#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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לא יוצאים מזה…
Rape
Rape
Never Even Knew
I Was 19
I Was Raped as a Child
Resiliency
He Lied
Raped By a Female
Metoo
F
Didn’t Know Until Later
Rape
So Many Years to Remember
עדיין מציק
Male dancer
De Los 6 a Los 12
Seeing My Rapist Everday
I was raped for 3 years
Assault
I am a survivor
I Thought I was Safe
My Parents Didnt Do Anything
Raped, Adopted, Raped Again
My Mom
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Army
Now I Understand My Husband
Trusted Him
Why: A Poem About My Rape
Raped Husband
A familiar fight
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
So Now What?
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
A Lifetime
SA in school
Naive girl
House help and cousin
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Drugged
I don’t know anymore
Too naïve
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
People You Do Not Know
Males can be victims too
So Alone
An older, popular boy
Molestation
So Now What?
The Statistics that Changed Me
A Different MeToo
Family Ties
Read This Please
Rape by Boyfriend
My story
Time Stood Still
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
Still Think It Was My Fault
A respectable collegue
In Denial of My Rape
My Dad
Still Hurting
Used
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Assault?
Just wanted to be loved
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
Too much trauma
This is my story
Use and Throw
College Student
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Hospitalized
What Can I Do
How Could It Have Happened
Glad To Say I’m A Survivor
Two times. One year.
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
Something I’ve Never Shared
The Summer of 2013
I Never Give Up

My story growing up with a secret
My Story
Do you remember your first time?
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Nashville Sweetheart
Letter to my offender
dad and mom rape
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Set Up
My Story
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
16 times
Too Trusting
He had my pants down
Drunken Rape
Our Corrupted Country
I Still Blame Myself
I loved him
17
5th Grade
With Love
Justice
Ms.
גבר אלים וחולני
The Boys Club Continues
הסיפור שלי…
Seis Años
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Army
Date rape
Myself
We met at the bar
Molested
Raped and Never Forgotten
לפני 14 שנים
Stepfather
No one cares
Just Hanging Out
Girl Raped By a Girl
My Boss Raped Me
I don’t Know, but I Know
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
My Mother’s Albatross
Was it my fault?
Chaos
This is my story
3 years on
Boyfriend Forcefully Sodomized Me
Erase and Rewind
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
I Was Only 7
Despedida
I don’t know anymore
Was It My Fault?
My 21st Birthday
The Life I Live
The children are the priority here
Poetry
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
First Frat Party
Raped at the Air Force Academy
There once was love
My Story
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
I didn’t enderstand what was happening
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
Couch Surfing
blackmailed
Daycare
raped and isolated
Too drunk to respond
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Was it rape?
Repressed Memories
This will be painful
One Night Only
Stockholm
Accepting myself and my story after…
Don’t Want to Anymore
Aftermath
10 Minutos Can Change Your Life
His opportunity
Unethical or illegal?
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Raped By Boyfriend
Confused and Angry
Domestic Rape
Who Is To Blame?
יש חיים אחרי אונס
So Now What?
Alcohol
He Was A Police Officer
It is not my fault
A Victim No Longer
Close of a Brother
Victim of Abuse
Drunken Rape
He Stole Something From Me
Finally ready to tell my story
My Father Molested Me for 10 Years
Domestic rape
I blamed myself for so long
I’m Not Easy
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Trader Joes
I Am a Survivor…
So Alone
Another kid raped me
I am a Survivor
Death before birth
Shout Out
My Evil Brother
Spoke out and was blamed
My survival story
Knowledge is Power
I Didn’t Know
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
Rape?
Secretly Molested
My Beloved Man
Raped By My Neighbour
It’s still happening
Pretty Girls
Was I Raped?
How My Life Has Changed
Rape Shaming
April 2015
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Forever Silent
My best friend
This Is My Story
Raped in the Air Force
The Statistics that Changed Me
I just wanted a friend
It was
Over 40 years Ago
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My Story
היי לינור
Confused and Angry
Rape
Raped as a child and teen
I Thought I Knew Him
Fiance Father of my Child
Sexual Abuse
My Own Family
Lotus
הטרידו אותי
7th Grade Assault
Harassment at Work
Hidden Emotions
Miss
I Was 3 Years Old
Raped by stranger x2
Raped and Molested
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
So drunk I can’t remember
my story
Summer 2019
He’s Dead
Can Someone Help Me!
Smoke Together
The Same Effect
לפני 14 שנים
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Gang Rape
Lessons I’m Learning Late in Life
I think I was raped
It’s my fault
היי
My Rape Stories
Cavemen
I Was Manipulated
הטרידו אותי
Naive girl
Was Told to Shut My God Damn...
University Bar
Ketamine Rape
Two Men Lifetimes Apart
I No Longer Want To Live
Why Me, Time and Time Again
Waiting For Justice
Sexual Assault at 11
Date Rape
My Abusers
My Story
ללינור היקרה
Nightmare
Just Words
Quiet for 2 years
The abuser
Raped by jail guard
Braver

