#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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Stolen innocence
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
Twice
Confused and Angry
Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
I Am Finally FREE
My Story of a Gang Rape
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Spoke out and was blamed
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
Unsure
Letter to…
By my friend
I Woke Up In The Tub
sexual assault
Kept From Us
Used
Letter to my offender
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
What’s Done Is Done
A respectable collegue
A Part of My Twenties
Ketamine Rape
That’s not Me, it’s Her
Loss of Trust
Drunken rape
The First Time
Not Remembering
To my best friend who raped me
Raped by my boyfriend
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Family Rape
Childhood Abuse
Rape
A Rough Life
Drunken rape
Military Sexual Trauma
Why was it my fault?
לפני 14 שנים
I Was Just A Baby
LOST
You were supposed to be my friend
Acquaintance Rape
Ready to Share
Just Me………
Sexual Assault
4th of July
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Erase and Rewind
I am a survivor
Left Me In Pieces
Rape
Ms.
My Fight
Raped by Abusive Husband
Rape in my locked home
Surviving, Kinda
My Brother’s Best Friend
Since Age 6?
4 Years Ago
Shelter My Soul
The Girl Who Went To College
Drugged
He was my best friend
Metoo
Rape
In Five Years
גבר אלים וחולני
Lying Child Molester
Ignored
MY Inspirational Story
My teacher and my step-brother
So drunk I can’t remember
The Life I Live
לא יוצאים מזה…
Raped in College
Pastor’s Son
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
My Daughter’s Rape
Halting The Pain
Rape
Mental Breakdown
40 years
Growing Past Just Surviving
Still Going
Knowledge is Power
Abuse and Rape
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
He Was a Cop
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Mrs
I don’t know what to do
Rape
Empty
היי
My Last Party
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Was It My Fault?
The Summer of 2013
I know when I see a rapist...
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Incest
My baby girl
Taking Back My Life
My Two Days of Hell
Years in Denial
The Story of a Boy
I Came Home
Love of My Life?
Finally telling my story.
I Recorded my Rapist
Sexual Assault
My principal mom raped me
Nashville Sweetheart
Daycare
Summer 2019
Kidnapped
Alcohol
Unspoken
Rape
Blaming Myself
Was I Raped?
Myself
Tel Aviv
I Remember How It Felt
אוףףףף
My Boyfriend
Online Dangers
Male Rape Victims Suffer in Silence
You Must Acknowledge
I Was a Virgin
I don’t know what happened
A Week Before 18th Birthday
Since Age 6?
Be Aware
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Unhealthy Relationship
Not Alone
Frozen in fear
The Night That Changed My Life
Seis Años
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
This Is My Story
f*ck you
It Was My Fault
Still Going
Naive and Vulnerable
My Rape Stories
My First Boyfriend
Mine Was Different
Despedida
I can say it now
Army
I Was Only 7
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
I Want to Live
My step dad raped me
Trying To Help
I Choose Hope
