#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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Finding Peace
A Lifetime
I wish I would have been smarter
My Story
Rape
Spring Break Nightmare
I Am Still Standing
Set Up
7 years and it still controls me
I called him my friend
In Front of My Girls
Me and my Best Friend
A letter to my rapist
Still Terrified
Prisoner of Love
Need advice
Not Okay
Sexual Abuse
Effort To Survive
Summer 2019
Mrs
The girl that got up and kicked...
Never Even Knew
The Summer of 2013
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
The Boys Club Continues
Six Years Old
Through the Window
Cafeteria Food
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
I didn’t know
Weak
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
No means yes to some
Army
Stress
ללינור היקרה
Why wasn’t I able to say “NO!”?
He Was A Police Officer
I am J. D. R., and I...
Mi Esposa
5th Grade
Sexually Assaulted as a Child
Waiting For Justice
Raped by my boyfriend
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Red Flags
In Denial of My Rape
Liberating Moment
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My best friend
I blamed myself… Twice
My Story
I thought we were friends
We met at the bar
It was
Someone Close to You
Life Changer
16 times
Nobody believed me
Spoke out and was blamed
Drugged
היי
My consent is just that…mine
Catfished
I Said No
I Am Not Brave
Just Friends
אוףףףף
My Husband Set Me Up!
J’avais 13 ans
My Rape Stories
Gang Rape
Raped in College
Erased From Memory
PART 5: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Thank You
my story
My Side
Ending Misogyny
Rape in my locked home
לא יוצאים מזה…
This is MY story
I don’t know if it’s rape
Trusted Friend
It Happened More Than Once
Chaos
A Stong Woman
Multiple Times
My step dad raped me
Sexual Harrassment
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Innocence
Multiple Sexual Assaults
The Time I Was Raped
I Dated My Rapists
Too naïve
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Be Aware
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
The same guy
Be Careful Who U Trust
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
I Slept Next to Him
My story!
My Two Days of Hell
Violent Rape
Ashamed
Was It Really Rape?
Raped
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Sex doll
Males are Victims Too
Gray area?
I Said No
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Sexual abuse by step father
I took me 7 years to realize...
My Stepbrother
Mi Historia
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Never forgot
40 years
After School
Despedida
Drunken rape
He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
Hidden Emotions
A respectable collegue
My Fight
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Nearly 50 years later
Only I get to make choices for...
You are going to show me how...
Help!! What Can I Do?
Dating & Relatives
She’s a survivor
Kidnapped in Naples
I was used. I got left. I...
Raped By Family
כמוני כמוך
I Was Only 14
A young mother
I Had No Idea…
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
Fraternity gang rape
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Nothing important…
Rape is Real
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
Nothing for Nothing
intruder
He Was My Father
More Than a Survivor
Sexual Assault
One in Four
Taken Advantage
Still Going
First Friend at University
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
I thought he was a friend
It wasn’t my fault
A Story
Why Me?
Am I
Domestic Rape
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
Seis Años
Déja-vu
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
How Could It Have Happened
Just Wanted to Escape
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I Will Never Forget
Prisoner of Love
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
This Is Me, my fight song
Unspoken
My Step Brother
First Frat Party
Sexual Abuse and Rape
The First Time
Erase and Rewind
Piece
A Stong Woman
First Crush
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
My Snowball Effect
I Never Give Up

