#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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So drunk I can’t remember
When I Was Three
lucky
I Thought I Was Safe
Only I get to make choices for...
After Wedding
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Teatime
10 YEARS OF SILENCE
Still Lost :/
Naive and Vulnerable
Army
Feeling Alone
A Family Affair
Was it rape? Or my fault?
Mistaken Identity
Male dancer
גבר אלים וחולני
Just Me………
I’m Alive
But what really happened?
Stolen Innocence
Getting Away
I regret not telling
Letter to my offender
Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
Perfect on Paper
Tormented
A Private College; A Private Rape
And It Continues
Hostage
Friends?
Remember as a victim you have done...
Still Going
My story growing up with a secret
הסיפור שלי…
Bringing the Stories to Light
A flat tire is a rapist’s opportunity
My Story
Despedida
Survivor #metoo
Survivor, Still Struggling
Touched
Different face, but the same monster
Abused and defeated
Don’t Want to Admit It
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
My Story
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
#MeToo, too
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
Raped By a Female
What Can I Do
We had sex before
Confused and Angry
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
First Frat Party
Finally Arrested
Loss of Trust
Don’t Know
Rape in supported accomodation
My Story
Alone and Afraid
I know when I see a rapist...
My Story
Brock and Will
Childhood Horror
Drugged
Me and my Best Friend
Raped By a Friend
A secondary survivor
Too Far
So Called Friends
At 13
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
Rape Is Everywhere
Employer rape
Sexual Harrassment
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Nobody believed me
Happy Birthday
Family members ex husband
De Los 6 a Los 12
High School Orientation
My Beloved Man
It was in a society that told...
J’avais 13 ans
Tulane Law
3 years on
He Was My Boyfriend
3 balls, striking
Raped by my step fathers
הטרידו אותי
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
Finding Me
My Ongoing Journey
Blackout
Shelter My Soul
My Rape
Mi Historia
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Call Me Anything But That
40 years
Breaking The Silence
Scars
Marital Rape
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
Warning
So Many Years to Remember
It was not my fault
A Silent Fighter
5
A Co-Worker
I Don’t Know My Story
A respectable collegue
My story
My Mother’s Albatross
Happy Survivor
Was It Rape
Is It Really Rape?
It never goes away
Michelle Johnston
He was my best friend
עדיין מציק
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Unicorns
Set Up
I Remember Being Happy
Quarterly Review
Weak
The Guy I Trusted
Ms.
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Just little girls
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
23 year old virgin
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Ashly’s story
Ketamine Rape
Rape
Locked Up
Happy Hell-oween
Spoke out and got fired
#IAmBrave and together, #WeAreStrong
rape
3 Different Times
Raped by my Step Brother
Your truth will change someones’ life.
I was raped
Nothing Feels Beautiful Anymore
Becoming a Warrior
Everyone loves him
I Didn’t Want to Do It
“Me too” On Facebook
I Was Just A Baby
A young girl
The Statistics that Changed Me
April 19th
Almost Raped
How Could It Have Happened
Multiple Times
Confusion
I wanted to get high
Taken Advantage
Constant fear
He was a trusted friend, until he...
The same guy
Rape Survivor
Middle School
My little girl
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
לא יוצאים מזה…
I am a Rape Survivor
How I Was Raped
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Bad Morning
The Man Who Never Was
I Don’t Even Know
It Was My Mom
Someone so close to me
Bitter Ex-Lover
Multiple Times
Unsure
Miss
It’s A Long Story
I was assaulted twice at the same...
From Grief to Trauma
I Was Raped By An Stranger
Sex doll
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Last Party
Blamed myself …
“raped” by my long time bf
I Thought He Loved Me
Infatuation
Raped in the Air Force
I called him my friend
You Didn’t Break Me
The Friend
No
Summer 2019
Erase and Rewind
Too drunk to respond
I’m Not Easy
Child Molester
Just Words
Scared Like Crazy
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
I Am Brave!
First Crush
incest
I thought it was my fault
Speaking It
Weak
I Was Only 7
Sexual Assault
J’avais 13 ans
Friends Uncle
En Enero de 2010
A Meek Young Girl
It’s my fault
לפני 14 שנים
LOST
Repeat Offender
אוףףףף
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Sex doll
Hated Myself
Spousal Rape
Just a Child
Rape
My Story
When I Was 8
I Was Told It Was Normal
My first boyfriend in the US
Ashamed
Molestation
16 times
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
היי
Piano Teacher
His name was Kenneth
My Safe Place
Life of Trauma
Rape & Sexual Assault
Unethical or illegal?
He used me. He left me.
I Did NOT Get Justice But I...
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Forced, De-flowered
Mistaken Identity
Someone so close to me
Naïve
Childhood rape
Spoke out and was blamed
Rape
I Thought He Cared
Out of Control
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Broken Trust
Halloween Nightmare
Rape, Sexual Abuse
A story of a not so perfect...
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
Night of Psychedelic Horror
ללינור היקרה
Domestic Rape
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Michelle Johnston
My Story
Lessons I’m Learning Late in Life
It was
Friend of mines set me up
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
my story-and where i “took it”…
Respect
my story
Innocence Taken
כמוני כמוך
Survivor



