#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. Womenโs 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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Just Words
So Many Years to Remember
I Prayed for Death
These Men are More Protected Than We...
My story growing up with a secret
ืืืจืืื ืืืชื
Abusรฉe par un voisin de mes grands...
Even Lawyers Get Raped
Family Member
He Was My Best Friend
I lost myself before I even knew...
I was attacked at 19 years old
Is Healing Possible?
Stronger Every Day
Drugged raped and failed by justice
My Two Rapes
I can say it now
I Thought I was Safe
Not My Friend
Choir Camp
Boyfriend Forcefully Sodomized Me
No
Kept From Us
I Thought They Cared About Me
So Now What?
Ashly’s story
Child sexual abuse
Gang Raped
Mi Historia
Football Player
Too naรฏve
Multiple Rapes
Thank You
Letter to my offender
Don’t Want to Admit It
It was
I Was Manipulated
Light In The Dark
He Was My Best Friend
Believe Me…
When Will My Voice Be Heard
I Saved Myself
Aftermath
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Why me
Rape
Date Rape
Males can be victims too
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Incest
Sexual Assault
Liar, Liar
School Rape
The Story Of Two Rapes
Breaking the Silence

Broken to Bold
Didn’t Know Until Later
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Permanently Scarred
More Than Once
Just a Kid
So Now What?
Trying To Help
You made me feel like I was...
Betrayed By My Husband
A Message from the Director
En Enero de 2010
Sexual Abuse
Male dancer
The pain that was never mine to...
The Friend
Tinder Rape
This Is My Story
School Does Not Care
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
Started At 12…
Raped By a Female
I Was Only 7
My Boyfriend Raped Me
An Unknown Face & Hands
Victim of Abuse
“Me too” On Facebook
Date Rape
The Party
Just Another Night
ืืื ืืื ืืจ
I Thought I Was Safe
Rape Shaming
Sex doll
ืืกืืคืืจ ืฉืื…
Confused
Say Something
Can Anyone Help?
10 Minutos Can Change Your Life
Jโavais 13 ans
Trusted Him
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Ashly’s story
My Year in Hell
Raped by my Step Brother
Supporting Sisters
Rape
A respectable collegue
HS Reunion
Afraid of Being Judged
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
How Many Times?
My Army Fiance
I buried the pain
Raped in the Air Force
Erase and Rewind
My Horrific Nightmare
Rape
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Dee Bhagwanji
Sexual Assault Survival
Frozen in fear
Childhood trauma and overcoming it
New Years Eve
I can’t remember if I said yes...
University Bar
PART 4: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
PART 3: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
It’s still happening
ืืคื ื 14 ืฉื ืื
Raped After School
I Thought He Loved Me
Older
I am More than a Victim
Hiding from the Weather
Sexual Assault
PART 5: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Bad Morning
Don’t Give Up
