#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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Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
I Thought It Was My Fault
Ride from the Concert
No More Silence
Raped by Him
I Thought It Was Normal
Party Accident
My Story
היי
We All Have a Voice
Sexual assualt causes you not to be...
I Thought I was Safe
You Were Supposed to Be My Protector
I don’t know anymore
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Pregnancy
Drugged
I Was 20
J’avais 13 ans
LOST
My Story, My Nightmare
My story growing up with a secret
Twice
Unspoken
Prisoner of Love
Raped by my Step Brother
She wanted me to prove I loved...
גבר אלים וחולני
Rape and Not Believed
School Bathroom
לא יוצאים מזה…
#IStandWithHer
No
He Was My Father
I Prayed for Death
Drunken rape
Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
If this hadn’t happened to me
Remember as a victim you have done...
Dream Job, Turned Nightmare
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I Thought I Knew Hi
I’m tired of hiding what you did
Assaulted By Family Member
I Was Raped
So drunk I can’t remember
In The Past
Unicorns
Date Rape
Left Me In Pieces
You are going to show me how...
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
Grandpa
He’s Still Out There
I was 11
It is not my fault
Never Lose Hope
My Brother
Six months in the making..
40 years
Feeling Alone
I Was Only 7
Survivor, Still Struggling
My boyfriend
Raped by school ‘friend’
Unethical or illegal?
I am More than a Victim
Raped and Molested
So Many Times
Asking for advice
Ms.
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Despedida
Don’t Want to Anymore
Never Be the Same Again
Restoring Innocence
He Was Never My Friend
Be Careful Who You Trust
The abuser
No
He Was My Friend
Raped Multiple Times
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Still Terrified
Drunken Rape
School Bathroom
It Was Too Late
My Story
A respectable collegue
Out For A Walk
Summer of ’09
I Am A Survivor
Almost Raped
When I was 4
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Night walk at community center
From Heaven to Hell
My First Memory
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Katie Jones
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Too drunk to respond
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
It still doesn’t feel real…
Staying Strong
I Slept Next to Him
Happy Hell-oween
I was raped by a youtube personality...
My Journey (sexual abuse)
Rock It!

Stupid Coward
Who I Once Called My Father
Spring Break
Seis Años
A Survivor’s Mindset
I was only 5
Multiple Times
It’s OK
Twenty Years of Hell
Ashamed
I wanted to get high
Multiple Rapes
Losing My Innocence At Fifteen
הטרידו אותי
Lesbian After Assaults
I Need to Tell Someone
was raped and I don’t remember it
Secret overload
So Now What?
The Life I Live
I will never forget
Choose healing over silence
My Story
לפני 14 שנים
The “R” Word
Army
People You Do Not Know
The Same Effect
“Me too” On Facebook
Constant fear
Chiropractor
Raped in the Air Force
Just Wanted to Escape
My Fight
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Choir Camp
Not all friends are true
Sexual Coercion
Ex-Boyfriend
Dirty Whore
Not Real Rape
The Boys Club Continues
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Mi Historia
My Rape Stories
He took away my innocence
“She Didn’t Do Anything”
After Wedding
Cavemen
Raped Husband
My Boyfriend
Enough Is Enough
Weak
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
Survivor
I Am Not Brave
Black Out
My Story
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
rape
*rape
Spring Break
Miss
I want my innocence back
Thank you for speaking out…
Sexual Assault
My Best Friend
Sex doll
It was never…..That
Why did this happen to me???
Drunk and Alone
The Story Of Two Rapes
MesS Into A mesSage
My Younger Sister
Erase and Rewind
my story
University Bar
Breaking the Silence
The secret
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
עדיין מציק
April 19th
Senior Trip
Unsure
Abused and defeated
Date rape
Sexual Abuse
14 year old raped at school
Warrior
Party Time
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Teatime
Sexual molestation as a child
Shelter My Soul
The Day I Was Raped
Second Date
Just Hanging Out
I Thought I Was Safe
Survivor

