#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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School Rape
The Cliche
My Best Friend
Seis Años
ללינור היקרה
Mistaken Identity
A Victim No Longer
Rape
Rape
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
We All Have a Voice
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
Never Be the Same Again
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
My Story
My Fight
It never seems like Rape to me
Unlucky
From a Boyfriend
Fear
Prisoner of Love
I was raped
Raped by Brother
Family Ties
“Me too” On Facebook
A Letter To My Abusive Brother
The Trauma That Made Me
Domestic Abuse
3rd Grade Boys
Pretty Girls
Your First
His life ended tragically, but my pain...
Charity is it’s own reward
Justice
35 Years Ago
Employer rape
My teacher and my step-brother
Raped in the Air Force
7 years and it still controls me
My Interview
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
My Friend’s House
Raped and Molested
Rape Is Everywhere
Did I ask for this?
Was it rape?
Dating For 10 Months When…
I Never Thought This Would Happen To...
Young and Unaware
The Devil You Know
To the man who stole my independence
My Boyfriend Raped Me
An Abnormal Reaction
This Is My Story
LOST
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
The Same Effect
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
My story
Date Raped When I Was 15
Despedida
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Blackout
My story growing up with a secret
Lost My Virginity In Rape By Jehovah’s...
Scar
לא יוצאים מזה…
PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Lost in Europe
Rape?
I wish I would have been smarter
Me too…
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
The Setup
Rape
Where is Justice
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Living With Us
Noah
Devil In Disguise
Was It Rape?
Help!! What Can I Do?
Help…
Sexual Abuse
Mi Historia
Why Me?
The First Man In My Life
One in Four
My Side
To this day I still feel sick…
Help !
Raped 14 times in 1 year
my story
Raped at age 9 & 15
A young mother
Too naïve
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Multiple Times
Metoo
Sexual Assault
Did He Rape My Mind Too
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
After 14 Years
Locked Up
My Story
And It Continues
Erase and Rewind
Raped, Adopted, Raped Again
All Just Too Much
Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
New Year’s Eve Party
Disappointed
A Letter to My Rapist
Third time’s the charm
Not Over It
So drunk I can’t remember
I Accepted My Past
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Rape
Quiet for 2 years
The First Man In My Life
Consent, control and consequences
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
יש חיים אחרי אונס
f*ck you
Unethical or illegal?
I am J. D. R., and I...
The Statistics that Changed Me
Bringing the Stories to Light
Sex doll
7 years and it still controls me
6 to 20
Mi Esposa
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
17
Devil In Disguise
Ketamine Rape
Trying To Help
April 19th
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Broken Trust
In 1978
Thank You
Me too.
אוףףףף
Beyond a story
היי לינור
Myself
It is not my fault
כמוני כמוך
I can say it now
My step dad raped me
HS Reunion
Finding My Voice
Confused
Being Raped
Miss
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Just Words
Home invasion, wife saved daughter
Bad Morning
Leaving the party
#IStandWithHer
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I should have STOPPED
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
My Relationship With Dad
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Bus Ride Of Missing Hope
גבר אלים וחולני
My Horrific Nightmare
People You Do Not Know
Everyone blames me
Army
My Story
Raped Husband
Together, We Are Brave



