#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
Scared and Confused
Holiday Rape
When All Hope is Gone
I Was Only 7
In the Hospital
I will never forget
Too Many Times
Raped 14 times in 1 year
גבר אלים וחולני
Years in Denial
הסיפור שלי…
Politeness Serves No One
Family Ties
Am I Over Reacting?
The Summer of 2013
My Father
Males can be victims too
So Long Ago
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
When does it end?
Fishing Trips
Once Again
Life of Trauma
I Am Brave

My First Boyfriend
Innocence Taken
My Husband Set Me Up!
Trauma
Raped at the Air Force Academy
#IStandWithHer
Step Dad
I was a raped by a couple...
Rape in my locked home
Bad Programming
Remember November
More Than Once
sexual assault
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Respect
I blamed myself for so long
I was very dumb.
Army
That One Night
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
Metoo
Males are Victims Too
MS13
Mi Esposa
College Professor
Raped by boyfriend
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Finally Healing
Trauma
Wide awake
Quiet for 2 years
Afraid of the Truth
My Mother’s Life Partner Sexually Harrased Me...
היי
An Embarrassing Situation
Frozen in fear
The Night That Changed My World
A Long Healing Process
Sexual Abuse
Date Rape
Surviving, Kinda
Despedida
I didn’t say no
It had to be my fault.
An Abnormal Reaction
I still feel “crazy”
Secret Sorrow
It’s A Long Story
I regret not telling
If I Were Stronger Then
Childhood rape
Rape By My Husband
Football Player
Does the pain ever go away?
Worst Day Ever
Assaulted By Family Member
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Cousin rape
Denial
I Too Was Raped
Believe Her
Piece
Quarterly Review
Survivor, Still Struggling
No
Spousal Rape
So Many Times
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
He Was Saving Me From Me
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
הטרידו אותי
One in Four
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Throughout my teen years
I Blame Myself
Ended in Rape
Started At 12…
גבר אלים וחולני
Molested and Confused
Home invasion, wife saved daughter
I forgot, but then I remembered
When I Was 8 Years Old
What Is Success?
Rape or Not?
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Summer 2019
A Night Out
Ketamine Rape
I was used. I got left. I...
To my best friend who raped me
Metoo
Being Raped
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
Lightening Does Strike Twice
J’avais 13 ans
Welcome To Adulthood
Just a Kid
לא יוצאים מזה…
My cousins friend
4 Years Ago
Something I’ve Never Shared
Ruined
I just realized this today.
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Two Times
עדיין מציק
Mi Historia
I called him my friend
My story growing up with a secret
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Two Continents, Two Different Men!
David and Goliath
Raped By a Friend
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Surviving sexual assault trauma
Why Me Over and Over?
The Loss of My Childhood
היי לינור
Raped
Glitter Girl, Gone.
De Los 6 a Los 12
Male dancer
Stranger Rape
Little Girl
Around 9 PM
Family
Michelle Johnston
Never Be the Same Again
I knew and trusted him
Spoke out and was blamed
I wanted to get high
“Me too” On Facebook
Don’t Want to Anymore
En Enero de 2010
Date rape
I know when I see a rapist...
Who I Once Called My Father
More Than a Survivor
Incest
Was it rape? Or my fault?
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Still Terrified
Motel 6 Nightmare
Pastor’s Son
My Story
Fraternity Men
Drugged raped and failed by justice
10 Minutos Can Change Your Life
Teenage Victim
I Trusted Him
I can say it now
The Statistics that Changed Me
I Remember Being Happy
Shame
was i raped?
A Message from the Director

Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
A respectable collegue
More Than Half of My Life Ago
Halloween Nightmare
Unsure
What Is Happening
Sex doll
I Am Victorious!
Seis Años
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Wedding Horror Story
כמוני כמוך
First Time
Afraid of Being Judged
Resilience
Dream / Recall
Do you remember your first time?
Why
Drugged After Junior Prom
You are with me!!
Kidnapped and Raped
Raped at 17
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Unethical or illegal?
Ms.
Mother and Son
Raped by Abusive Husband
The Stepmonster
Drugged
Going Through the Emotions
Molestation
So Now What?
I Thought He Loved Me
Date Rape
Raped and Molested
First Crush
Ripped Me Apart
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
One Day At a Time
Raped by my grandfather
Life Is Rough
לפני 14 שנים
Online Dangers
Family Member
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
Just Hanging Out
‘I have a voice’
Too naïve
The Pastor of My Church
Multiple Assaults
Molestation and Rape Survivor/Warrior
So drunk I can’t remember
Raped
3 Generations
Just Words
Never Forgotten
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
my toxic relationship
Naive and Vulnerable
My Story
Your First
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
You were supposed to be my friend
I got away
Raped by my boyfriend
He was my best friend
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
Raped by my boyfriend
No
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Prescription Drugs
The Setup
I Am Beautiful Now
Start of grooming at 15
Holding My Feelings In
Brock and Will
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Football Player
It was not my fault
Scared and Confused
Bringing the Stories to Light
Sex doll
Forgiving The Rapist
Assaulted by my neighbor
Rape
Grandpa
He was right
The Beach is Not Safe
My Army Fiance
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
My story growing up with a secret
Rape
Neighbor
So Now What?
Weak
The Worst Feeling
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I Barely Knew Them
f*ck you
What If I Make You?
What Was I Thinking?
Rape
Raped in the Air Force
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Multiple Rapes
It Started with my Brother
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Bad Date
Liar, Liar
Getting Away
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
My 21st Birthday
I Said No
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Tinder Rape
The Night My Life Changed
My Step Brother Raped Me
Michelle Johnston
My Story
Abused By A Therapist
Blaming Myself
Me too.
Believe Me…
My Story
My Story
He WAS a friend
Don’t Give Up
