#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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De Los 6 a Los 12
i was pulling my shorts up
Quiet for 2 years
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
I’m Not Sure
Rape?
I Was Dating Him
Harder Than Expected
My Ex-husband
3 Generations
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
House help and cousin
Not Alone
I Barely Knew Them
Two times. One year.
Too naïve
Inspired
My Innocence Was Taken Away
my story
Life Changer
Remember November
Camilla’s Story
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
The First Time
When will it be enough?
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
The Statistics that Changed Me
The pain behind smile
Sexually Assaulted
My Story
Married to my Rapist
November ’08
Black and Blue
I Was Raped By My Dad
We met at the bar
More Than a Survivor
The Night My Life Got Destroyed
The preacher’s son
Keep it to myself
I will not stay silent
Little Girl
Rape
Blaming Myself
Raped
Rape
Piece
So Alone
Taking Back My Life
Growing Past Just Surviving
Ms.
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Forgiving My Rapist
Okay, Not Okay
Be Careful Who U Trust
Ending Misogyny
Spousal Rape
A Message from the Director

ללינור היקרה
Multiple Times
הטרידו אותי
Rape By My Husband
Politeness Serves No One
Birthday Rape
I didn’t fight back.
i was 5 , 12 , 13...
I Was Only 14
I Thought He Was My Friend
To my best friend who raped me
I Remember How It Felt
7 years and it still controls me
Raped by a work colleague
Forever Silent
Rape
I Don’t Trust My Father
My Rapes
Self Worth
Middle school sexual harassment
A respectable collegue
Not Over It
Myself
Everyone loves him
En Enero de 2010
Thank you
Multiple Rapes
How can we make it stop?
Rape
Is this normal?
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I’ve survived sexual abuse
Multiple Assaults
לפני 14 שנים
Feeling weak
College Campus Rape
His Charming Ways
Was It My Fault?
Almost A Stranger
Groomed
His Masterpiece
כמוני כמוך
Thank you for being LOUD!
היי לינור
I just realized this today.
When It’s Personal
Abused since I was young
Male dancer
Ashly’s story
5
Déja-vu
Seis Años
“You were lucky”
Just Words
Survivor
