#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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Nashville Sweetheart
Mental Breakdown
My teacher and my step-brother
Boyfriend Hell
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Ride from the Concert
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
I Barely Knew Them
Lasting memories
The secret
Spoke out and was blamed
Too drunk to respond
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Party Time
A sociopath in disguise
Why
Raped After School
Alone and Afraid
Raped by stranger x2
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Naive and Vulnerable
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
Sexual abuse
Rape Shaming
Love and Forced abortion
Rape or Not?
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
A Lifetime of Trauma
Black and Blue
He Was My Friend
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
God Saved Me
Child Rape
Unsure
Raped by my boyfriend
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
Repeat Offender
First Time Sharing
Assault
Being Done
Sexually abused by my father
Memories
Childhood Friends
היי לינור
House help and cousin
Trapped In a Fantasy World
My Story
Nightmare
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
I was just 9.
אוףףףף
But I Was Drunk
My year abroad
Can Anyone Help?
A respectable collegue
So Long Ago But Still With Me
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
I Trusted You
Raped and Molested
Ashamed of myself
i was 5 , 12 , 13...
Out For A Walk
En Enero de 2010
Too naïve
Black and Blue
The Touches I Felt
He Was a Cop
Multiple Times
Raped at 17
“He can’t sexually assault you he’s Christian”
גבר אלים וחולני
Raped by Him
My Year in Hell
My Ongoing Journey
Child sexual abuse
Once? Twice? Five Times?
When I Was Three
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
My Evil Brother
Cavemen
More Than Once
Literal Hell
Trying To Help
Summer 2019
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Scared to close my eyes
My Story, My Nightmare
Family Member
3x
I Just Started High School
Sexual Abuse
First Crush
Too much trauma
Marital Rape
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
So Many Times
Still Terrified
15
Why me
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
Sex doll
Continue to Survive
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
Raped in the Air Force
Gang raped foolishly
Runaway Model
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Just Words
Diana Oakley’s Story
Its Got To STOP!
Freaking Scared
He Was a Friend
לא יוצאים מזה…
Domestic Abuse
Was It Real or Not
He doesn’t even know he raped me
יש חיים אחרי אונס
It Was My Mom
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
…
הסיפור שלי…
A sociopath in disguise
Gang Rape
my story
14 Years, He Was Like A Brother
Ms.
Twice is too much
Politeness Serves No One
Shame Destroys
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
I Was a Virgin
But what really happened?
Boy scout of america
Sexual harassment
I know when I see a rapist...
3 Generations
My First Time
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Feeling lonely and isolated
I Thought He Cared
My Side
I took me 7 years to realize...
ללינור היקרה
So drunk I can’t remember
My Innocence Was Taken Away
Silence
James
Fraternity gang rape
Attempted rape
The pain that was never mine to...
Lightening Does Strike Twice
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Naive girl
Erase and Rewind
Sexual Assault
הטרידו אותי
אוףףףף
Mi Esposa
My boyfriend
A Stong Woman
The Power of Victimization
Too naïve
Army
Drugged and Gang Raped
Unethical or illegal?
Liar, Liar
My Nightmare
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
I Need to Tell Someone
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
Help !
Rape
Think About It Everyday
I’m finally letting my hurt out
Drugged
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
Survivor


