#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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True Tales No One Knows
The Statistics that Changed Me
Christmas Horror
Army
School Prom
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Dad Raped Me
Rock It!

My Story
This Is Me, my fight song
40 years
Mi Esposa
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Can Someone Help Me!
My story growing up with a secret
From Grief to Trauma
3 Times is Not Charming
I am a different me
Victim of Abuse
Close Call
היי
Healing and releasing painful memories
I lost myself before I even knew...
Will I ever get over it.
Molested
The Cliche
Broken Homes, Broken Families
What’s Done Is Done
Fishing Trips
I was a kid, you were my...
Someday Soon
Stop
Male dancer
Mine Was Different
The children are the priority here
I Trusted Him
3 incidents
The First Time
Fraternity Men
My Story
Just Words
What sent me over the edge
כמוני כמוך
Rape
keep it a secret
Rape & Sexual Assault
Why does this keep happening to me?
You Didn’t Break Me
Males can be victims too
ללינור היקרה
Broken
Piece
The Night That Changed My World
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Afraid of the Truth
Rape
Childhood Trauma
Drugged
Gang Rape
Erase and Rewind
I Was Only 7
You had no rights
I’m Only Stronger
My story growing up with a secret
Tormented
So Now What?
Junior Prom
Incest & Date Rape
The Night My Life Changed
My Two Cents
I Never Give Up

Why Me?
Stockholm
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
17
Every Way Imaginable
The Night That Changed Me
Night of Psychedelic Horror
Michael B. raped me
Out For A Walk
Suffered and Survived
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Ms.
The rape apology and my reply
My little girl
Siblings
Too scared to tell
We met at the bar
My Daughter and I Both
Stepfather
Mi Esposa
He Was My Best Friend
Too naïve
Sex doll
Years in Denial
Multiple Rapes
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
Prom Night
I Said No
Raped by stranger x2
Was it Really Rape
Someone so close to me
לפני 14 שנים
Girls Without Parents
What Is Happening
What Should I Do?
Living Nightmare
So Now What?
No More Silence
His Masterpiece
Living Nightmare
Online Dangers
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Every Way Imaginable
Unicorns
He was a friend
I Didn’t See It In Time
So Young
Graduation Night
So Many Times
Stepfather
Afraid of the Truth
Scammer
I was 4 yrs old
My husband was molested as a child
Gang Rape
Memories
Abuse Continued
Was led by the quarterback
Ignoring only gets so far
Dear My Rapist
I wish I could change the past
Drunk and taken advantage of
I know when I see a rapist...
Sexual abuse
So Now What?
A Year After
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Unethical or illegal?
Together, We Are Brave
