#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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It’s Your Fault
my story
Sexual Assault at 11
My Story
Happy Birthday
I was raped
Anniversary
MY Inspirational Story
My “Step-father”
I don’t know anymore
There are a lot of assholes on...
Just Fine
Drunk and Alone
Someone so close to me
My Mom
I Never Thought This Would Happen To...
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Too naïve
Manipulation
He gave me to his friend
Drunken rape
ללינור היקרה
Date Rape
LOST
Never Even Knew
Child Molestation
Confused by Rape
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Life and Death
A respectable collegue
A Meek Young Girl
Public Rape
Despedida
Overtaken Twice
You Can’t Trust Anyone
“No” is Universal
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Glitter Girl, Gone.
אוףףףף
he made me loose hope in love…
My Story
Need advice
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Holding It In
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Trader Joes
Vaseline Stepbrother
Breaking the Silence

לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Sex doll
My story growing up with a secret
My Story
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Not Sure It Happened
Ms.
Gang Rape
Throughout my teen years
Sexually Assaulted in Cuba
I let it happen twice
A Beautiful Trap
The Boys Club Continues
Six Years of Denial
Raped at age 9 & 15
I was 14
A familiar fight
The Elevator Man
היי
Time Heals
I Was Nearly Raped
After I Was Raped
Never Forgotten
Summer 2019
I was used. I got left. I...
The Girl Who Went To College
The Night That Changed My Life
De Los 6 a Los 12
My Story
Sexual Abuse
Just Hanging Out
Hurt and Anger
Rock It!

He Never Apologized
כמוני כמוך
I Saved Myself
Unsure
Our Corrupted Country
I regret not telling
He Destroyed Me
Only I get to make choices for...
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
College Professor
היי לינור
My Mother’s Albatross
Forced, De-flowered
Raped by stranger x2
I dont know what to call it
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
Raped by Brother
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I Was Only 7
Raped in the Air Force
Step Dad
Thank you
Only Six
Rape
Devil In Disguise
Rape
You Must Acknowledge
Rape
Two Friends and Two Boys
Grandpa
One in Four
My Story
16 times
A person to trust became my worst...
The Pastor of My Church
It’s my fault
Braver

