#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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She Should Be Over It
Child abuse
Drunken Rape
Them
Raped by my boyfriend
Love of My Life?
Its Got To STOP!
Holding My Feelings In
Rape
Thank you for being LOUD!
Unspoken
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Was it Really Rape
A super long account of a day...
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
He Was a Family Friend
My Story of Rape
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Worthless
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Thank You
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
Foreign City
Football Player
4 Years Ago
My Daughter
I Thought He Cared
I Was Manipulated
Former partner would berate me
I Am Still Standing
Our Corrupted Country
Prisoner of Love
raped and isolated
I’m so sorry
My Classmate
Black Girl
Deja Vu
It was not my fault
Stranger Rape
I think I was raped
So drunk I can’t remember
Happy Birthday
i just want to tell someone.
The Party
Chiropractor/Massage Therapist
I know when I see a rapist...
My Relationship With Dad
Just Words
Domestic rape
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Too naïve
Rape in supported accomodation
Wanted Love But Got Rape
University Bar
My story growing up with a secret
לפני 14 שנים
Sexual Abuse
Ms.
Life Purpose
Sexual Abuse
Teenage Victim
The Other Guy
He was right
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
You are going to show me how...
Pedophile Neighbour
Being Raped
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
My Story
A Day My Life Changed Forever
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
A Night To Remember
I Was Only 7
A respectable collegue
Two Times
Raped
Never Be the Same Again
Keeping Faith
I felt like it didn’t count because...
Tinder Rape
Young and Unaware
Holiday Rape
En Enero de 2010
Locked Up
Being Done
Raped by my grandfather
The Girl Who Went To College
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Party Time
My Friend’s House
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Drugged
March 1, 2008
My story
I Shouldn’t Have Drank
I just realized this today.
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Travelling
Kibbutz
Because of You
Can’t Even Take My Medicine
Only Six
Raped in the Air Force
Boyfriend Hell
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
f*ck you
My protector, my father, my rapist all...
Sexually assaulted several times
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
Growing Past Just Surviving
I didn’t know it was rape, I...
I Pretend Like I Don’t Remember…But I...
Rape
The Fight We Can All Win
Nobody Knew
I Am Beautiful Now
Gang Rape
An Acquaintance
He Took My Virginity
Was it my fault?
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Trapped
Mi Esposa
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
Was It Rape?
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
Date Raped
Bus Ride
His Masterpiece
Unethical or illegal?
Remember November
I thought he was a friend
Do I even belong here?
Not Blood Cousins
Flashbacks
Myself
Mi Historia
He Loved Me
Stolen Innocence
Metoo
@ years of rape and being drugged
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
My Daughter and I Both
Every Way Imaginable
Gang Raped
Molestation and Rape Survivor/Warrior
Friends?
I Am a Survivor…
Raped By a Family Member
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Assaulted By Family Member
I was raped
Unhealthy Relationship
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Man Raped By Man
I Was Told It Was Normal
Rape
Losing My Innocence At Fifteen
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
Pain
Dear Coward
Sex doll
כמוני כמוך
A young mother
I Was Manipulated
No one helped me !!!
Not Alone
Boy scout of america
Prescription Drugs
Too naïve
Weak
Respect
Freshman Year
My message to all
Resiliency
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
Date Rape Drug
Sexually Assaulted as a Child
I Thought I Knew Hi
A Fun Night
He said I wanted it
Was it rape?
I Slept Next to Him
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
Birthday Rape
Summer 2019
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Just Like Yesterday
Despedida
My Story
I’m getting Married tomorrow
Robbery
7th Grade Assault
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Asking for advice
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
Seis Años
לפני 14 שנים
Forever Silent
Kept From Us
עדיין מציק
No One Believes Me
Gang rape
Miss
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
How Could It Have Happened
Quiet for 2 years
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Graduation Night
Friends?
He Was a Friend
i was a child.
De Los 6 a Los 12
My Rape Story
Today, I Let It All Go
Workplace Sexual Harassment
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
The Silent But Haunting Wounds Of Rape
Abused By a Relative
Be Strong
Family members ex husband
Freshman Year
Not just me
Raped at 13
A Survivor, Not a Victim
אוףףףף
I Too Was Raped
I was used. I got left. I...
Spoke out and was blamed
Memories Are Back
I Thought He Loved Me
14 year old raped at school
Don’t Give Up
