#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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Bus Ride
Scared and Confused
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Hidden Emotions
Throughout my teen years
Me Too!
We Need Peace Too
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Rape by Boyfriend
My Ongoing Journey
Molestation
כמוני כמוך
My Mother’s Albatross
It wasn’t my fault
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Childhood End
Summer 2019
I regret not telling
Strength to Speak Out
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Second Night of College
Not friends
I Was Only a Child
More Witness than I Care to Live...
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Keeping Faith
I Am Brave!
Rape
I was used. I got left. I...
Protect and Served and Raped
Bruises and Scars
Impacted Forever
When I Was 7
Agressée deux fois, mais toujours debout.
I Was 10
#MeToo, too
Repressed Memory
Family members ex husband
I was 17 and survived
Wouldn’t take no for an answer
Out For A Walk
I was assaulted twice at the same...
Despedida
This Is Me, my fight song
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
Was it rape? Or my fault?
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
I Too Was Raped
Scar
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
My Story
Everyone loves him
They Blamed it on the Tequila
Wrong Choice
Stress
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
He Was a Friend
Too naïve
The Statistics that Changed Me
College Campus Rape
Quarterly Review
You were supposed to be my friend
Light In The Dark
Raped by a work colleague
An Abnormal Reaction
My Sexual Assault Story
Kidnapped and Raped
Why Me Over and Over?
Freshman Year
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Raped in College
En Enero de 2010
The Course of Seven Years
College Rape
I Trusted Him
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Naive College Freshman
Sex doll
Spoke out and was blamed
Thank you
Forced, De-flowered
Parental Incest Is Rape
I Was Raped as a Child
Sexual Harrassment
My Healing Journey
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
My Fight
Spoke out and got fired
Rape
Be Aware
Over 40 years Ago
I regret not telling
He took away my innocence
We were drunk
Naive and Raped at 15
Every Way Imaginable
I Am Beautiful Now
A respectable collegue
Not My Friend
Infatuation
Incest & Date Rape
I was a victim of serious child...
My Boss Raped Me
My Brothers Two Best Friends
לפני 14 שנים
So Alone
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Living With Us
עדיין מציק
Unethical or illegal?
יש חיים אחרי אונס
All men are the same
Two Continents, Two Different Men!
Raped 14 times in 1 year
The Cliche
Dream / Recall
Molestation
Convincing Myself
My Friend’s House
Help !
My Story.
Domestic rape
What am I doing wrong
Abusive Uncle
Second Night of College
Myself
Sexual assault
Childhood Rape
Travel
Ready to Share
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I Thought I was Safe
In My Home
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Abused at the Age of 4
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Raped by my cousin
Too Afraid To Tell
Who is Responsible?
He Stole Something From Me
I Was Only 7
Just wanted to be loved
So drunk I can’t remember
I Didn’t Know
Spousal Rape
I blamed myself… Twice
06.05.2006
Woke up violated and confused.
Brock and Will
Don’t Know
I thought he was a friend
Just Words
What Was It?
First College Party
Rape survivor
Nothing for Nothing
My story growing up with a secret
הטרידו אותי
Raped in College
I know when I see a rapist...
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Never thought I could be a victim
Raped Multiple Times
Raped
a shattered girl and her dreams restored
Liar, Liar
ללינור היקרה
Male dancer
No More Silence
Someday Soon
So Now What?
10 YEARS OF SILENCE
Drunk and Alone
Mi Esposa
I dont know what to call it
Just a Child
The Devil You Know
A Picture
Father, Brother, Brother
Normalization
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
The Day After My Little Brother’s Birthday
dad and mom rape
Party Time
I still see him on campus
Resilience
Stupid Coward
He Was My Father
The pain that was never mine to...
He’s Still Out There
Not like the rape you always hear...
My Story
Sharing #MeToo’s
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Speak Up
37 Years Ago
Raped in the Air Force
Out of Control
Invictus
Need Support
Football Player
My little girl
I Recorded my Rapist
Rape Survivor
Mi Esposa
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Mi Historia
Black Girl
Finally Arrested
His Charming Ways
J’avais 13 ans
Stockholm
Family Ties
Can I Call It Rape?
לפני 14 שנים
My Friend
Enough Is Enough
Bitter Ex-Lover
He Was Never My Friend
Child sex abuse
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
I Was Just a Dancer
Rape
He Was a Family Friend
Still Going
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Aftermath
Not normal
Is There Still Hope
7th Grade Assault
אוףףףף
Nashville Sweetheart
Army
No Wasn’t Good Enough
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
Seis Años
Deja Vu
Erase and Rewind
Party Time
The abuser
My Brothers Two Best Friends
The cycle
Spousal Rape
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
De Los 6 a Los 12
An older, popular boy
It wasn’t my fault
Choose healing over silence
Sexual Abuse and Rape
My story
Raped Husband
The Party I Will Never Forget
More Witness than I Care to Live...
my teacher grabbed me
Date Rape
Black Out
היי לינור
Alone and Afraid
Ms.
Finding Peace
First Frat Party
I was raped by a youtube personality...
Molested as a Child
Broken Girl
Last Party
I Thought It Was Normal
So Long Ago But Still With Me
He Was a Family Friend
My Only Brother
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
The Boys Club Continues
Multiple Times
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Digging my own grave
15
Pain
Empty
I wish I would have been smarter
He was jealous of my new friend
I finally said NO
All Rape Is Legitimate Rape
Hard to Trust
I was very dumb.
Justice Didn’t Help Me
My Two Cents
Drugged
From Heaven to Hell
He Was a Cop
slutshamedchild
@ years of rape and being drugged
Victim of Abuse
Survivor

