#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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My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
The Night That Changed My Life
Restoring Innocence
My 21st Birthday
I wish I could change the past
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Set Up
High School Rape
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Dream / Recall
My Horrific Nightmare
Gang rape and further sexual assaults
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
November ’08
3 incidents
I thought he was a brother
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
Spoke out and was blamed
The Little Girl in Green and Blue...
I Don’t Even Know His Name
Male dancer
Alcohol
My Story
The Elevator Man
The Statistics that Changed Me
I was 17 and survived
My Rape Stories
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
The Guy I Trusted
Daycare
Incest
My Story
He used me. He left me.
My Two Rapes
I Thought I Knew Hi
Struggling to Survive
My Best Friend
I Feel So Betrayed
Everyone blames me
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
Say Something
Black and Blue
I Was Manipulated
16 Years Later
Not friends
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Revelations
An Unknown Face & Hands
Wanted Love But Got Rape
I finally said NO
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
עדיין מציק
When does it get easier?
Raped in Milan
Raped more than once
Survivor, Still Struggling
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
My Army Fiance
Raped because of who I loved
Confused
I’m tired of hiding what you did
After I Was Raped
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Rape Shaming
Date rape
Sex doll
Mistaken Identity
My experience as an intern in highschool
I Remember Being Happy
Flashbacks
היי
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Beyond a story
I Said No
Teatime
Summer 2019
My best friend
Naive and Raped at 15
Marital Rape
I Trusted Him
If I Were Stronger Then
I thought you loved me
Date gone wrong
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
Family Ties
My Journey Back to Life
הסיפור שלי…
My Two Cents
Ignoring only gets so far
1 in 5
A story of a not so perfect...
I didn’t know
Not Sure It Happened
Piece
Im 16
It Started With Date Rape
MY Inspirational Story
my story
Letter to My Rapist
Being Done
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Daycare Teacher
He had my pants down
Raped and Abused
A Lifetime
When will it be enough?
Family Rape
Hotel
Sexist Families Leave Girls Vulnerable to Rape
College Student
Still Carry the Anger
I Didn’t Know What Happened
Molested as a Child
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Nightmare
Healing
I was attacked at 19 years old
Raped by my boyfriend
We met at the bar
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Still Unable to Tell People
Raped Multiple Times
A respectable collegue
Repeat Offender
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
I know when I see a rapist...
Confusion
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Childhood Trama
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
Rape
LOST
Life of Trauma
Myself
כמוני כמוך
Once? Twice? Five Times?
How Could It Have Happened
15
Sexual Assault at 11
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
הטרידו אותי
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Touched
Sexual Assault
Miss
In Korea
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
In NYC
Too naïve
Not Remembering
Online dating
“My Rape” at University
Just Hanging Out
40 years
It never stopped
Shame
Shelter My Soul
Why Me Over and Over?
I thought it was my fault
I still hate him
I was 13
My Mom
De Los 6 a Los 12
Violent Rape
Confused
Life Spiraled
Father Figure
My Story, My Nightmare
לפני 14 שנים
גבר אלים וחולני
I Woke Up In The Tub
Unethical or illegal?
Friends are sharing
Just Words
היי לינור
Love of My Life?
I Was Only 7
You are going to show me how...
Sexual Abuse
Step Daddy
Warrior
Raped By My Brother
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Ms.
Disappointed
Read This Please
I Choose Hope

It Wasn’t Love
He Was A Police Officer
Heavy Is The Head
I Just Started High School
A Family Affair
Stolen Innocence
When I Was 7
Raped by my Stepfather
I was raped by my step dad
Was It My Fault?
I Feel So Betrayed
Not A Trustworthy Man
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
My Best Friend’s Brother
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Long way back
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I lost all the important people in...
Convincing Myself
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
1990
Coercion is never consent
Spoke out and was blamed
First Frat Party
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
An older, popular boy
A Ride Home
Rape
Him or Me
I Barely Knew Them
It’s still happening
Weak
Erase and Rewind
I am a survivor
Rape
Thank you
It Was the Second
“I should do this more often”
Mi Esposa
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Broken down car
was raped and I don’t remember it
Seis Años
My Mother’s Albatross
He Loved Me
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
Shelter My Soul
Drunken Rape
First Crush
Help
Together, We Are Brave
