#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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Too drunk to respond
Raped because of who I loved
Just Another Night
Child Rape
Multiple Sexual Assaults
I dont know what to call it
Respect
Blackout
Sexual Assault Survival
Summer 2019
Rape
I’m Confused
Childhood trauma
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
I thought he was a friend
גבר אלים וחולני
When I Was Three
In Denial of My Rape
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
“No” is Universal
Family members ex husband
My experience as an intern in highschool
Fear
Me and my Best Friend
הסיפור שלי…
This Is My Story
Justice
Night of Psychedelic Horror
College Student
Molested
Was it rape?
Bringing the Stories to Light
Date Rape Drug
Politeness Serves No One
Broken
Molested by Cousin
Strength to Speak Out
Liar, Liar
I am More than a Victim
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Under Age drinking
The Statistics that Changed Me
Too naïve
A Part of My Twenties
Unethical or illegal?
School Bathroom
Just Words
Help…
My Daughter
Date Rape Drug
Does the pain ever go away?
First College Party
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
Raped By Family
En Enero de 2010
My Side
I was a victim of serious child...
They asked if I was lying
25 years of fear
Resilience
silent rape
Raped in the Air Force
Years in Denial
Still Affected
Smoke Together
Grandpa Molested me
I Was a Fool for Him
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Seis Años
I was just 9.
Spousal Rape
7th Grade Assault
I want to be better
It Started With Date Rape
Too drunk to respond
The Girl Who Went To College
Does the pain ever go away?
Was I Raped?
I Will Never Forget
Not Real Rape
Dating For 10 Months When…
Was It Rape?
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My Friend
So drunk I can’t remember
Mi Esposa
Army
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
3 incidents
Tormented
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
I know when I see a rapist...
It Can Happen To Anyone
innocent
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Ketamine Rape
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Never Be the Same Again
My Best Friend
He Was My Boss
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I Didn’t See It In Time
No one owns your story but you
Spoke out and was blamed
Identity?
Constant fear
Twice
Childhood rape
I’m Disgusted
One in Four
My Story
Its Got To STOP!
Brock and Will
Raped in my Hostel
I don’t know if I was raped
My Secret
Survivor
Do NOT Trust Strangers
He Was My Boyfriend
Never Even Knew
Sexual Abuse
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
April 19th
Alcohol
Stronger Than You Think
Shelter My Soul
Employer rape
Letter to…
Returning to Mexico
Childhood Abuse
Halloween 2014
Incest
At 13
Myself
My Fight
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
A young mother
I Choose Hope

Raped and Molested
Love and Forced abortion
My story growing up with a secret
Survivor of COCSA
Raped, Adopted, Raped Again
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
Off My Shoulders
Perfect on Paper
Ride from the Concert
Hidden Emotions
…
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Warning
Male dancer
The Day Everything Changed
Useless tears
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
My year abroad
My Rape Stories
Trapped
Not Really Family
Quiet for 2 years
Child sexual abuse
April 8th, 2016
I’m Still Here… Wish For Peace
After 14 Years
#IAmBrave and together, #WeAreStrong
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Broken Hearted
My Story
ללינור היקרה
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Finding My Voice
Young and Unaware
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Halloween Nightmare
Rape and the Aftermath
My Rape
A respectable collegue
Sex doll
Victimization
Rape
He ruined my life
I was raped
I Blame Myself
With Love
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
The Course of Seven Years
Out of Control
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
To the men who hurt me
A Message from the Director
Rape
Cousin’s Sexual Abuse
My story
He Lied
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
Ripped Me Apart
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
My Story of a Gang Rape
Violated
Co-worker
April 2015
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Babysitter Abuse
Fraternity gang rape
He Was My Father
A Private College; A Private Rape
James
A Cruel Time To Prevail
Incest
Survivor #metoo
My Date Rape Story
Bleeding Through My Tears
I Don’t Trust My Father
my story-and where i “took it”…
Multiple Rapes
My Ongoing Journey
Child rape
Raped by my Step Brother
Domestic Abuse
First Love to Long Term Abuse
Growing Past Just Surviving
I Was Only 7
I Was Just a Dancer
Say Something
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
College Student
Childhood Trauma
No Justice
10 years later I realised
Confusion
#MeToo 5 years later…
5th Grade
raped by my own brother
So Many Times
I’m Not Sure
Why Me?
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Football Player
i was a child.
I Lost My Virginity
היי
It Was the Second
Narcissistic Ex
Erase and Rewind
Survivor

Happy Birthday
Rape
The First Time
I Was Dating Him
My Boyfriend
Weak
Twenty Years of Hell
Proof, but no Witnesses
Ms.
My Best Friend’s Brother
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
It wasn’t my fault
Miss
Started With My Father
Does the pain ever go away?
My Modeling Experience
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Mental Breakdown
Raped by ex boyfriend
Help
I think my “boyfriend” raped me
הטרידו אותי
Family Secrets
3 Times is Not Charming
Molested by my cousin
I wish she wouldve helped me
Sexual abuse by brother
Rape Is Everywhere
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Was it Really Rape
לא יוצאים מזה…
אוףףףף
Today, I Let It All Go
Boyfriend Forcefully Sodomized Me
In Front of My Girls
They thought it was fun
My Story
Rock It!


