#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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MST
my toxic relationship
Sexual abuse
After I Was Raped
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Erase and Rewind
I Think I Was Raped
Hospitalized
Child abuse 9yo now 45 yo never...
Okay, Not Okay
Not all friends are true
First Crush
A Fun Night
Male dancer
Date rape
Something I’ve Never Shared
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Survivor

Summer 2019
Emotional Abuse
Childhood of assault
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
Too Young
No Stranger
Proud
Six months in the making..
לפני 14 שנים
“Me too” On Facebook
Letter to…
Sex doll
I Was Manipulated
Ketamine Rape
God Saved Me
היי לינור
Attempt to Rape
Sexual Coercion
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
He Was My Best Friend
Incest abuse
I think I was raped
I was 11
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Brave
Naïve
All Rape Is Legitimate Rape
Raped By My Father
Too Close for Comfort
First Frat Party
Welcome To Adulthood
I was used. I got left. I...
Brother & Sister
Rape
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
My Abusers
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
College Rape
Today, I Let It All Go
Dear Coward
raped by my own brother
My story!
Unethical or illegal?
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Boyfriend Hell
LOST
It wasn’t my fault
De Los 6 a Los 12
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
My Story of Rape
I should have STOPPED
My Childhood
Just little girls
I’m Confused
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Who Is To Blame?
Raped in College
Rape
repeatedly
Still Need Help
Erased From Memory
Unsure
En Enero de 2010
One in Four
Unlucky
How can we make it stop?
My Rape Story
Drunken Rape
He WAS a friend
Locked Up
Did He Rape My Mind Too
Only Six
7th Grade Assault
Drugged and Gang Raped
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Rape Girl
Sophomore Year College
Scammer
Shame
When will it be enough?
Ex-Boyfriend
Scared and Confused
Breakin Burgler
Glitter Girl, Gone.
No One Believes Me
Un-Silenced
Lost Soul
Mi Esposa
Male dancer
כמוני כמוך
The Cliche
Family Rape
Myself
Too Young and Unsure
My Family My Love
When will it be enough?
Stand Strong
Not Remembering
Sexually abused by a 11/12 girl
It Happened More Than Once
Not safe in my own skin
Stronger Than You Think
He Was a Friend
The same guy
Betrayed By My Own Mind
Stress
I Need to Tell Someone
Still Can’t Believe It
It had to be my fault.
Rape
The Statistics that Changed Me
My best friend
So Now What?
Was it my fault
Inspired
Chaos
Neglected
Is It Really Rape?
He used me. He left me.
They Laughed
Lost Soul
אוףףףף
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Rape
Army
My Own Sister
I didn’t enderstand what was happening
I should have STOPPED
Too naïve
Rape
Young and Unaware
הטרידו אותי
Remember November
Raped by jail guard
Continue to Survive
Poetry
Why: A Poem About My Rape
Breaking the Trust
incest
Denial
Spousal Rape
Stockholm
Date Rape
Atlantis
Lost Dignity
A respectable collegue
So Many Times
I don’t know anymore
My dad
Bringing the Stories to Light
הסיפור שלי…
Ashly’s story
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Date Rape
To my best friend who raped me
לא יוצאים מזה…
16 times
Rape Shaming
dad and mom rape
Raped in College
Molestation
My story growing up with a secret
When I Was 7
Was it rape? Or my fault?
Child Molestation
It was never…..That
A young mother
Grooming
היי
No Justice
I know when I see a rapist...
Our Corrupted Country
Nearly 50 years later
I Trusted Him
What Should I Do?
Black Out
Raped by my Stepfather
Raped By Boyfriend
More Than Once
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
My message to all
I still see him on campus
Healing and releasing painful memories
16 times
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Unhealthy Relationship
When I Was 16
Spoke out and was blamed
A Long Healing Process
Lightening Does Strike Twice
One Day At a Time
עדיין מציק
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Just Words
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Not Over It
My Life Destroyed in 5 Minutes
Sexually assaulted at 4
Darkness With Friends
Seis Años
Raped
My Multiple-Offender Rape
So drunk I can’t remember
Army
He Was a Cop
Alcohol
Dirty Whore
Who Is To Blame?
f*ck you
He Was My Father
Mi Historia
Be Strong
Raped At 15
לפני 14 שנים
Why me?
Trader Joes
Raped at 16
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
High School Rape
גבר אלים וחולני
I Was Only 7
Rape
High School Orientation
The Life I Live
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
My Rape Stories
7 years and it still controls me
I Was Just A Baby
Don’t Give Up

I Said No
I am a Survivor
My First Boyfriend
Spring Break
My Father’s Funeral
Sharing again
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Raped By My Brother
In 1978
Being Done
Childhood Friend Date Rape
I Saved Myself
Safe Isn’t Always What We Believe
my story
Is There Still Hope
My Rape
Despedida
My stepfather
My Story
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My little girl
Why Me?
I Recorded my Rapist
I thought he was a brother
Felt safe in my friend group
More Than Half of My Life Ago
My Daughter and I Both
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
Raped in the Air Force
Prisoner of Love
An Intruder
Another kid raped me
I Trusted Him
Childhood of assault
Am i being raped?
Politeness Serves No One
Breaking the Silence

Convincing Myself
Molested
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Lying Child Molester
My Fears Do Not Define Me
Life and Death
Marital Rape
Mental Breakdown
My Boyfriend
My survival story
A Meek Young Girl
My teacher and my step-brother
I didn’t know what to do
My Story
Dating & Relatives
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
Braver

