#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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It’s OK
Four Years Ago
19 years later and still thinking about...
Stop
Confused
לא יוצאים מזה…
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Raped by my grandfather
I Am Finally FREE
Too naïve
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Blamed Myself
ללינור היקרה
Broken vase
Weak
Spring Break Nightmare
I wanted to get high
Finally facing it
I Didn’t Know
Never a Victim; Only Myself
They Laughed
I Thought I was Safe
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Raped in the Air Force
Shedding the Shame of Adolescent Peer Sexual...
my story
Too Young and Unsure
I Was Manipulated
Rape and Not Believed
Continue to Survive
He said I wanted it
I know when I see a rapist...
Ketamine Rape
My Oldest Friend
Rape
Was it rape? Or my fault?
Remember November
Neighbor Trust
J’avais 13 ans
No Wasn’t Good Enough
#MeToo, too
Gang Raped
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
In The Concrete Jungle
#IStandWithHer
My Friend’s House
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Rape
He Was My Friend
Multiple Times
I’m Alive
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
My Army Fiance
Last Party
Raped
Rape
Family rape
Sexually Assaulted in Cuba
I regret not telling
I’m getting Married tomorrow
Just Another Night
Newly Living Neighbour
Six months in the making..
My ex’s best friend
Can Anyone Help?
6 to 20
Male dancer
הסיפור שלי…
Childhood Rape
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Wanted Love But Got Rape
Healing
Stolen innocence
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Man Raped By Man
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
4 Days Before 16th Birthday
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Three weeks, every day..
Married to Abuser
two years ago
Okay, Not Okay
Dad Raped Me
Summer 2019
Rape
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
עדיין מציק
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Bad Morning
He was right
He had my pants down
Lying Child Molester
Obsessed Abusive Ex
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Never Be the Same Again
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Lied to left brain damged
She wanted me to prove I loved...
I’m letting go
A respectable collegue
Woke up violated and confused.
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I’m Over Reacting
Snowball Effect
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Stranger Danger
There once was love
My Biggest Secret
Unbelievable
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
my story
Dad Raped Me
Happy Birthday
Shelter My Soul
Day at the Lake
Raped At 16, 29, 31
I thought it was my fault
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
So drunk I can’t remember
Help
This Is My Story
He was jealous of my new friend
Justice
Young and dumb?
My Ongoing Journey
Males can be victims too
It’s Been 10 Years
If this hadn’t happened to me
Black and Blue
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Is this normal?
14 year old raped at school
I Was Stupid
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Happy Hell-oween
Brock and Will
Ashly’s story
Mrs
A young mother
Despedida
Incest
So Many Times
My Rape Story
I No Longer Want To Live
היי
With Love
Raped by Brother
I Remember Being Happy
After 14 Years
Too naïve
He Was My Dad
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
גבר אלים וחולני
All Just Too Much
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
Ex-Boyfriend
My Friend’s House
Happy Birthday
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
Sexual Assault
They Blamed it on the Tequila
My Story
Rape
I Prayed for Death
Mi Esposa
Speaking Up for Women
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
I was raped
School Principal
Rock It!

Constant fear
The Life I Live
Drunk and Alone
Unforgiven
Rape
היי לינור
Messed Up
Erase and Rewind
Sexual Abuse
Is It Really Rape?
Thank you for being LOUD!
In Front of My Girls
Was it rape?
My message to all
My Rape
Ashamed
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
College Rape
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Betrayed By My Husband
Victimization
Youth Sexual Harrassment
Myself
Stress
Rape !!
Call Me Anything But That
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Just Words
לפני 14 שנים
In Five Years
Too Scared to Share With My Family
Spoke out and was blamed
Naive College Freshman
Unethical or illegal?
Survivor, Still Struggling
כמוני כמוך
I was raped
Too drunk to respond
Rape
Incest
What Happened?
Six Year Old’s Point of View
Rape
Spoke out and got fired
Life of Trauma
Raped By a Female
More Than Once
Seis Años
First Encounter
Grandpa
Katie Jones
The First time I shared…
My “Uncle” Raped Me
University Bar
Pretty Girls
Ms.
Trying to Survive
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
Respect
Family
Beyond a story
I still don’t know
Drug raped
My story growing up with a secret
It was not my fault
Erased From Memory
Third time’s the charm
Will I ever get over it.
Cousin’s Sexual Abuse
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
אוףףףף
It Was the Second
Army
Growing Past Just Surviving
Breaking The Silence
Help
It will get better
First Love to Long Term Abuse
Assault
Surviving, Kinda
I was raped
I Thought I Was Safe
Raped by jail guard
Childhood Abuse
College Rape
A Stong Woman
STRONG
I Am Still Standing
An Amazing Woman
I survived
Raped Husband
There Is Hope For Us
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
This will be painful
Rape Shaming
Just Like Yesterday
Rape
Speak Up
I was 17 and survived
Me and my Best Friend
Is It Really Rape?
In Denial of My Rape
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
The Statistics that Changed Me
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Raped By My Neighbour
Weak
It’s my fault
“Me too” On Facebook
You Can’t Trust Anyone
הטרידו אותי
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Blaming Myself
Mental Breakdown
Raped by ex boyfriend
He Was My Father
En Enero de 2010
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
Raped by my step fathers
Family Member
I am a Rape Survivor
It wasn’t my fault
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
A Different MeToo
Sexual molestation as a child
I’m Not Sure
Ride from the Concert
Was I Raped?
Survivor

Life of Trauma
Rape
Raped by My Ex
My Brother
Sex doll
End of Innocence
Dream / Recall
The First Man Who Broke My Heart
My Story
Help…
I Never Give Up
