#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 Being Considered a “Joke”
Drugged
I Was Prepared
A Week Before 18th Birthday
11 Years to Justice
Spoke out and was blamed
I Am Not Brave
Him or Me
Those 8 hours
Seis Años
I Don’t Trust My Father
Date Raped
I Was Only 7
Third time’s the charm
Child sexual abuse
Dream / Recall
A Voice to be Heard
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
So Now What?
True View
My Story
I Trusted Him
I didn’t think she would do this
I was sexually assaulted
Prom Night
Army
Unethical or illegal?
Unicorns
Unknown Abuse by Biological Father
Despedida
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Trying To Help
My story and this amazing documentary film
Drugged and Raped
Online dating
Never Even Knew
So drunk I can’t remember
My Snowball Effect
Myself
If I Were Stronger Then
Raped
Healing and releasing painful memories
Blackout
Sleep Over
It was in a society that told...
Rape By Unknown
When does it end?
En Enero de 2010
Sex doll
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Raped because of who I loved
My story
It Was My Mom
A Private College; A Private Rape
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Hope for Healing
My Story
Warning
De Los 6 a Los 12
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
How My Life Has Changed
Memories
היי
An older cousin
Mi Historia
Summer 2019
First Crush
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Married to Abuser
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
Beyond a story
Consent, control and consequences
Brothers
The Worst Relationship
Speaking Up for Women
Drunken rape
Denial
He Was a Cop
Am I really that broken?
Mistaken Identity
Scars
Knowledge is Power
Do you believe me?
לפני 14 שנים
Paris Nightmare
Raped by my ex-boyfriend
Thank you
University Bar
Molested as a Child
Erase and Rewind
We go to the same church
Rape
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
I Thought They Cared About Me
Trader Joes
My Fight
Childhood/teenage sexually abuse
Love and Forced abortion
Date Rape
I thought you loved me
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Just a Child
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Warning
Deceit of family friend
Domestic Rape is Real
Frozen in fear
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Rock It!

Touched by my cousin
Ending Misogyny
Raped in the Air Force
Need help
Our Corrupted Country
Lasting Effects
Supporting Sisters
The Night That Changed My Life
Speaking Up for Women
Another kid raped me
James
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Ex-Boyfriend
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
I “needed” to do this!
I thought he was my friend
An Acquaintance
He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
Betrayed By My Husband
I Thought He Loved Me
It Started With Rape
With Love
April 8th, 2016
Being Done
Assaulted
כמוני כמוך
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
lucky
Ignored For a Lifetime
Was it rape?
Still Can’t Believe It
I Really Want To Forget About It
Thank you
I Barely Knew Them
Raped and Never Forgotten
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
Rape survivor
My Nightmare
I Pretend Like I Don’t Remember…But I...
School Rape
Rape
Birthday Rape
Raped After Work
There are a lot of assholes on...
Four years later
First Frat Party
Marital Rape
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
Liberating Moment
Raped
Married My Rapist
Date Rape Drug
The Statistics that Changed Me
Katie Jones
Mine Was Different
Lost In Time
Football Player
Surpris à la Maison
לא יוצאים מזה…
Drunken Rape
Thank you for being LOUD!
Raped by my boyfriend
Raped by a work colleague
Hidden Emotions
Can I Call It Rape?
Sexual Abuse
Raped by Him
First boyfriend raped me when i was...
The Park
I Was Only 7
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
I was raped
I Was 9
Multiple Times
My Daughter
הטרידו אותי
Cafeteria Food
Perfect on Paper
Unbelievable
Just Me………
A respectable collegue
Hateful
I Trusted Him
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
My Brave Daughter
Online Dangers
Sexual Coercion
A Survivor, Not a Victim
I Thought I Was Safe
Love of My Life?
Raped because of who I loved
Mi Esposa
My Father
הסיפור שלי…
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
My Journey Back to Life
J’avais 13 ans
Blaming Myself
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
אוףףףף
Broken Hearted
I Am Finally FREE
Happy Birthday
Salted Wound
Blamed Myself
My message to all
I Said No
Raped
A Night To Remember
Piece
What Happened?
I Didn’t Even Know
Childhood of assault
עדיין מציק
I didn’t fight back.
Freshman Year
He took away my innocence
Is There Still Hope
Not all friends are true
I Slept Next to Him
Too naïve
I Thought He Loved Me
A sociopath in disguise
I Remember Being Happy
It’s A Long Story
1 hour 3 days
Rape
My story growing up with a secret
Remember November
היי לינור
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My Brother
The First Man Who Broke My Heart
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
I was assaulted twice at the same...
sexually abused
I know when I see a rapist...
Sexual Assault
Bus Ride
Ignored
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
It Was the Second
I did Not need to know this
Lost My Virginity In Rape By Jehovah’s...
Why Me?
A Silent Fighter
He said he’d never do it again
Twenty Years of Hell
I Told Him No
Losing my virginity
Raped by Abusive Husband
LOST
Raped in College
I thought he was a friend
I didn’t break up with him back...
Protecting My Predator
When I Was 8 Years Old
3 years on
Date Rape
I Am More Than It
Suffered and Survived
Warrior
my story
My Multiple-Offender Rape
Worthless
Does the pain ever go away?
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
It was my ex boyfriend
Just Words
Once Again
Aftermath
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Feeling weak
You Didn’t Break Me
Sexually Assaulted or Not?
Just Violated
7 years and it still controls me
Domestic Rape
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
The Loss of My Childhood
Ms.
A Difference Perspective
Six Year Old’s Point of View
After I Was Raped
High School Orientation
Identity?
I was 17 and survived
What Is Success?
I thought I trusted them
So Long Ago But Still With Me
Alcohol
It can happen to boys too!
Male dancer
Braver

