#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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I Was Only 7
Babysitters
College Campus Rape
Stuck
My secret
I was 14
Being Done
Ruined
Ashamed
Just Violated
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Life of Trauma
Too naïve
Piece
I know when I see a rapist...
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Mi Historia
So Now What?
Letter to…
Raped By 6 Men
It’s my fault
Metoo
I was raped by my step dad
The pain that was never mine to...
עדיין מציק
Smoke Together
Spoke out and was blamed
Why Me?
I Was Prepared
I Said No
Over 40 years Ago
כמוני כמוך
Unethical or illegal?
Restoring Innocence
Bus Ride
Raped by my ex-boyfriend
Drunk and Alone
Myself
First College Party
גבר אלים וחולני
He Was My Best Friend
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Abused and defeated
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Weak
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Too drunk to respond
Raped At 16, 29, 31
11 Years to Justice
It never goes away
Disappointed
Let Down
Was it rape?
The Night My Life Changed
I’m getting Married tomorrow
Raped Three Times
Just Words
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
No More Silence
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Rock It!

My husband raped me when I took...
Is Healing Possible?
I Barely Knew Them
It Was the Second
In Korea
My deaf husband sued the Vatican
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Male dancer
Rape
I should have STOPPED
Raped at age 9 & 15
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Manipulation
My Daughter and I Both
Nothing important…
My experience as an intern in highschool
I Want to Live
Last Party
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
It’s Been 10 Years
Domestic rape
Not safe in my own skin
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Embrace It All
Why does this keep happening to me?
I Lost My Virginity
יש חיים אחרי אונס
High School Orientation
Secretly Molested
Despedida
Unethical or illegal?
Not just me
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Never Again
I like to think I won’t feel...
An Embarrassing Situation
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Life After Death
Night Out
Summer 2019
Shelter My Soul
Rape Survivor
Overcome It
Left in shambles
Abused By a Relative
Step Dad
It’s A Long Story
Erase and Rewind
Drunken Rape
Verbal Abuse and Attempted Rape – A...
My 21st Birthday
De Los 6 a Los 12
Not all friends are true
Ms.
My Interview
Sexual Abuse
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
My Story
Impact of Screening
My Story
3 Strikes and No More
Thank you
My Rape
Mrs
Army
Let Down
לפני 14 שנים
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
My Story
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Thought He Was A Friend
Mi Esposa
Rude awakening
Growing Past Just Surviving
Moving on Alone from Rape
Not all friends are true
Braver


