#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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Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Domestic Rape is Real
Today, I Let It All Go
Victimization
Robbery
“Me too” On Facebook
How I Was Raped
The Course of Seven Years
When I Was 8
He ruined my life
Two Times
I want my innocence back
I know when I see a rapist...
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Rape survivor
A flat tire is a rapist’s opportunity
I Am Finally FREE
raped by my own brother
My First Memory
2 Years Ago
J’avais 13 ans
Set Up
So Much Pain Its Overwhelming
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
Drunken Rape
I was raped last summer
Summer 2019
Letter to…
Family rape
Blamed myself …
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Forest floor
A Lifetime of pain
I’m Not Easy
הטרידו אותי
He Was My Hero
A Child
Torn
Just Words
Nightmare
Raped By Boyfriend
Date Rape
Too Scared to Share With My Family
My Rape Stories
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Sleepraping
Rape by Boyfriend
All Just Too Much
Seis Años
A respectable collegue
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Sexual Abuse
Proud
Grandpa Molested me
Moving On
I didn’t say “no”
The secret
More Than Once
7 Sisters
My First Two Times
Raped by Brother
A night gone wrong
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
A Victim No Longer
my story
My Past
Miss
Twenty Years of Hell
Spoke out and was blamed
Someday Soon
Michael B. raped me
Everyone blames me
Black and Blue
3 Generations
I Am Not Brave
3 Times is Not Charming
Unbelievable
Don’t Know
I’m Disgusted
My Story
Forced, De-flowered
Afraid of Being Judged
My husband raped me when I took...
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I Was Stupid
The Devil You Know
Secret overload
Light In The Dark
Mi Historia
blackmailed
Raped because of who I loved
Will I ever get over it.
So Now What?
A Ruined Life
Rape Is Everywhere
Stress
How Many Times?
College Student
Date Raped When I Was 15
Sexually Assaulted
MS13
@ years of rape and being drugged
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My Friend’s House
Wide awake
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Aftermath
Another kid raped me
I Thought I was Safe
My Story
I am not a rape victim
Pretty Girls
Molested as a Child
People You Do Not Know
How My Life Has Changed
Repressed Memories x3 Abusers
Erase and Rewind
Broken Trust
I don’t know anymore
They Laughed
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
I’m Doing You a Favor
Domestic rape
He Was Saving Me From Me
Attempted Rape
My Strength
Day at the Lake
Too naïve
Raped in the Air Force
אוףףףף
He had my pants down
Was it rape?
It never goes away
Why
Ex-boyfriend rape
Sexual Coercion
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
My Rape
Unicorns
First boyfriend raped me when i was...
De Los 6 a Los 12
The Cliche
Holding My Feelings In
I was drunk
So Now What?
What Happened?
My 19 year old cousin
Freshman Year
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Not Blood Cousins
Careful What You Wish For
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
הסיפור שלי…
Rape
Rape
Time Heals
Ashly’s story
Digging my own grave
Ended in Rape
Incest & Date Rape
After I Was Raped
Unethical or illegal?
LOST
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
The Hole in My Heart
Atlantis
two years ago
I don’t Know, but I Know
Scammer
I should’ve known
13 and Raped
I was raped by a youtube personality...
He WAS a friend
House help and cousin
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Rape By My Husband
I’m Alive
My Brothers Two Best Friends
I Was Only 7
Hidden Emotions
I Never Give Up


