#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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Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
First Frat Party
NYC Vacation
They Blamed it on the Tequila
Memories
Almost Raped
#IStandWithHer
Raped
Nearly 50 years later
Mrs
So Many Times
My first love
I Am a Survivor…
I Was Only 7
The One I Trusted
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
My 21st Birthday
Alone and Afraid
Proof, but no Witnesses
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
I Am Still Standing
Finally facing it
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Unethical or illegal?
Restoring Innocence
I was 5.
Too naïve
Mi Esposa
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
You’re a Rapist
Raped By My Therapist
He Stole Something From Me
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
Was it Really Rape
What’s Done Is Done
Male dancer
My protector, my father, my rapist all...
A Lifetime of pain
Does “No” mean nothing?
incest
Sex doll
Survivor, Still Struggling
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
What Is Success?
En Enero de 2010
Forever Silent
You Must Acknowledge
My Own Brother
A young mother
a shattered girl and her dreams restored
Too naïve
Young and Innocent
25 years of fear
Deacon abused for reporting
A Man I Looked To As A...
I Am A Survivor
I can’t remember before it started
Ended in Rape
Boyfriend Hell
גבר אלים וחולני
In-Between Times
I still don’t know what happened
A person to trust became my worst...
The Guy I Trusted
Them
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
I was 17 and survived
Why
Myself
יש חיים אחרי אונס
היי
So drunk I can’t remember
It Started with my Brother
Rape By Unknown
silent rape
His Charming Ways
My Brother’s Best Friend
My Side
Blindsided
You Can’t Trust Anyone
How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
Never Again
Mistaken Identity
Halloween 2014
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
לא יוצאים מזה…
My Friend’s Ex-Boyfriend
Raped at the Air Force Academy
You’re a Rapist
Undertones Throughout My Life
A Meek Young Girl
I Hate My Father
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Blackout
Infatuation
Chiropractor
I finally said NO
Panic Attack
Childhood of assault
My Rape
הטרידו אותי
Beyond a story
When All Hope is Gone
היי לינור
Confused by Rape
How My Life Has Changed
A respectable collegue
Miss
Spoke out and was blamed
3x
Scared to close my eyes
Victimization
College Campus Rape
כמוני כמוך
Perfect on Paper
Thank you
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
En Enero de 2010
Attempted Rape
The Devil You Know
Sexual Abuse
Liar, Liar
Gang rape
Prom Night
Night Out
Disappointed
I was just 9.
His Masterpiece
I was sold to a pedophile
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Bringing the Stories to Light
A Stong Woman
Roommates
He Never Apologized
Your First
I Did NOT Get Justice But I...
Rape or Not?
Still Going
Thank You
Wanted Love But Got Rape
Hostage
I Thought He Loved Me
Help!! What Can I Do?
Shame
Tattoo Artist
Effort To Survive
My Ex-husband
Letter to…
Everyone loves him
Gang Rape
Justice
f*ck you
Raped and Molested
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
עדיין מציק
When I Was 8
2-4 am on January 15th
STRONG
Drugged
Childhood Horror
Shelter My Soul
Daycare friend
Sexual Abuse
I don’t know what to think
My Ongoing Journey
He was supposed to be a friend
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
What Happened?
Be Aware
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Glitter Girl, Gone.
What Is Success?
Worst Day Ever
Rape
Breaking the Silence
J’avais 13 ans
Mother and Son
The Time I Was Raped
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Family members ex husband
More Than Once
High School Orientation
Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
Who is Responsible?
Finally Using My Voice
It’s Hard But It Gets Better
Ms.
Rape By My Husband
Why Me Over and Over?
Too naïve
They thought it was fun
Finally Sharing
My Only Brother
Summer 2019
dad and mom rape
I Don’t Know My Story
Couch Surfing
Lost in Europe
My story growing up with a secret
הסיפור שלי…
Family
Once Again
I don’t Know, but I Know
Raped by Him
Me too.
Rape
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Freshman Year
Lied to left brain damged
A Life of Pain
Rape
Does the pain ever go away?
Raped After School
Spring Break Nightmare
My story growing up with a secret
The Night That Changed My Life
My husband raped me when I took...
No Stranger
Raped by Him
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Rape
Rape Is Everywhere
I was a victim of serious child...
An Intruder
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
My best friend
Not normal
Date Rape
Blamed myself …
Army
Light In The Dark
my story
5 Years On
Wide awake
Pretty Girls
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Rape inside marriage is still rape…
Cousin’s Sexual Abuse
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
13 & Alone
Was It Rape
Lessons I’m Learning Late in Life
17
Hostage
Used
Childhood Abuse
A Fun Game
Sexist Families Leave Girls Vulnerable to Rape
Not all friends are true
I Too Was Raped
5
The Statistics that Changed Me
The Park
Frozen in fear
Scared Like Crazy
Broken Homes, Broken Families
Family
Seis Años
4th grade
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I just wanted to give him a...
I Thought I Knew Hi
Don’t Walk By Yourself
God Saved Me
The Cliche
Long way back
I thought we were friends
My Life History
Being Done
Life of Trauma
Miss
Today, I Let It All Go
Molested
Forgiving The Rapist
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
November ’08
Darkness With Friends
Ashamed
Salted Wound
I Choose Hope

