#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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First Frat Party
Neighbor
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
My little girl
Raped and Numbed
Despedida
I Didn’t Know
Effort To Survive
Army
Be Aware
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
#MeToo 5 years later…
Stand Strong
Christmas Horror
14 year old raped at school
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
4th grade
Drugged and Gang Raped
40 years
Just Words
Happy Birthday
My Younger Sister
Knowledge is Power
Hidden Emotions
Grandpa Molested me
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Help
Why was it my fault?
Family rape
High School
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
(Part of) My Story
No More Silence
Weak
The secret
Supposed to be the Best Day of...
Kibbutz
היי
Blamed Myself
Gang Rape
Gang raped foolishly
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I Really Want To Forget About It
People You Do Not Know
3 incidents
Friends No Longer
Protecting My Predator
My Side
I am a survivor
Unethical or illegal?
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
College Student
Sexual Assault Survival
It is not my fault
Ketamine Rape
My Two Days of Hell
My story growing up with a secret
Ms.
Me too…
Frozen in fear
Over 40 years Ago
My Snowball Effect
Raped Three Times
A Beautiful Trap
Weak
Not safe in my own skin
An older, popular boy
I called him my friend
I was just 9.
When It’s Personal
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
A Journal of a Wayward Child
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
People You Do Not Know
I Feel So Betrayed
Spring Break
I am More than a Victim
my story
LOST
First Frat Party
Metoo
We Stand Together
A Lifetime of pain
With Love
No Longer Silent
My Uncle
Impacted Forever
Trusted Him
First Time
Had Her Back
Help
Scared and Confused
Abused since I was young
God Saved Me
First Time Sharing
Doctor Nightmares
I Didn’t Choose This Life
What sent me over the edge
What Happened?
Your never stop hurting me till your...
A person to trust became my worst...
University Bar
Life of Trauma
April 2015
3 Different Times
Male dancer
Used
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Seis Años
Nearly 50 years later
Raped
1 in 5
Raped by My Ex
Lying Child Molester
Spoke out and was blamed
He Took My Virginity
silent rape
New Years
A Nightmare
My First Time
He Stole Something From Me
Still Rape
New Years Eve
ללינור היקרה
Raped By Boyfriend
The First Time
The abuser
Identity?
Childhood Abuse
Sexual Abuse
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Mi Esposa
I Was Only 7
Did He Rape My Mind Too
Black Out
It wasn’t my fault
Proof, but no Witnesses
Raped as a Boy
Was it rape?
Lotus
We Were Kids
Was I Raped?
A not so perfect family exposed to...
Memories Are Back
My Life Destroyed in 5 Minutes
Why Me?
Drugged
Drugged
Restoring Innocence
I know when I see a rapist...
Just Fine
No Justice
Knowledge is Power
A Night I Will Never Forget
I Was Manipulated
Date Rape
Raped in Foster care
Assault In the Family
Mental Breakdown
Life Changer
My Story
I Don’t Even Know
He took it as yes
Raped At 16, 29, 31
He Took Advantage of Me
Mi Esposa
What’s Done Is Done
Why you should talk to your daughters...
20 Years Later
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Don’t Give Up

He Loved Me
So drunk I can’t remember
This is MY story
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Metoo
Was it Really Rape
I Trusted Him
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
De Los 6 a Los 12
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Bad Place…Bad…Bad…Bad
Dad Touching Me
Fraternity gang rape
Erased From Memory
I Trusted Him
Remember November
It Started With Rape
5 Years On
My Daddy
Stolen Innocence
Sexual molestation as a child
Spring Break
My Brother’s Best Friend
Myself
What Happened?
I want my innocence back
עדיין מציק
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
My Brave Daughter
Thank you
Sex doll
Still Can’t Believe It
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Bartender Lies
My Horrific Nightmare
הסיפור שלי…
My story
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Chiropractor/Massage Therapist
Breaking the Silence
