#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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Only I get to make choices for...
Drunken Rape
My Story
I Was Only 7
Why did this happen to me???
Running With Bare Feet
My Own Brother
3 Different Times
I Lost My Virginity
A Lifetime
He Lied
I was only 11
I Thought I Was Safe
Unethical or illegal?
Drugged raped and failed by justice
My story
My biggest mistake
I Didn’t See It In Time
He Loved Me
Sexual Abuse
An Uber Driver Raped Me
So Now What?
Friends?
Remember as a victim you have done...
I Own My Story
Myself
Six months in the making..
Third time’s the charm
I Recorded my Rapist
Finding Me
Hidden Emotions
A familiar fight
Just Another Night
Trying to Survive
Hostage
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
He Was My Friend
היי
The Day Everything Changed
Rape and the Aftermath
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
It’s my fault
A young mother
Spoke out and was blamed
אוףףףף
It Happened More Than Once
Cousin Rape
Remember November
A Letter to My Rapist
It never goes away
Sex doll
I know when I see a rapist...
My trauma and its effects
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I Feel So Bad For Him…
He was jealous of my new friend
Freshman Year
Why does this keep happening to me?
J’avais 13 ans
Black Girl
Attempted Rape
Just Words
Raped By a Family Member
My posting
It’s still happening
It Was the Second
Ex-Boyfriend
Nothing Feels Beautiful Anymore
No Justice
I was raped by an ex boyfriend
גבר אלים וחולני
Not friends
My consent is just that…mine
Despedida
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Perfect on Paper
My Story
My Story
My Ex-husband
When will it be enough?
Too Young and Unsure
Family Ties
Rape
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Memories
I Trusted Him
Ms.
Too naïve
I wish I would have been smarter
Need Support
Marital Rape
To my best friend who raped me
Blaming Myself
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
How My Life Has Changed
Raped By My Therapist
The Girl Who Went To College
Summer 2019
Speak Up
כמוני כמוך
My Younger Sister
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Half sister
My Husband Set Me Up!
Raped After School
Sexual harassment
En Enero de 2010
Stepfather
Date Rape
Over 40 years Ago
So Many Times
ללינור היקרה
It will get better
Sexual Assault
Male dancer
Young and Unaware
I’m a functioning alcoholic
My story growing up with a secret
i was pulling my shorts up
Raped in the Air Force
Beyond a story
Ketamine Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Despedida
Dad Raped Me
Broke me
Ended in Rape
My Boyfriend Raped Me
How Many Times?
A Lifetime of Trauma
Was I Raped?
My Dad
It Felt Like Rape
I Am Brave


