#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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Rape Shaming
Spring Break
Wanted Love But Got Rape
ללינור היקרה
Running With Bare Feet
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
The Day I Was Raped
Drugged
The Devil You Know
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
Domestic rape
Was I Raped?
So Now What?
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Not A Trustworthy Man
Molestation
42 Years Old
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Ms.
I Didn’t See It In Time
That wasn’t too bad now was it?
Abuse Continued
Sex doll
Not just me
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
my story
Molested
He Was A Police Officer
Moving on Alone from Rape
I Kept Saying No
3 Different Times
Once Again
Raped by a so called friend
My story
I know when I see a rapist...
Raped and Never Forgotten
A young mother
My Best Friend
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Pretty Girls
Didn’t Know I Had Been Raped
LOST
It Was the Second
Was it rape? Or my fault?
Two times. One year.
Mi Historia
I Was Told It Was Normal
2-4 am on January 15th
Too naïve
Who Is To Blame?
Playing House
Violent Rape
Forever Silent
Myself
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Cousin Rape
A Survivor, Not a Victim
Unethical or illegal?
My Step Brother Raped Me
I Didn’t Even Know
I still feel like it’s my fault
Black and Blue
Cavemen
When Is Rape Actually Rape?
The Mailman Raped Me
Raped by ex boyfriend
5
Secrets
Football Player
The Story Of Two Rapes
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Because of You
Twenty Years of Hell
לא יוצאים מזה…
University Bar
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Blaming Myself
My best friend
Is It Really Rape?
Scared and Confused
Abusive Relationship
A Week Before 18th Birthday
Speaking Up for Women
Naive College Freshman
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Obsessed Abusive Ex
The Night It All Changed
I was 17 and survived
It’s my fault
My Army Fiance
Worst pain of my life
Surviving sexual assault trauma
Love of My Life?
I’m Only Stronger
Halting The Pain
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Losing Myself
The children are the priority here
Not Blood Cousins
Family
I Thought I Knew Hi
3x
Nothing Feels Beautiful Anymore
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
Every Way Imaginable
raped and isolated
Raped in the Air Force
my story
Sexual Abuse
J’avais 13 ans
I’ve survived sexual abuse
I regret not telling
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Feeling weak
Not all friends are true
Dirty Whore
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
First College Party
Victim of Abuse
Rape
When I Was 7
lucky
Seis Años
Rape by Boyfriend
Hateful
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
I Thought I Knew Hi
Only I get to make choices for...
Married My Rapist
Not all friends are true
Raped in College
Despedida
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
How I Was Raped
Michelle Johnston
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Four Years Ago
So drunk I can’t remember
Thank you
Sexual Assualt Overseas
PART 4: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
לפני 14 שנים
Black and Blue
I trusted him
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
He Was a Family Friend
Forever Changed
I was raped and didn’t know
He ruined my life
Initiation into adulthood
Blamed myself …
I don’t know anymore
Glad To Say I’m A Survivor
Playing House
An Amazing Woman
Out of Control
My posting
When I Was 4
Resiliency
My stepfather raped me
Let Down
What Is Success?
40 years
A Fun Night
My step dad raped me
Was It My Fault?
A Child
I don’t Know, but I Know
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
High School Orientation
The pain that was never mine to...
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
New Year’s Eve Party
Trapped
No Longer Keeping the Peace
Drugged and Gang Raped
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Just Words
My Boss Raped Me
The First Time
The Devil You Know
It wasn’t my fault
It Happened More Than Once
Is this normal?
My Evil Brother
היי לינור
Freshman Year
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
My story
A Letter to My Rapist
Enough Is Enough
I Feel So Betrayed
Workplace Sexual Harassment
The Stepmonster
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
My childhood
Childhood Rape
היי
I Choose Hope

Raped and Numbed
הטרידו אותי
You Were My Brother’s Best Friend
ללינור היקרה
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Being Molested as a Young Boy
עדיין מציק
Different face, but the same monster
Thank you
In-Between Times
We met at the bar
Shelter My Soul
My consent is just that…mine
My Life in Foster Care
I was just 9.
אוףףףף
The Same Effect
No Justice
Kidnapped
Rape
This Is My Story
Don’t Want to Admit It
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Dad Raped Me
I Thought I Was Safe
I Was Prepared
Male dancer
I didn’t fight back.
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
גבר אלים וחולני
Did He Rape Me?
Locked Up
my grandmas friend’s son raped me
My story growing up with a secret
A respectable collegue
Army
I Was a Fool for Him
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
Its Got To STOP!
The Statistics that Changed Me
It Was the Second
J’avais 13 ans
They will never know what they did...
כמוני כמוך
House help and cousin
Summer 2019
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Black and Blue
Childhood Abuse
Fraternity Men
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Why Me Over and Over?
A sociopath in disguise
An Uber Driver Raped Me
De Los 6 a Los 12
My Army Fiance
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Rape inside marriage is still rape…
Fishing Trips
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Raped as a Young Boy
Realization of Rape
Katie Jones
Aftermath
New Years Eve
Family Member
Amber’s Story
Freshman Year
Assault?
My Rape
I Was Only 7
Just Friends
My story
i was a child.
Raped at the Air Force Academy
You Must Acknowledge
Not friends
Child abuse 9yo now 45 yo never...
“Me too” On Facebook
Help
Supposed to be the Best Day of...
My story!
Broken down car
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
Afraid of Being Judged
Nothing for Nothing
I was just 9.
Alcohol
Relationship does not equal consent
Spoke out and was blamed
My Friend
17
Why I Am The Way I Am
I Am Brave
