#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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Stress
Feeling Alone
Just Another Night
לא יוצאים מזה…
Since Age 6?
Life of Trauma
Grandpa
Rape
Letter to My Rapist
True View
He Stole Something From Me
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
My Brave Daughter
The Scapegoat of Shame an Guilt
I Was 20
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Why Me?
Moving on Alone from Rape
My experience of societal views on victims...
Sex doll
My Two Days of Hell
Throughout my teen years
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
My Ex-husband
לפני 14 שנים
Mental Breakdown
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Molestation
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Broken
Raped
Trapped In a Fantasy World
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
Army
The Boys Club Continues
Summer 2019
Myself
The rape apology and my reply
Survivor
My rape story
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
It Was My Fault
High School Orientation
3 incidents
How I Was Raped
Kidnapped and Raped
Mi Esposa
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Help!! What Can I Do?
I Still Blame Myself
Night Out
Finally Healing
Betrayed By a Loved One
I Was Told It Was Normal
Mi Esposa
Growth
First Crush
What am I doing wrong
Faded Memories
Assault?
Weak
Domestic Rape
Multiple Rapes
Letter to…
My story growing up with a secret
Attempted Rape
Me too.
incest
I Never Give Up

3 balls, striking
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My Boyfriend Raped Me
עדיין מציק
My best friend
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
Pregnancy
אוףףףף
I Am Still Standing
Shout Out
I Really Want To Forget About It
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
My principal mom raped me
Trapped In a Fantasy World
Lost in Europe
Rape or Not?
The Loss of My Childhood
My story
Metoo
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Rape
He was 15
Too naïve
Sexual Assault
So Now What?
It Was Too Late
Ms
Help !
I Thought I was Safe
Molestation
My Story
Attempt to Rape
First Friend at University
Raped By 6 Policemen
Too naïve
Only Six
Four Years Ago
I Didn’t Know
My Daughter
I didn’t think she would do this....
LOST
That “man”
Groomed
Need Support
Supporting Sisters
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
f*ck you
Siblings
Male dancer
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
Light In The Dark
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
It Happened More Than Once
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
כמוני כמוך
He Was My Dad
A respectable collegue
Metoo
Ignoring only gets so far
Just Words
Was it rape ?
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
Just a Child
The Night My Life Changed
There is hope
My Life in Foster Care
Daycare
Over 40 years Ago
Him or Me
One Day At a Time
Infatuation
גבר אלים וחולני
Rape
Rape
Ms.
I Was a Virgin
He Took My Virginity
היי
Two Times
I don’t know anymore
Letter to my offender
Blindsided
Spoke out and was blamed
Forever Changed
My Mother was raped and told me...
Does the pain ever go away?
Childhood Horror
My 21st Birthday
Too drunk to respond
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
After School
Touched by a Man I Didn’t Know
Feeling Alone
הסיפור שלי…
I just realized this today.
To serve and protect, but who will...
Daycare friend
I know when I see a rapist...
Intruded
Rape
The Gentleman
My survival story
Cavemen
I Prayed for Death
3 Generations
A Beautiful Trap
My Best Friend
Losing Myself
Healing and releasing painful memories
Gang Rape
So Now What?
Seis Años
Need help
College Student
From Heaven to Hell
Unicorns
He Took My Virginity
Rape Is Everywhere
Finally facing it
Gang Raped
It Felt Like Rape
Nearly 50 years later
Why
Someone so close to me
My Life
Together, We Are Brave
