#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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I don’t know anymore
My Story
Set Up
Surviving Sexual Abuse: A Childhood Story
A Victim No Longer
4 Years Ago
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Heart broken
I thought it was my fault
Nightmare
Too naïve
High School Rape
Breaking the Silence

Raped by best friend’s boyfriend
Prey
7 years and it still controls me
Spoke out and was blamed
Now I Understand My Husband
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
My rape story
My Step Brother
13 & Alone
LOST
היי לינור
Not Sure It Happened
Army
Childhood trauma and overcoming it
Two Friends and Two Boys
my story
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
The Man Who Never Was
An Embarrassing Situation
Started At 12…
God Saved Me
En Enero de 2010
He was jealous of my new friend
That One Night
Gang Rape
It Started With Rape
I Was Only 7
Three Times in a Row
היי
I Need to Tell Someone
Metoo
Raped by Abusive Husband
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Started With My Father
My Rape
What’s Done Is Done
Stupid Coward
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Bus Ride
גבר אלים וחולני
Seis Años
Sex doll
Multiple Assaults
Lying Child Molester
I Never Thought
I thought he was a brother
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I Thought He Loved Me
Struggling to Survive
Fraternity gang rape
16 times
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Naive and Raped at 15
Ketamine Rape
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
He took everything
Raped in my own bed
Girl Raped By a Girl
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
f*ck you
Survivor
