#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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Serial Rapist
My First Time Speaking Up
Years in Denial
Lost Soul
I let it happen twice
Rape
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
He Loved Me
I was a kid, you were my...
A respectable collegue
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Raped because of who I loved
My Rape Stories
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
Daycare friend
I Am Beautiful Now
Rape
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
Grandpa Molested me
He was my best friend
3 balls, striking
His Charming Ways
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Okay, Not Okay
Everyone loves him
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
My First Boyfriend
I Woke Up In The Tub
Life After Death
Alcohol
Sexual Abuse
My best friend
Multiple Times
Leaving the party
Multiple Times
To my best friend who raped me
Rape & Sexual Assault
הטרידו אותי
Rape
Trapped
Ms.
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
Child Rape
We Need Peace Too
Rape
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Betrayal
So drunk I can’t remember
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
I wish she wouldve helped me
“No” is Universal
First Crush
Too Many Times
I Said No
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Weak
Close of a Brother
לפני 14 שנים
Unspoken
Thick Mud
Never Wanted to Believe
I Blame Myself
No
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Stepfather
Father Figure
I Choose Hope

Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Girl Raped By a Girl
LOST
School Rape
A Night To Remember
Sexually assaulted several times
The First Man In My Life
I Trusted Him
Hidden But Not Forgotten
Scared
Raped in the Air Force
I Thought He Cared
you do what you gotta
No More Silence
Throughout my teen years
Young and Innocent
I Want to Live
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
First Frat Party
Something so Horrible Could Make Me This...
My Nightmare
J’avais 13 ans
I know when I see a rapist...
Six Years of Denial
Sexual Abuse
Home invasion, wife saved daughter
I like to think I won’t feel...
My best friend
Shelter My Soul
My Uncle
I’m Now a Statistic
When I Was 8
Black Girl
By my friend
Anal Rape
Call Me Anything But That
I was used. I got left. I...
Broken
Does the pain ever go away?
They thought it was fun
First Frat Party
Identity?
I Am Brave
