#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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Ride from the Concert
I want my innocence back
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
הטרידו אותי
Don’t Want to Anymore
Thank You
He Loved Me
Aftermath
Mi Historia
Infatuation
Bad Programming
School Rape
My Own Brother
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
Boyfriend Hell
Shout Out
Lost in Europe
I was just 9.
NO MORE TEARS TO CRY
blackmailed
My Story – Not a fun one.
I thought he liked me
I was used. I got left. I...
You were supposed to be my friend
Family members ex husband
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Catching Up With Me
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
Rape
Being Raped
Ms.
Secretly Molested
My Story
Lost Soul
Raped at 17
Thank you
It Was My Mom
My Story
Trapped In a Fantasy World
Friend of mines set me up
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
Believe Her
I Thought He Loved Me
My story!
A respectable collegue
Lightening Does Strike Twice
My best friend
Shout Out
Life Was Ruined
My rape
My family friend
Molested at 3
Sexual molestation as a child
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
All Just Too Much
A Lifetime
Third time’s the charm
My Own Sister
Scar
Stolen innocence
Was it Really Rape
Almost Does Not Count
The same guy
J’avais 13 ans
My babysitter
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Scared to close my eyes
Almost A Stranger
Raped by a work colleague
Assault
I Remember Being Happy
Drunken rape
Just Wanted to Escape
Thought He Was A Friend
Raped By My Therapist
What’s Done Is Done
Rape
I Recorded my Rapist
He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
Need help
The Summer of 2013
I’m Not Easy
i said yes but i really meant...
I Am Brave
Believe Her
אוףףףף
My Step Brother
It’s Hard But It Gets Better
It wasn’t my fault
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
I’m Finally Moving On
25 years of fear
When It’s Personal
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
13 & Alone
Mi Esposa
I Thought I Was Safe
כמוני כמוך
Rape
Raped By My Brother
Was Told to Shut My God Damn...
Molestation
Family Party
Choir Camp
Rape
I thought he was a friend
Raped Three Times
I Was 19
It Felt Like Rape
my story
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Afraid
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
I Slept Next to Him
What sent me over the edge
Happy Birthday
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Speaking Up
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
The First Man In My Life
Was it rape?
Child abuse
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
Marital Rape
Raped
Victim No More
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
Second Night of College
Ashamed
Black and Blue
The Boys Club Continues
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Doctor Nightmares
My Story
Unsure
Despedida
Scared
Sexual harassment
Them
Army
Abuse Continued
Don’t Know
The Statistics that Changed Me
My Life Changed
First Frat Party
When will it be enough?
My Story
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Sexually Abuse
גבר אלים וחולני
Does “No” mean nothing?
I’m Doing You a Favor
היי לינור
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
I want to be better
Childhood Abuse
Erase and Rewind
Sex doll
Out For A Walk
Something so Horrible Could Make Me This...
17
Spoke out and was blamed
לפני 14 שנים
En Enero de 2010
Stolen Innocence
Drugged
After I Was Raped
Incest
עדיין מציק
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Male dancer
Cavemen
Surpris à la Maison
I will never forget
But I Was Drunk
ללינור היקרה
It Started With Rape
Childhood Abuse
A Ruined Life
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Time Stood Still
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Holding My Feelings In
I was very dumb.
A Silent Fighter
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Foreign City
Me and my Best Friend
Knowledge is Power
Sexually assaulted at 4
4 Years Ago
he made me loose hope in love…
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Erase and Rewind
With Love
Raped in Milan
My story growing up with a secret
Still Affected
The Party
Raped By My Therapist
I Trusted Him
Marital Rape
I Barely Knew Them
The Reason I Feel Alone
Relationship does not equal consent
I Thought He Cared
Was it rape?
Who I Once Called My Father
Aftermath
Runaway Model
Ms
A family assault
A not so perfect family exposed to...
Rude awakening
What Was I Thinking?
Broken Girl
High School Rape
Salted Wound
It was not my fault
So Now What?
incest
Neighbor
Bad Morning
Help
My little girl
Raped in the Air Force
Quiet for 2 years
Trusted Friend
A Loss to Mankind
Myself
What’s Done Is Done
Worst Day Ever
Is There Still Hope
I Trusted Him
I let it happen twice
One Morning
3 Generations
Why Me?
Date Raped When I Was 15
My Cousin
Breaking the Silence
Too naïve
The Mailman Raped Me
My Story
Naive
My teacher and my step-brother
היי
Summer 2019
It’s just not fair
An Embarrassing Situation
My Beloved Man
Unethical or illegal?
Be Careful Who You Trust
Roommates
Happy Survivor
Employer rape
My best friend raped me
A Meek Young Girl
It Started with my Brother
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Sexual Abuse
I regret not telling
PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Everyone loves him
Broken Hearted
3rd Grade Terror
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
HS Reunion
Stupid Coward
Nobody Knows
Someone so close to me
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Drunken Rape
לא יוצאים מזה…
No
Breaking the Trust
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
הסיפור שלי…
He Was My Father
Speaking Out
Thank you
Never Going To Happen To Me
Coping with rape during a pandemic
The Night That Changed My World
Silence In The Family
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Naive and Vulnerable
Molested
Raped At 15
In Front of My Girls
The Night That Changed My Life
Okay, Not Okay
Rape
I called him my friend
יש חיים אחרי אונס
I Don’t Know My Story
Politeness Serves No One
Just Words
Date Rape
Feeling weak
Shattered
Date Raped When I Was 15
Sexual Assault by Chiropractor
What Should I Do?
Survivor

