#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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Neighbor Trust
Don’t Walk By Yourself
I Am A Survivor
“Me too” On Facebook
Lying Child Molester
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
My best friend
I’m Disgusted
Stop
In The Concrete Jungle
Too naïve
19 years later and still thinking about...
It was his word against mine
Who Do I Trust
Third time’s the charm
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
My Story
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
I Was Only 14
I know when I see a rapist...
Obsessed Abusive Ex
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Stuck
Seis Años
my story
Three Times in a Row
Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
Raped in Milan
Multiple Times
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
St. Louis Riots
I regret not telling
I was 8 years old
I’m Alive
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
En Enero de 2010
17
He Was My Father
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
I Was a Virgin
I Was Only 7
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
I don’t know if I was raped
Multiple Assaults
Memories Are Back
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Suffered and Survived
היי לינור
Politeness Serves No One
I Was Only 14
My Story
Raped At 15
Workplace Sexual Harassment
היי
Hidden But Not Forgotten
Glitter Girl, Gone.
An Unknown Face & Hands
Just Words
Raped Three Times
Mi Esposa
A Private College; A Private Rape
Set Up
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Myself
My Best Friend & His Friend Raped...
A Picture
Thank you
He was 28
16 times
He Was A Police Officer
Sexually abused by my father
Drunken rape
My Story
Spring Break Nightmare
Despedida
Please Rape Me
I was a victim of serious child...
Neglected
My Best Friend’s Husband Raped Me
Proof, but no Witnesses
1 hour 3 days
When Will This Nightmare End
A letter to my rapist
My Fight
Was It My Fault?
Life Purpose
Stranger Rape
Never Even Knew
No Support
Victim Shaming
When I Was 8 Years Old
I Am Still Standing
Raped After School
Sleep Over
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
Not normal
Daycare friend
“I’m not gonna have sex with you”
Becoming a Warrior
Friends are sharing
Two Times
Raped and Molested
Raped by Him
It’s OK
Rape
Hard Time
Brock and Will
My friend assaulted me and another
It Was My Fault
sexual assault & abuse
I just realized this today.
David and Goliath
It was not my fault
Incapacitated Still
Warrior
Ketamine Rape
He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
Red Flags
Brother in Law
I Trusted Him…
Being Raped
Need help
I’m so sorry
A friend who is a rapist
Every Way Imaginable
First Time
keep it a secret
Too naïve
Child Rape
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
De Los 6 a Los 12
Someday Soon
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
Child sexual abuse
Black Girl
Silenced But Not Forever
כמוני כמוך
Rape
Molestation
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
My Best Friend
Molested By Two Uncles
Rape Is Everywhere
עדיין מציק
The One I Trusted
Molested By My Uncle
Home invasion, wife saved daughter
What happened to me?
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
Empty
The Loss of My Childhood
1 in 5
Freshman Year
Coping with rape during a pandemic
My Younger Sister
Today, I Let It All Go
Why Me Over and Over?
J’avais 13 ans
הסיפור שלי…
Incest & Date Rape
My Rape
First Time
The Day I Was Raped
Step Dad
Incest & Date Rape
Never Got His Name
Out of Control
A Long Healing Process
Being Done
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Too drunk to respond
Erase and Rewind
Rape
I didn’t even know what was happening
My Story
He Was My Friend
I was raped and I didnt know...
Asking for advice
Abuse and Rape
Raped in my Hostel
It Was the Second
Spoke out and was blamed
Throughout my teen years
Bartender Lies
Masked Boyfriend
Too Many Times
Army
Drunken Sex or Assault?
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
Used
I should have never meet my biological...
Ashamed
Survivor, Still Struggling
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Blackout
Too much trauma
Freshman Year
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Rock It!
