#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. Womenโs 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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innocent
My story growing up with a secret
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
Confused and Angry
Hateful
I was just 9.
Jโavais 13 ans
lucky
The Statistics that Changed Me
Raped by stranger x2
Brave
We Stand Together
Respect
Forest floor
Raped by best friend’s boyfriend
The Setup
Sexual Abuse
Feeling Alone
ืืคื ื 14 ืฉื ืื
Public Rape
Never a Victim; Only Myself
Child abuse
Mistaken Identity
Rape
Online Dangers
My Daughter
ืืืื ื ืืืื
Trapped with memories
What’s Done Is Done
Just Another Night
Forced, De-flowered
It was not my fault
I Was Only 7
2 Years Ago
Charity is it’s own reward
ืืืฃืฃืฃืฃ
ืืื ืืื ืืจ
November ’08
There Is Hope For Us
Cousin Rape
Trapped
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
3x
God Saved Me
Cafeteria Food
Under Age drinking
Was It Rape?
My Year in Hell
Raped in Milan
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
I Thought I was Safe
De Los 6 a Los 12
ืืืจ ืืืื ืืืืื ื
Young and Unaware
My Mother’s Albatross
ืืืื ืืจ ืืืงืจื
Raped By a Friend
Mi Esposa
two years ago
Nashville Sweetheart
ืืืจืืืื ืืื ืงืฉื ืืืื
My boss
ืื ืืืฆืืื ืืื…
Ms.
Brothers
So drunk I can’t remember
Abusรฉe par un voisin de mes grands...
Teenage Victim
Army
3 Days After Arriving at College
It’s my fault
Denial
Rape
Assaulted
Weathering The Storm
My Horrific Nightmare
Online Dangers
Flashbacks
The Woods Don’t Speak
My teacher and my step-brother
I thought he was my friend
Sexual Assault
Its been Years
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Was it Really Rape
Drugged
I Thought He Loved Me
Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Rude awakening
Over 40 years Ago
ืืกืืคืืจ ืฉืื…
Stuck
You are with me!!
It Was the Second
College Rape
Why Me, Time and Time Again
Too naรฏve
#MeToo I am 1
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
Liar, Liar
Family members ex husband
Black and Blue
Summer 2019
Believe Her
Child rape
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Moving on Alone from Rape
Unicorns
Just Wanted to Escape
A Meek Young Girl
I know when I see a rapist...
Ex-boyfriend rape
Rape
School Prom
Mi Historia
I was attacked at 19 years old
I Trusted Him
Cavemen
Speaking Up for Women
Child Molestation
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Rape
The rape apology and my reply
At the Movie’s
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Dirty Whore
Rape & Sexual Assault
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Endless Shame
Roommates
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Rape
Spoke out and was blamed
My husband was molested as a child
Despedida
Still Rape
Warning
he made me loose hope in love…
Two Friends and Two Boys
Red Flags
We go to the same church
With Love
My Best Friend
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Just Words
Rape
No Comfort
Lightening Does Strike Twice
To this day I still feel sick…
Middle School
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
Different face, but the same monster
Never Even Knew
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
My Journey as a Rape survivor from...
Okay, Not Okay
Survivor
Smoke Together
In Denial of My Rape
I Thought I Was Safe
Husband raped? Well people don’t call it...
My Friend’s House
Innocence Taken
ืืื ืืฉื ื ืขืืืืืช ืืงืืืืื
My Mom
The Terrible 4
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
Gang Rape
I was raped by an ex boyfriend
It Happened More Than Once
I was raped last summer
Raped at Camp
Did He Rape Me?
Silence
He doesnโt even know he raped me
My Story
The year that changed me
Drunken Rape
It never goes away
Weak
Couch Surfing
“Me too” On Facebook
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My Own Family
En Enero de 2010
Date Rape
Chiropractor
Was it rape?
Intruded
I Too Was Raped
Abusive Uncle
My Scars Do Not Define Me
Rape by Boyfriend
Too naรฏve
You Were My Friend
I wanted to get high
Male dancer
ืืืื ืืจ ืืืงืจื
My Scars Do Not Define Me
Why Me?
One Day At a Time
My rape story
Freshman Year
Date rape
Rape
Rape
When Does It End
College Student
Me too
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
Rape By My Husband
ืืฉ ืืืื ืืืจื ืืื ืก
Smoke Together
I Choose Hope

