#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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Just Another Night
Another kid raped me
Doesn’t Define Me
Proof, but no Witnesses
Ketamine Rape
Make Me Proud
Army
16 times
Assault In the Family
Keeping Faith
Just Words
Never Going To Happen To Me
J’avais 13 ans
I didn’t think she would do this
Thank You
My Best Friend’s Husband Raped Me
Raped After Work
Confused by Rape
Raped in the Air Force
No
Forced, De-flowered
Raped by Him
Lost Dignity
Love and Forced abortion
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
Rape in my locked home
It Started with my Brother
Fraternity gang rape
A Message from the Director

Family
Survivor #metoo
Too naïve
dad and mom rape
Raped By 6 Policemen
An older, popular boy
The Boys Club Continues
Happy Survivor
7 years and it still controls me
A young mother
Why Me?
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
There Is Hope For Us
En Enero de 2010
Too Close
Ex-Boyfriend
Date Rape
Why Me Over and Over?
Date Raped When I Was 15
I was a raped by a couple...
Never Even Knew
I Am Beautiful Now
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
He was my best friend
My protector, my father, my rapist all...
Sex doll
Raped By My Father
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I Am Finally FREE
My Story
עדיין מציק
Shattered
Rape
Molested
These Men are More Protected Than We...
De Los 6 a Los 12
Effort To Survive
Staying Strong
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
Still Going
I am a Survivor.
Raped and Never Forgotten
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
I’m Not Easy
He took everything
Couch Surfing
NYD
Drunken Rape
Bad Place…Bad…Bad…Bad
Remember November
I Was Only 7
Only Six
Rape
Are you sure?
“I should do this more often”
Two times. One year.
Case Closed
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Fraternity gang rape
Touched
It Happened More Than Once
Raped By My Therapist
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
Scars
Thank You
My Story
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I know when I see a rapist...
These Men are More Protected Than We...
My Modeling Experience
I was 11
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Wide awake
An Orphanage
My Story
Rape
The Course of Seven Years
Rape
A Victim No Longer
Perfect on Paper
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Dad Touching Me
The Same Effect
7 Months
Moving On
My 18th Birthday
Sexual Abuse
Party Assault
two years ago
Say Something
Brother & Sister
My Ex-husband
Domestic rape
I am a survivor and got over...
he made me loose hope in love…
It never stops changing you and thats...
To my best friend who raped me
My Story
Erase and Rewind
If your boyfriend does it is is...
I felt like it didn’t count because...
Fiance Father of my Child
Rape
Started With My Father
Finally Sharing
Why was it my fault?
Family
You Were My Friend
Who is Responsible?
I Was 19
Nobody Knows
Unicorns
Rape survivor
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
By my friend
I Said No
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Raped and Numbed
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
You are going to show me how...
My Daughter
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
He bought me chips and sent me...
My Boyfriend Raped Me
1 in 5
Fear
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Broken Trust
Denial
Feeling Alone
Roommates
7th Grade Assault
Unbelievable
Male dancer
Not Alone
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Not normal
I don’t Know, but I Know
So drunk I can’t remember
Since Age 6?
Growing Past Just Surviving
I thought it was my fault
Ex-boyfriend rape
Is this normal?
Spoke out and was blamed
Mrs
When I Was 8 Years Old
dad and mom rape
Did He Rape My Mind Too
He Took Advantage of Me
Raped in Foster care
Raped and Molested
ללינור היקרה
Him or Me
Does the pain ever go away?
Trader Joes
The Trauma That Made Me
Can Anyone Help?
We had sex before
f*ck you
Moving on Alone from Rape
גבר אלים וחולני
Life Changer
Rape and Not Believed
Healing takes time
I am telling someone for the first...
Don’t Give Up
