#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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Confused
Dream / Recall
How I Was Raped
Date rape
Help !
Date Raped When I Was 15
The First Time
Thank you
Your First
Rape By Unknown
I Still Blame Myself
This is my story
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
הסיפור שלי…
Alcohol
Alone and Afraid
Male dancer
Alone
The Night That Changed My Life
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Trauma
It wasn’t your fault
Marital Rape
The pain that was never mine to...
Molested by my biological father
Raped
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
Was It My Fault?
I can say it now
Shattered Childhood
Raped in the Air Force
My Mother’s Life Partner Sexually Harrased Me...
Pedophile Neighbour
Dad Raped Me
Raped By a Female
Ms.
I am a different me
Proud
Be Aware
Choir Camp
Date Rape
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Just Words
Childhood Friends
My Rape Stories
In Denial of My Rape
Raped more than once
Intruded
Letter to My Rapist
Extremely Terrified
Motel 6 Nightmare
Why Me Over and Over?
It started with you.
Growing Past Just Surviving
The Statistics that Changed Me
Rape Survivor
היי
Finding Words
Many Years Ago
No Longer Silent
A respectable collegue
It’s OK
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Thank You
Sexual Assault
Enough Is Enough
A Different MeToo
Stormy Night
Suffered and Survived
Confused by Rape
Unhealthy Relationship
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Charity is it’s own reward
My Step Brother
My story growing up with a secret
5
Fraternity Men
Second Date
All Just Too Much
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
Mistaken Identity
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Fraternity gang rape
Too much trauma
April 19th
Finding My Voice
Was it my fault?
Just Another Night
Working Through It
#IAmBrave and together, #WeAreStrong
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Dirty Whore
My Story.
When All Hope is Gone
Molested and Confused
If I Were Stronger Then
Overcome It
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Grooming
I Recorded my Rapist
A young mother
Metoo
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Mi Historia
Flashbacks
When It’s Personal
Scared
אוףףףף
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Confused and Angry
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
I was raped and didn’t know
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
Date Rape
The Other Guy
my toxic relationship
Why
Brother & Sister
Fear
Sexual Assault
A Message from the Director

Despedida
My Mom
I am a different me
Don’t Be Me
Date Rape
Rape
En Enero de 2010
We Were Kids
Dear Convicted Sex Offender (Finally)
Raped by ex boyfriend
A Literal Fight
Twice is too much
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
My story growing up with a secret
Black Girl
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Stockholm
I Blame Myself
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Friends?
The Night That Changed My World
Log
My Husband Set Me Up!
Am I Over Reacting?
Letter to my offender part 2
I Was Only 14
Mistaken Identity
How it makes me feel 5 years...
Freshman on Campus
ללינור היקרה
I Own My Story
Spoke out and was blamed
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
You Didn’t Break Me
Myself
So drunk I can’t remember
16 Years Later
Today, I Let It All Go
Running With Bare Feet
3 Times is Not Charming
So drunk I can’t remember
No One Believes Me
Sexual Assault
Date rape
Mi Esposa
f*ck you
Rape
Unlucky
Love of My Life?
It had to be my fault.
Gang Rape
His Masterpiece
Brock and Will
Too Afraid To Tell
Incest
Why: A Poem About My Rape
In NYC
Multiple Times
Rape
Happy Survivor
Read This Please
3 incidents
I Was 3 Years Old
Seis Años
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Rape
My Own Sister
The Worst Relationship
Continue to Survive
Overcome It
I Didn’t Choose This Life
“My Rape” at University
Losing My Virginity
High School Rape
Why Was No Not Enough?
Sexual Abuse
Molested by Cousin
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
How Could It Have Happened
A horror that lasts a lifetime
Just Wanted to Escape
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
“raped” by my long time bf
Invictus
4th grade
“Me too” On Facebook
I Trusted Him
Knowledge is Power
I want to Call it what it...
My Daughter’s Rape
Roommates
I Thought He Cared
A Long Healing Process
Childhood Horror
Bringing the Stories to Light
Raped at Camp
Sex doll
Didn’t Know Until Later
My First Time
Being Raped
Grooming
In-Between Times
גבר אלים וחולני
Family Member
Raped
I Feel So Bad For Him…
I was too young to know what...
Step Dad
Raped by my Step Brother
Closure
I was only 5
My First Two Times
Another poem about a not so perfect...
Growing Past Just Surviving
Scammer
Rape !!
Constant fear
Was it rape? Or my fault?
Me & My Girlfriend
Blindsided
I know when I see a rapist...
Once Again
Raped When I Was 12
כמוני כמוך
Realization of Rape
I will never forget
Woke up violated and confused.
Rape
My brother raped my sister and my...
my story
So Now What?
Set Up
There once was love
I Was Only 7
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Rape
עדיין מציק
My Husband Set Me Up!
Just Fine
Too naïve
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
I Felt So Helpless
Mental Breakdown
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Where is Justice
Rape?
It’s my fault
Noah
Manhandling to Rape
A Life of Pain
Too good to be true
First Date
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Unethical or illegal?
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
Shelter My Soul
Knowledge is Power
Beyond a story
Was It Real or Not
Kept From Us
Surviving Sexual Abuse: A Childhood Story
My Fight
I still see him on campus
Molested
Ended in Rape
My Rape Story
Raped
Faded Memories
College Student
How Many Times?
Summer 2019
Molested
Sexually assulted by coworker
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Shelter My Soul
East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer – Joseph...
Still Unable to Tell People
I regret not telling
Breaking the Silence
