#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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i was pulling my shorts up
He was 15
Innocence Taken
Raped By Boyfriend
Bringing the Stories to Light
A Story Untold
I was 4 yrs old
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
Hard Time
My Husband Was My Attacker
A respectable collegue
Assault at 12 Years by Teacher
Rape & Sexual Assault
My consent is just that…mine
My Only Brother
Not normal
Why Me?
Teatime
Felt safe in my friend group
Say Something
repeatedly
Molestation and Rape Survivor/Warrior
After Wedding
Naive
I Hate My Father
He Was My Best Friend
Raped in the Air Force
Stranger Danger
Love and Forced abortion
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Assault In the Family
First Crush
Out of Control
His Masterpiece
That wasn’t too bad now was it?
Life of Trauma
4 Years Ago
He Took My Virginity
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
Rock It!

A Night I Can’t Remember
Set Up
My Mother was raped and told me...
Girl Raped By a Girl
ללינור היקרה
Raped at 16
What am I doing wrong
אוףףףף
De Los 6 a Los 12
Online Dangers
Child abuse
Years in Denial
It was someone I knew and I...
A young mother
Despedida
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Doctor Nightmares
3 incidents
Darkness With Friends
Not Over It
Locked Up
He was my best friend
Childhood of assault
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My 18th Birthday
Not Sure It Happened
Drugged
Lost Dignity
Rape
Michael B. raped me
Raped at 17
Different face, but the same monster
Still Going
Molested and Confused
To the men who hurt me
#MeToo, too
Lifetime of Abuse
I Didn’t Know What Happened
Just Violated
לא יוצאים מזה…
God Saved Me
My boyfriend of 2 years
06.05.2006
Two Men Lifetimes Apart
Emotional Abuse
The pain that was never mine to...
You Must Acknowledge
Not Really Family
Just Another Night
Virgin Rape
Ashamed
Hidden Emotions
So Now What?
I Was Only 14
You had no rights
Finding Me
His life ended tragically, but my pain...
Why Didn’t You Stop Him?
היי לינור
I can’t remember if I said yes...
Don’t Give Up
