#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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LOST
The Friend
From Heaven to Hell
Only Six
More Than a Survivor
Date Rape
My Boyfriend Raped Me
The Trauma That Made Me
Male dancer
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
My Journey (sexual abuse)
Ms.
Raped by a US Marine when I...
הטרידו אותי
Why you should talk to your daughters...
College Student
J’avais 13 ans
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
Raped Husband
My 21st Birthday
The Friend
God Saved Me
These Men are More Protected Than We...
I Recorded my Rapist
Raped
Multiple Times
Scar
Remember November
Second Date
How Many Times?
Date rape
We met at the bar
Abusive Uncle
Family Ties
My stepfather
Why Me Over and Over?
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
Sexually assaulted as a young girl
I Too Was Raped
Different face, but the same monster
Heart broken
Healing from Incest
Childhood of assault
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
Did I ask for it?
I’m Not Easy
Shattered Childhood
I Was a Virgin
Metoo
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Still Can’t Believe It
Multiple Assaults
Finally Sharing
The Park
Ignored For a Lifetime
@ years of rape and being drugged
My Husband Set Me Up!
I blamed myself… Twice
Bringing the Stories to Light
Drunken Rape
Trusted Friend
In The Concrete Jungle
Throughout my teen years
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Thank You
Molested at 3
I Remember Being Happy
My Mother’s Life Partner Sexually Harrased Me...
Rubbing my scars
He Loved Me
My story
Wanted Love But Got Rape
I Thought I Was Safe
Family
It’s my fault
Love of My Life?
Years later… meeting my rapist again
I didn’t think she would do this
אוףףףף
Mi Esposa
Sleep Over
Betrayed By a Loved One
Am I
Because of You
the scary shadows
Sexually Assaulted Or Not?
Just Words
Betrayed By My Own Mind
I Was Only 7
Mi Historia
Perfect on Paper
Innocence
Broken Girl
De Los 6 a Los 12
Sexual Assault
I’m Confused
My best friends dad
Married My Rapist
Raped in the Air Force
Piece
Stuck
Never Even Knew
Nothing important…
He was right
Still Terrified
5
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Raped By a Friend
Stalker
Blaming Myself
Runaway Model
Out For A Walk
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
I “needed” to do this!
Fraternity gang rape
f*ck you
Roommates
I Was Dating Him
Rape, Sexual Abuse
Molested
Blaming Myself
Brock and Will
Memories
Workplace Sexual Harassment
my story
I don’t know anymore
Speaking Up for Women
Robbery
13 and 16
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Lost My Virginity In Rape By Jehovah’s...
Junior Prom
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
A respectable collegue
Spousal Rape
Speaking Up
So drunk I can’t remember
הסיפור שלי…
I was very dumb.
My Two Rapes
Raped in a Psychiatric Hospital in the...
Repeat Offender
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
I Didn’t See It In Time
Motel 6 Nightmare
Party Accident
The abuser
Raped
A night gone wrong
Story of My Life
Can Anyone Help?
לא יוצאים מזה…
Spoke out and was blamed
Justice
The Night It All Changed
Raped Multiple Times
Raped and Molested
Repressed Memory
Supporting Sisters
Who I Once Called My Father
Spousal Rape
I was a child
When I Was 11…
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Was almost raped and no one did...
My Story
MY Inspirational Story
היי לינור
I was 8 years old
Moving on Alone from Rape
Unethical or illegal?
My Ongoing Journey
dad and mom rape
Thank you for being LOUD!
Sleep Over
College Student
15
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
lucky
Erase and Rewind
Restoring Innocence
Fiance Father of my Child
My sexual assault will not define me
Summer 2019
Fenced In
St. Louis Riots
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
The First Time
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
College Rape
Speaking Up for Women
Never Forget
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Believe Her
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
*rape
Drugged and Gang Raped
Was It Rape?
Still Unable to Tell People
Finally Arrested
Okay, Not Okay
I know when I see a rapist...
The Statistics that Changed Me
Isn’t Any Proof
Rape
Raped by Abusive Husband
Still Terrified
Proof, but no Witnesses
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Sex doll
#IStandWithHer
Help!! What Can I Do?
Two Friends and Two Boys
Freshman Year
Black Girl
Confused
Vaseline Stepbrother
Dear My Rapist
3 Days After Arriving at College
I think I was raped
Kidnapped and raped at gunpoint
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Domestic rape
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
It was his word against mine
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Thank you for being LOUD!
לפני 14 שנים
To this day I still feel sick…
Braver

