#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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Drunk and taken advantage of
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
He ignored me
Daycare friend
Forever Silent
He Was Never My Friend
A Long Healing Process
Empty
My Story of a Gang Rape
Sharing again
A sociopath in disguise
Never a Victim; Only Myself
The Night My Life Changed
Holding It In
I Choose Hope

I Did NOT Get Justice But I...
Seis Años
College Professor
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
I’m Sorry if Assaulting Me Hurt You
Rape in my locked home
The Beach is Not Safe
I Didn’t Know What Happened
No
I’m Not Easy
4 Days Before 16th Birthday
Male dancer
I was used. I got left. I...
Twice
I am a different me
En Enero de 2010
Married to Abuser
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
A Night Out
Still Unable to Tell People
Feels like i am drowning
He Took My Virginity
I’m Alive
Scar
Breaking the Trust
Rape
My so called “best friend”
Just a Child
Childhood End
היי לינור
A Voice to be Heard
Am I really that broken?
Raped By a Friend
Be Happy It Only Involves Your Daughter
How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
A respectable collegue
College Rape
The cycle
My Rape Stories
Rape and the Aftermath
Raped By Family Member
Sexual Assault
Feeling Alone
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
When I Was 11…
My Brother
4th grade
My Brother’s Best Friend
Rape
Myself
My Dad
Because of You
Nearly 50 years later
Life Spiraled
Twice
I am still running
Speaking Up for Women
Weak
My story growing up with a secret
Mi Historia
So Many Times
Prisoner of Love
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
He Was a Cop
My Story
It Started with my Brother
I Am A Survivor
My Ex-husband
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
In-Between Times
Rape
הסיפור שלי…
Raped as a Boy
Raped
Life and Death
Raped By a Female
The Statistics that Changed Me
Respect Our Elders
I never thought it could happen to...
#MeToo 5 years later…
My Daughter
Hated Myself
My Horrific Nightmare
There once was love
Why Me?
Despedida
J’avais 13 ans
Drugged
Raped Multiple Times
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
4 Years Ago
My baby girl
גבר אלים וחולני
Felt safe in my friend group
He had my pants down
Sexual Abuse
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Sexually abused by my father
It was just a friend date
Sexually assulted by coworker
The Summer of 2013
What Happened?
My Daughter’s Rape
Does the pain ever go away?
A Message from the Director
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Unlucky
Obsessed Abusive Ex
I Need to Tell Someone
Second Night of College
NYC Vacation
Warrior
Betrayal
אוףףףף
First Time
Someone so close to me
Raped in the Air Force
Mi Historia
I Want to Live
Only I get to make choices for...
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Why Me Over and Over?
My first boyfriend in the US
Aftermath
Monster dad
Strength to Speak Out
הטרידו אותי
What Was I Thinking?
It Was the Second
Can Anyone Help?
My First Memory
I Was 10
No Wasn’t Good Enough
You Were Supposed to Be My Protector
My Story
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I Was a Fool for Him
Bad Morning
It’s OK
Too naïve
Summer 2019
My Story
Bad Programming
Ms.
Proof, but no Witnesses
Help!! What Can I Do?
I didn’t even know what was happening
Attempted Rape
A Voice to be Heard
Breaking the Silence

