#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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Finally Arrested
I am a Survivor
I got away
It Was Too Late
My Own Street
Raped by a work colleague
3x
He Was My Boyfriend
Michelle Johnston
Confused and Angry
My cousins friend
It was just a friend date
Does the pain ever go away?
Date Rape
Gang Raped
Bringing the Stories to Light
My Rape
People You Do Not Know
The Power of Victimization
A respectable collegue
They Blamed it on the Tequila
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
Letter to…
Only 12
Embrace It All
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
I’m Doing You a Favor
I’m Only Stronger
גבר אלים וחולני
The Same Effect
My story growing up with a secret
Multiple Times
Denial
Stronger Every Day
Moving On
I just realized this today.
Obsessed Abusive Ex
A Ruined Life
We go to the same church
Two Men Lifetimes Apart
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
Bartender Lies
My Story
In-Between Times
raped and isolated
En Enero de 2010
כמוני כמוך
Beyond a story
23 year old virgin
My Daughter
Dirty Whore
Not Real Rape
Why
Unicorns
Denial
I let it happen twice
So drunk I can’t remember
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
No More Silence
An Abnormal Reaction
Gang molestation
Cafeteria Food
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
The Fight We Can All Win
Male dancer
לפני 14 שנים
When I Was 8 Years Old
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Blamed Myself
Attempted Rape
My Safe Place
Date Raped
Blaming Myself
Memories
Travelling
הסיפור שלי…
It Happened More Than Once
I am a Rape Survivor
He Was My Friend
Chapter 62
Just Words
A story of a not so perfect...
I don’t know who I am
I guess it was rape
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
Out of Control
Too drunk to respond
17
A Dating Experience and My Parents’ Attack
Light In The Dark
Never Even Knew
Broken Girl
Thank You
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I Am a Survivor…
An Embarrassing Situation
Friends?
Sexual Abuse
My “Uncle” Raped Me
Bitter Ex-Lover
Unspoken
Sex doll
Molestation
My sexual assault will not define me
Mi Historia
Trapped
Ms.
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
I Can Barely Remember
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Seis Años
My Fight
Dear My Rapist
Still Going
My year abroad
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
army
Too naïve
Justice Didn’t Help Me
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
Summer 2019
You Must Acknowledge
Date Rape
One Day At a Time
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Kidnapped in Naples
My Brother, My Rapist
Still Terrified
עדיין מציק
not the typical rape
16 times
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
They asked if I was lying
An Abnormal Reaction
Unethical or illegal?
לא יוצאים מזה…
My Story
Naive and Raped at 15
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Rape
Shelter My Soul
I was 4 yrs old
So drunk I can’t remember
A not so perfect family exposed to...
When It’s Personal
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Thank you for being LOUD!
He Was a Cop
School Bathroom
Do you remember your first time?
“Me too” On Facebook
J’avais 13 ans
In My Home
Not safe in my own skin
Repressed Memory
Drunk and taken advantage of
Locked Up
Be Careful Who You Trust
Incest
Brother & Sister
Was led by the quarterback
Raped in the Air Force
At 17yr old was raped by my...
My sisters boyfriend abused me
Raped at age 9 & 15
To the men who hurt me
Rape & Sexual Assault
Not all friends are true
Taking Back My Life
Because of You
My Story
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
First Frat Party
Unknown
20 Years Later
Unfair
Just Wanted to Escape
Mother and Son
Working Through It
When does it end?
My Story of Rape
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
My Rape Stories
I Was 19
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
I dont know what to call it
It was my ex boyfriend
Keep it to myself
אוףףףף
Date Rape
My Story
Pastor’s Son
Marital Rape
Stranger Rape
Almost A Stranger
I Need To Share More
Rape
Aftermath
Who I Once Called My Father
Déja-vu
Confused
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Gang Rape
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
April 19th
Virgin Rape
Family
It Was the Second
Used
An uncle who couldn’t keep his hands...
my story
3 Generations
Family
My best friends dad
My Story
Spoke out and was blamed
Continue to Survive
Cavemen
Someday Soon
היי לינור
Metoo
My Childhood
Why was it my fault?
Nothing important…
Losing Myself
My Fight
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Weathering The Storm
Deja Vu
Constant fear
My so called “best friend”
My Story of a Gang Rape
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Growing Past Just Surviving
My Younger Sister
Scars
Ex-Boyfriend
Hostage
Thank You
My Story
Knowledge is Power
It never seems like Rape to me
Betrayed By My Own Mind
Alcohol
I don’t know if it’s rape
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
Why Me Over and Over?
Date rape
הטרידו אותי
Multiple Times
My Step Brother
We All Have a Voice
No Longer Silent
Another poem about a not so perfect...
Different face, but the same monster
The Statistics that Changed Me
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
Breaking the Silence


