#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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Workplace Sexual Harassment
Drunken Sex or Assault?
Stranger Danger
Obsessed Abusive Ex
Pretty Girls
Too naïve
Raped at 16
It Started With Rape
Unethical or illegal?
Victim No More
Metoo
I don’t know if it’s rape
Unknown
My Story, My Nightmare
Molested
En Enero de 2010
Why Me?
Thank you
Drugged raped and failed by justice
It Happens All Too Often
I Said No
The Beach is Not Safe
Spoke out and was blamed
Impacted Forever
Warrior
Childhood sexual abuse
Thank you
My Story
Third time’s the charm
Had Her Back
Army
Justice
Too drunk to respond
Bitter Ex-Lover
My Brother
ללינור היקרה
Someone so close to me
Happy Birthday
I want to Call it what it...
3 Generations
I like to think I won’t feel...
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Unsure
My Friend
my story
Finding My Voice
School Prom
I’m Disgusted
My Boyfriend Raped Me
April 19th
The Terrible 4
Raped by Him
Diana Oakley’s Story
LOST
My Brave Daughter
Simple games was a way to hide...
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
I Never Give Up

My Year in Hell
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
It was never…..That
17
Confused
Was it rape? Or my fault?
This Is My Story
My Daddy
You Can’t Trust Anyone
I was carrying his daughter.
You were supposed to be my friend
People You Do Not Know
In Korea
I’m Not Easy
Abuse Continued
Bad Date
Him or Me
Afraid of Being Judged
Silenced But Not Forever
Be Strong
Someone You Know
Liar, Liar
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
Overcome It
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
I Was 19
Young and Unaware
My so called “best friend”
Rape in supported accomodation
I Am Brave!
All men are the same
75 Percent Humidity
Birthday Rape
My Daughter’s Rape
גבר אלים וחולני
Sexist Families Leave Girls Vulnerable to Rape
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
Ashly’s story
Resiliency
The Elevator Man
Ready to Share
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My story growing up with a secret
Rape and Not Believed
The Man Who Never Was
Assaulted
A Victim No Longer
Rape
Metoo
Feels like i am drowning
My Story
He Was My Father
I got away
He Was a Family Friend
The Power of Victimization
Shattered
Never Forgotten
Rude awakening
Gang Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Its Got To STOP!
היי לינור
Sex doll
Scared
Way Back in 1973
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Breaking Trust
Why?
My Daughter
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
לא יוצאים מזה…
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Pregnancy
It Happened To Me
intruder
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
I Thought I Could Trust Him
Step Dad
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
הסיפור שלי…
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
Assault
My Journey Back to Life
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Did He Rape My Mind Too
The Man in Uniform
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
April 8th, 2016
Remember as a victim you have done...
Rape
De Los 6 a Los 12
Drug raped
I Thought He Loved Me
Was I Raped?
I am More than a Victim
I Am a Survivor
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
Alcohol
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
Poetry
My Boyfriend
Twice a pattern?
I’m Confused
Not Okay
Can Anyone Help?
Life Is Rough
Perfect on Paper
Forgiving My Rapist
We Were Kids
It’s still happening
Life Changer
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
A respectable collegue
My Story
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
It started with you.
Moving On
How Many Times?
To My Rapist
Rape Is Everywhere
היי
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Breakin Burgler
sexually abused
My Story
Kept From Us
My rape story
So drunk I can’t remember
Sex doll
10 years later I realised
Seis Años
My “Step-father”
But what really happened?
Initiation into adulthood
Why you should talk to your daughters...
I Didn’t Even Know Him
עדיין מציק
My Parents Didnt Do Anything
Four Years Ago
I Was Dating Him
Innocence
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
Not just me
Lasting Effects
To this day I still feel sick…
First Love to Long Term Abuse
Dad Raped Me
My baby girl
Child Molester
Ms.
Motel 6 Nightmare
Confused and Angry
Never Even Knew
Naive College Freshman
Rape Shaming
Fenced In
Raped and Numbed
Ritual Sexual Abuse
14 year old raped at school
Nearly 50 years later
4 Years Ago
My story growing up with a secret
I’ve survived sexual abuse
In The Concrete Jungle
Used
The Statistics that Changed Me
No
Multiple Hurt
Mi Esposa
לפני 14 שנים
I Thought I was Safe
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
I Was Only 7
Male dancer
Blamed myself …
I thought he liked me
David and Goliath
We met at the bar
You Must Acknowledge
…
Fled the Country
Smoke Together
A Journal of a Wayward Child
My Modeling Experience
My Side
High School
Did He Rape Me?
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
7 years and it still controls me
Six months in the making..
Rape & Sexual Assault
Date Rape
Fiance Father of my Child
I Thought It Was Normal
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
It’s OK
J’avais 13 ans
The cycle
In Denial of My Rape
He Never Apologized
My Two Cents
i was pulling my shorts up
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Just Another Night
Hateful
Naive girl
Just Words
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Sexually assulted by coworker
Breaking the Silence
4 Years Ago
Summer 2019
Family
I did Not need to know this
Forced, De-flowered
Raped at the age of 16
I know when I see a rapist...
“Me too” On Facebook
Rape and Crisis
He was jealous of my new friend
Black and Blue
Despedida
3 years on
Erase and Rewind
Rape
Cavemen
So Now What?
Sexual Abuse
The Night That Changed My Life
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Letter to my offender part 2
Abused By My Father
Freshman Year
Bringing the Stories to Light
Date Rape
Christmas Horror
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
My Brother
True View
Sexual Assault Survival
Mine Was Different
Never Be the Same Again
Touched by a Man I Didn’t Know
Spring Break
Losing my virginity
Myself
We Stand Together
Abused since I was young
I didn’t think she would do this....
Breaking the Silence
