#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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Are you sure?
My brother let him in
Raped by stranger x2
Second Night of College
גבר אלים וחולני
Rape
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Prom Night
Emotional Abuse
I Was Only 7
A Year After
ללינור היקרה
No Stranger
Multiple Times
An older cousin
Incapacitated Still
This Is My Story
Sexual Assault
Party Accident
Since Age 6?
Seis Años
Two Friends and Two Boys
Violent Rape
Army
Mi Esposa
Betrayed
I’m Over Reacting
My Story.
My Story
Drugged
Sexual Abuse
הטרידו אותי
NYC Vacation
I Was Only 14
Summer 2019
Naive girl
Male dancer
Rape Is Everywhere
Too naïve
Half sister
I Remember Being Happy
Survivor

So Young
To my best friend who raped me
We Were Kids
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
LOST
What Should I Do?
I Am Still Standing
Raped by stranger x2
Don’t Want to Admit It
My ex
Finally Arrested
Unethical or illegal?
I am a survivor
Over 40 years Ago
I still see him on campus
Ashamed
My boyfriend of 2 years
#IStandWithHer
Be Strong
לא יוצאים מזה…
Last Party
My story
Abuse and Rape
Pretty Girls
Friends?
Sexual Assault
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
My Best Friend
It was his word against mine
#MeToo I am 1
Aftermath
Broken Homes, Broken Families
1 in 5
Mi Historia
He Took My Virginity
My Mother was raped and told me...
Disappointed
Our Corrupted Country
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
A Private College; A Private Rape
Mi Esposa
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Hateful
repeatedly
i just want to tell someone.
I was raped for 3 years
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
My story growing up with a secret
High School Orientation
This Is Me, my fight song
Myself
Survivor
Why Me Over and Over?
No Stranger
That One Night
Repressed Memory
It’s my fault
I thought he was a friend
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Silenced But Not Forever
Help !
The Boys Club Continues
November ’08
Broken
The Silent But Haunting Wounds Of Rape
First Crush
Sex doll
5th Grade
I Accepted My Past
Scars
His Charming Ways
Rape
Kidnapped
Getting Better
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
An Embarrassing Situation
Ex Boyfriend
So drunk I can’t remember
Step Daddy
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
One Night Only
Sexual Assault
Virgin Rape
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
My First Two Times
Why
Girls Without Parents
Raped as a Boy
No Comfort
My Brothers Two Best Friends
16 times
I was used. I got left. I...
Since Age 6?
sexually abused
I know when I see a rapist...
A respectable collegue
Rape
My Stepbrother
עדיין מציק
Raped as a Baby
The Statistics that Changed Me
Raped in the Air Force
Living With Us
I Trusted Him
“raped” by my long time bf
Stand Strong
College Campus Rape
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
Date rape
Rape
Rape !!
Rape and the Aftermath
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
My Step Brother Raped Me
Erase and Rewind
Speaking Up for Women
Ms.
She’s a survivor
Ex
Intruded
My Brother
Raped by My Ex
Uncomfortable
Locked Up
Despedida
My Life History
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
3 years later i still wonder if...
My younger brother
De Los 6 a Los 12
my story
I Still Blame Myself
Breaking the Silence

כמוני כמוך
Rape
Nearly 50 years later
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
An Amazing Woman
They thought it was fun
It was not my fault
Creepy Grand Uncle
Spring Break Nightmare
I Didn’t Even Know Him
Salted Wound
I’m Not Sure
Ms
It was not my fault
Molested
Years in Denial
En Enero de 2010
Narcissistic Ex
I was raped
יש חיים אחרי אונס
I Am Beautiful Now
A Ruined Life
Fear Became a Part of My Life
Lying Child Molester
Childhood rape
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Broken
Raped by my boyfriend
My experience as an intern in highschool
Was It Rape?
Domestic rape
Raped By My Therapist
Childhood End
Sexual Abuse
Speaking Up
My Story
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
היי
Rape
Drugged
He used me. He left me.
6 to 20
Roofied
Broken Girl
Raped as a child and teen
Only I get to make choices for...
My step dad raped me
Workplace Sexual Harassment
My Daughter’s Rape
Life and Death
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Confused for Too Long
We met at the bar
Unhealthy Relationship
My Mother was raped and told me...
Deep Scars
I Was a Fool for Him
Betrayed
Attempted rape
Just Words
Spoke out and was blamed
אוףףףף
I Didn’t Know What Happened
Date Raped When I Was 15
Nashville Sweetheart
Stress
Red Flags
My story!
My Year in Hell
A Loss to Mankind
Staying Strong
Rock It!


