
Erase and Rewind
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Sex doll
Politeness Serves No One
Victim of Abuse
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Ex-Boyfriend
Every one ignored me
Kind of Asking For It?
Step Dad
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
En Enero de 2010
Unsure
The reason for my tattoo
School Bathroom
So Young
Hateful
25 years of fear
It wasn’t my fault
I just realized this today.
I trusted him
Raped Husband
Rape Girl
Overcome It
I know when I see a rapist...
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Raped by my Stepfather
Our Corrupted Country
It never stops changing you
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My First Time
Raped by my boyfriend
My best friends dad
Prom Night
3 incidents
Knowledge is Power
What’s Done Is Done
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Ignored For a Lifetime
Stepfather
My story growing up with a secret
The Little Girl in Green and Blue...
Stupid Coward
Sexual Abuse
7th Grade Assault
I don’t Know, but I Know
Male dancer
Former partner would berate me
Thought He Was A Friend
Raped in the Air Force
First Crush
Home invasion, wife saved daughter
Friends are sharing
Years later… meeting my rapist again
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My Life Destroyed in 5 Minutes
Father Figures
Child Rape
Finally Arrested
First Frat Party
Brother & Sister
Not A Trustworthy Man
Drugged and Raped
לא יוצאים מזה…
I Own My Story
Breakin Burgler
Gang Rape
Mi Historia
עדיין מציק
Child abuse 9yo now 45 yo never...
I Remember Being Happy
Alcohol
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Rape
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
A Family Cycle
The children are the priority here
Realization of Rape
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
I was 4 yrs old
My Story of a Gang Rape
Lost Dignity
I Thought I Knew Hi
My little girl
Being Raped
Those 8 hours
Light In The Dark
Wanted Love But Got Rape
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
College Professor
Third time’s the charm
My cousins friend
I Choose Hope

