#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/our German “Weinstein” Case
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
Rape
Molested as a Child
Not Remembering
One Bad Decision
Left Me In Pieces
My childhood was living hell
I know when I see a rapist...
I was a child
First Time
Assaulted
It Happens All Too Often
Politeness Serves No One
Rape by Boyfriend
Someone I should be able to trust
Incest
I Was 3 Years Old
Just Friends
Trying To Help
I was 14
The First Time
A Different MeToo
Unethical or illegal?
It was never…..That
Where did I go?
These Men are More Protected Than We...
The First Time
Sexual Abuse
Politeness Serves No One
Shattered Childhood
My Only Brother
I was assaulted twice at the same...
I let it happen twice
Being Raped
Finally Arrested
7 years and it still controls me
Start of grooming at 15
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Drugged
My Fight
When I Was 7
David and Goliath
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
i said yes but i really meant...
I am a Rape Survivor
Repressed Memory
Justice
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
Brother in Law
Freshman Year
Rape without remorse
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Wanted Love But Got Rape
ללינור היקרה
In Denial of My Rape
I Thought I Knew Hi
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
My First Boyfriend
A Ride Home
I Thought I was Safe
Hurt and Anger
Another poem about a not so perfect...
Army
My Journey Back to Life
Raped by my step fathers
Employer rape
Was it my fault?
Why Me?
Confused
Drunken rape
Myself
Molest
Nightmare
Ms.
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
Not Remembering
Third time’s the charm
His Masterpiece
Raped in the Air Force
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
אוףףףף
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
A Memory That Came Back
Spousal Rape
I guess it was rape
Last Party
I said no
היי לינור
BFF’s Husband
25 years of fear
Sexual Abuse
When I Was 8
Friends?
2-4 am on January 15th
The Boys Club Continues
The Trauma That Made Me
My survival story
No Comfort
The Party
I Thought I was Safe
I Was Only 7
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
De Los 6 a Los 12
Only 12
Sexual Coercion
Memories
I was 13
Third time’s the charm
Fear
How Many Times?
I still see him on campus
My First Two Times
עדיין מציק
My Own Brother
Sex doll
Childhood Horror
Too naïve
lucky
Prisoner of Love
כמוני כמוך
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
I Was 19
Everyone loves him
No Stranger
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Only Six
Mistaken Identity
Betrayed By a Loved One
A respectable collegue
Spoke out and was blamed
Two Friends and Two Boys
Sexual abuse by brother
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Dating For 10 Months When…
My Boss Raped Me
Did I ask for it?
עדיין מציק
A story of a not so perfect...
Being Molested as a Young Boy
A Man I Looked To As A...
Rape Survivor
Naive
I Was 19
I Thought I Knew Him
Effort To Survive
Shelter My Soul
Don’t Be Me
Why does this keep happening to me?
Friend?
Unsure
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
3 Generations
Thank you for being LOUD!
#IStandWithHer
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Living Nightmare
“No” is Universal
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
היי
Date Raped at 19
לפני 14 שנים
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Betrayed By My Own Mind
Despedida
A Fun Game
I just realized this today.
Proud
“No” is Universal
We Need Peace Too
Mistaken Identity
Braver

