#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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A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Childhood Rape
i was a child.
Ready to Share
Is There Still Hope
Hundreds of Times
I Am A Survivor
A Year After
Fear
1990
My Story of a Gang Rape
Raped by jail guard
Sexual Assault
Trapped
The Statistics that Changed Me
He bought me chips and sent me...
De Los 6 a Los 12
Neighbor
The Setup
Freshman Year
My Younger Sister
Stolen Innocence
Help
7th Grade Assault
Two times. One year.
My First Time Speaking Up
My Daughter
My story
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Too naïve
We All Have a Voice
Breaking the Trust
Just Words
More Than Once
Was It My Fault?
Abuse and Rape
Rape survivor
Trapped
Erase and Rewind
Ignored For a Lifetime
The Fight We Can All Win
Ex-Boyfriend
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
Camp rape
Raped by stranger x2
If your boyfriend does it is is...
It Started With Rape
Gang raped foolishly
I was a victim of serious child...
This Is Me, my fight song
An Unknown Face & Hands
Was It Real or Not
Can I Call It Rape?
Date Raped When I Was 15
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
A Child
Rape
Weak
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
LOST
Scared
My Best Friend’s Brother
Finally Arrested
I didn’t break up with him back...
Confused
Drugged raped and failed by justice
The First Time
A Beautiful Trap
My Fight
Fraternity gang rape
I lost myself before I even knew...
My consent is just that…mine
He was jealous of my new friend
Victimization
Two Times
You Can’t Trust Anyone
I Thought I Knew Hi
What Is Success?
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
I Was Only 7
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Older
Used
I did Not need to know this
Tel Aviv
אוףףףף
Childhood Trauma
Identity?
3 Different Times
Stockholm
היי
Date rape
Why?
Was It Rape?
Date Rape
My 21st Birthday
My best friends dad
Scammer
Help!! What Can I Do?
יש חיים אחרי אונס
I know when I see a rapist...
Raped by a so called friend
Forced, De-flowered
I Never Thought He’d Do Something Like...
Molestation
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
Virgin Rape
Blamed myself …
It’s Hard But It Gets Better
Started At 12…
When I Was 8 Years Old
Do NOT Trust Strangers
He Was a Family Friend
Birthday Rape
So Now What?
I got away
Rape Girl
I let it happen twice
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
How Many Times?
To the men who hurt me
First Encounter
Incest
Drunken Rape
Freshman Year
My story
Okay, Not Okay
Does the pain ever go away?
My Own Family
Why you should talk to your daughters...
My Mother was raped and told me...
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Rape
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Feeling Alone
Letter to…
Raped
Freshman Year
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Wide awake
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Pastor’s Son
Bus Ride
Rape
To my best friend who raped me
That Night
I Don’t Know My Story
Short Story
My Tramatic Experience
Drugged
An Orphanage
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
I called him my friend
Taking Back My Life
Survivor
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Ashamed of myself
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
My Secret
לפני 14 שנים
Unsure
I still see him on campus
my story
You’re a Rapist
Your First
Multiple Times
A Life of Pain
Every Way Imaginable
No More Silence
Drugged
A story of a not so perfect...
My Daughter
06.05.2006
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
Myself
My Parents Didnt Do Anything
She was never the same…
Twice
Abused By A Therapist
LOST
My Last Party
Rape
Black and Blue
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
And It Continues
My Host-sisters friend
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Seis Años
3 balls, striking
Breaking the Silence



