#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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#IStandWithHer
היי
עדיין מציק
Abused by the boyfriend of my mom...
Respect
Broken Girl
Raped By a Friend
Touched
Do you remember your first time?
Raped by jail guard
Need help
I know when I see a rapist...
Raped by a work colleague
Still Need Help
It wasn’t my fault
Am i being raped?
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
In My Home
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Molestation
A respectable collegue
Ex
Weathering The Storm
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
My Mother Was Raped
My Rape Story
Second Night of College
Growing Past Just Surviving
Still Can’t Believe It
Sexual Abuse
Your First
ptsd
Rape
Army
גבר אלים וחולני
April 8th, 2016
De Los 6 a Los 12
Naive and Raped at 15
Too naïve
My Best Friend
This Is My Story
An Unknown Face & Hands
I Don’t Even Know His Name
Gang Rape
Prey
Grooming
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Second Night of College
What Happened?
Red Flags
My Brother
Summer 2019
April 2015
J’avais 13 ans
Raped at the age of 16
What’s Done Is Done
Last Party
Three Times in a Row
I wish she wouldve helped me
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Ms.
Assault at 12 Years by Teacher
Sexual Assault
The Statistics that Changed Me
Bad Morning
Doesn’t Define Me
My Relationship With Dad
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
I Said No
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
I regret not telling
A Survivor, Not a Victim
Don’t Want to Anymore
My age was never taken into account
Innocence Taken
It Can Happen To Anyone
April 19th
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Me too.
#MeToo, too
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
Childhood Rape
A letter to my rapist
The Same Effect
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Forgiving My Rapist
My 19 year old cousin
Breaking the Silence
Rape
Just a Joke
I Was Only 7
Just Words
Left Me In Pieces
Abuse of Men and By My Mother
She was never the same…
Memories Are Back
Molestation
The Night That Changed My World
Dumbed Down
Drunken rape
Rape
Metoo
Abuse and Rape
Erase and Rewind
Living With Us
Molested While Sleeping
I Recorded my Rapist
En Enero de 2010
Step Dad
Breaking The Silence
His name was Kenneth
I Hate You
Boy scout of america
My Best Friend’s Brother
Longest Prayers of My Life
Broken vase
Never Going To Happen To Me
Young and Unaware
Stayed Silence
Sexual Assault at 11
My Year in Hell
Ignored For a Lifetime
Night of Psychedelic Horror
Scammer
I Didn’t Know What Happened
Despedida
Still Rape
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Young and Unaware
Dear Convicted Sex Offender (Finally)
Every one ignored me
I’m Not Sure
Raped in the Air Force
When I Was Three
I Never Thought
ללינור היקרה
To protect and serve
Multiple Times
Unethical or illegal?
Help
blackmailed
He used me. He left me.
הסיפור שלי…
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
my story
1 hour 3 days
Weak
Bringing the Stories to Light
Holding It In
Male dancer
Will I ever get over it.
A Memory That Came Back
Almost Raped
Males can be victims too
Rape
Repeat Offender
More Than Once
Raped as a Baby
Losing My Virginity
Domestic rape
Bartender Lies
I forgot, but then I remembered
Girl Raped By a Girl
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
My Best Friend
Sharing again
The Devil You Know
Life Purpose
Home invasion, wife saved daughter
The Boys Club Continues
Drugged
I Don’t Know My Story
By my friend
Touching
Uncomfortable
I called him my friend
I was attacked at 19 years old
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
My Rape Stories
Sexual Abuse
Effort To Survive
Simply My Story
Breakin Burgler
Raped
Mi Historia
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Scars That Heal
Betrayed By My Own Mind
I survived
Night Out
Frozen in fear
He Was a Family Friend
Your truth will change someones’ life.
My sexual assault will not define me
Scar
It’s Been 10 Years
Supposed To Be There
The Worst Relationship
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
Never Again
My Story
Naive College Freshman
I’m Confused
Believe Her
You are going to show me how...
3 incidents
My Daughter
It started with you.
My Brother’s Best Friend
Self Worth
Can Anyone Help?
I didn’t break up with him back...
Multiple Rapes
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
You Were My Brother’s Best Friend
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Raped By 6 Men
Raped By a Female
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Scars
Seis Años
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Worthless
Not all friends are true
Invictus
I wanted to get high
When I Was 7
Freshman Year
Cavemen
4 Years Ago
Myself
Healing in progress
45 Years of Being the Victim
Emotional Abuse
I Was Nearly Raped
Be Strong
My story growing up with a secret
So Now What?
3 years on
Sexual Assault
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Gang Rape
My Father Molested Me for 10 Years
Mi Esposa
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Braver
