#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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Surviving, Kinda
Raped by my grandfather
Sexually Assaulted as a Child
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Brothers
Michelle Johnston
My Uncle
Young and Unaware
I Think I Was Raped
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
Unhealthy Relationship
With Love
Girls Without Parents
I Felt So Helpless
Was It Rape?
Different face, but the same monster
Summer 2019
My principal mom raped me
Halloween 2014
It’s my fault
University Bar
De Los 6 a Los 12
Is It Really Rape?
אוףףףף
Running With Bare Feet
Me and my Best Friend
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
More Than a Survivor
My Rapes
A Story
God Saved Me
He Was a Cop
His Masterpiece
Victim of sexual assault
Another kid raped me
Nothing important…
When will it be enough?
My Ongoing Journey
You Didn’t Break Me
To serve and protect, but who will...
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Raped Husband
My Story
No
The Statistics that Changed Me
Friend of mines set me up
Need Support
My Rape
My Tramatic Experience
Afraid of the Truth
Does the pain ever go away?
Army
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I called him my friend
Finally ready to tell my story
Raped At 16, 29, 31
היי לינור
Endless Shame
A Ruined Life
Since Age 6?
Life Spiraled
Raped Three Times
Rape
I Am Beautiful Now
Raped By My Brother
Miss
Respect
I know when I see a rapist...
By my friend
Narcissistic Ex
Two Strangers in a Park
my teacher grabbed me
My Own Sister
Fraternity gang rape
I Barely Knew Them
It was never…..That
My best friend
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Surviving Sexual Abuse: A Childhood Story
Broken vase
Spoke out and was blamed
Identity?
Always the Girls Fault
Agressée deux fois, mais toujours debout.
What Happened?
I lost myself before I even knew...
The Boys Club Continues
Bartender Lies
He WAS a friend
Twice
A horror that lasts a lifetime
Choir Camp
Freshman Year
Domestic Rape
Victimization
19 years later and still thinking about...
my toxic relationship
Not all friends are true
Sexual Abuse
Violent Rape
Was Raped
Ended in Rape
Spousal Rape
The First Man In My Life
Unbelievable
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
My Brother’s Best Friend
I Lost My Virginity
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Teenaged Victims
It’s A Long Story
First boyfriend raped me when i was...
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I was very dumb.
I Am Finally FREE
כמוני כמוך
Freshman on Campus
I’m Only Stronger
STRONG
Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
Childhood of assault
Police Officer/Date Rape
Date Rape
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
I Thought He Loved Me
Family members ex husband
Gross
I Just Started High School
Just wanted to be loved
My life as a survivor
Male dancer
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Is There Still Hope
God Saved Me
Childhood Horror
Being Raped
Broken Homes, Broken Families
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
My Rape
Did I Deserve It
Together, We Are Brave

Not Blood Cousins
ללינור היקרה
Shame Destroys
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Family Member
My abuse story victim to survivor
Getting Better
הסיפור שלי…
It’s still happening
Friends are sharing
Survivor of COCSA
I’m Alive
Last Party
היי
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Keeping Faith
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Sexual Abuse
Friends??
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
My Journey as a Rape survivor from...
Everyone loves him
3 years later i still wonder if...
Christmas Horror
עדיין מציק
Date Rape
7th Grade Assault
הטרידו אותי
Raped in the Air Force
Unethical or illegal?
Daycare friend
I Was 16
Safe Isn’t Always What We Believe
Raped
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Cousin Rape
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Unspoken
Story Subject: * I thought he was...
I was carrying his daughter.
Mrs
Braver
