#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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Males can be victims too
Spoke out and was blamed
Prey
Secret overload
Continue to Survive
Black and Blue
Molestation
They Blamed it on the Tequila
Surviving sexual assault trauma
7 years and it still controls me
Multiple Assaults
Stolen innocence
Sex doll
A respectable collegue
He Was a Cop
I thought he liked me
I Was Only 7
Thank you for speaking out…
MY Inspirational Story
Molested By My Step Brother
Speak Up
היי
Raped at age 9 & 15
My Story
It was not my fault
Sexual Assault
Flashbacks
Raped
A School Trip
Someone I should be able to trust
היי
The Devil You Know
When All Hope is Gone
Erase and Rewind
Suppose to Protect Me
Raped by my step fathers
Date Raped When I Was 15
It Was My Fault
Frozen in fear
Army
Young and Unaware
היי לינור
אוףףףף
So Young
I Thought I Knew Hi
Multiple Sexual Assaults
My Best Friend
Rape Girl
Was It Really Rape?
“Me too” On Facebook
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Mistaken Identity
Rape or Not?
Lost Soul
Rape
Politeness Serves No One
My story growing up with a secret
Raped by Him
My Story
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
The Touches I Felt
Rape
The Night That Changed My World
I just wanted to give him a...
Nearly 50 years later
Marital Rape
Rape
I Never Thought This Would Happen To...
Doctor Nightmares
Stranger Danger
Identity?
Rape
Metoo
The Day Everything Changed
Betrayed By My Own Mind
At the Movie’s
Prom Night
Say Something
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Despedida
Rape Survivor
I Came Home
Male dancer
No Stranger
Raped because of who I loved
Just Words
Together, We Are Brave

Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Sexual Assault
Assaulted by my neighbor
Myself
Cousin Rape
הסיפור שלי…
Help
My story growing up with a secret
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
My Fight
The Statistics that Changed Me
Was it my fault
Enough Is Enough
I called him my friend
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Raped Three Times
f*ck you
Rape Is Everywhere
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
לא יוצאים מזה…
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
End of Innocence
Stranger Rape
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Warrior
Raped in my own bed
Molested at 8
כמוני כמוך
Thank You
Every one ignored me
Can’t Even Take My Medicine
What sent me over the edge
Disappointed
Catfished
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
How Many Times?
I never knew he was Satan
I thought you loved me
Warning
Seis Años
So drunk I can’t remember
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Surviving sexual assault trauma
Confused by Rape
How it makes me feel 5 years...
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Ashamed
A Silent Fighter
Goodbye Virginity
I Thought I Knew Him
Mi Historia
I Was Just A Baby
Do I say thank you?
Too naïve
Sexually assaulted at 4
Extremely Terrified
Festival Sexual Assault
Not just me
Multiple Rapes
So Many Times
You were supposed to be my friend
Sexual Abuse
My Story
Childhood
A Night I Can’t Remember
Too much trauma
Proud
Sexual Assault by Chiropractor
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
Aftermath
Don’t Want to Anymore
My Childhood
A Loss to Mankind
I Feel So Betrayed
Raped in the Air Force
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
#MeToo I am 1
Smoke Together
What If I Make You?
why me
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Nobody Knows
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Love of My Life?
I Never Give Up

Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I Choose Hope

Nashville Sweetheart
My Little Town
Date Rape
More Than Half of My Life Ago
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Was it Really Rape
Tormented
When will it be enough?
End of Innocence
My experience as an intern in highschool
I was carrying his daughter.
Raped by my boyfriend
Rape inside marriage is still rape…
Family Ties
East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer – Joseph...
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
I was 13
Sexual Assault Does NOT Define You
Raped by a US Marine when I...
I Remember Being Happy
Alcohol
School Rape
No one owns your story but you
הטרידו אותי
Night of Psychedelic Horror
An Embarrassing Situation
Bleeding Through My Tears
LOST
Camp rape
Not just me
I don’t know anymore
He doesn’t even know he raped me
עדיין מציק
It is not my fault
In Five Years
He Was My Family
Un-Silenced
Red Flags
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Sexually Assaulted in Cuba
Another kid raped me
No More Silence
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
Was It Real or Not
College Rape
Ms.
I know when I see a rapist...
Was it rape?
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Surviving my father
Ready to Share
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Ignored
Raped at 17
Now I Understand My Husband
Why Me?
“I’m not gonna have sex with you”
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
The Same Effect
Felt safe in my friend group
Locked Up
Being Raped
Still Unable to Tell People
Shame
Help
Too naïve
I Am Not Brave
Finally Sharing
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
Started With My Father
Mi Esposa
Workplace Sexual Harassment
A Girl Who Cried Wolf
Just Like Yesterday
Child Rape
Surpris à la Maison
His name was Kenneth
Repressed Memory
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Breaking Trust
Was it rape?
Not safe in my own skin
There once was love
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Two Men Lifetimes Apart
Breaking the Silence
