#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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Date Rape
I am a Survivor
Can Anyone Help?
Raped at 17
Innocence Taken
The Scapegoat of Shame an Guilt
Not normal
Sex doll
I was used. I got left. I...
Too good to be true
To the men who hurt me
Spousal Rape
I Trusted Him
לא יוצאים מזה…
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Love of My Life?
Sexual Assault Survival
So drunk I can’t remember
Rape inside marriage is still rape…
My consent is just that…mine
Raped
אוףףףף
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
College Campus Rape
It can happen to boys too!
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Raped by a US Marine when I...
Camp rape
A young mother
Grandpa Molested me
My Brother
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
I like to think I won’t feel...
Still Going
Shelter My Soul
Perfect on Paper
כמוני כמוך
He Was a Cop
I Am Beautiful Now
Unknown
Just Words
Raped in Milan
Feeling weak
Sexual Assault
1 in 5
The Life I Live
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
Bringing the Stories to Light
Childhood Trauma and Rape
why me
Are you sure?
Twice
Babysitter
A Private College; A Private Rape
Date Rape
Dirty Whore
Endless Shame
Raped in the Air Force
Start of grooming at 15
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Friend of mines set me up
It’s still happening
Rape
Attempted Rape
Growing Past Just Surviving
עדיין מציק
Aftermath
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
my story
Not friends
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Staying Strong
I Barely Knew Them
That Night
Too naïve
He Was a Family Friend
I don’t know who I am
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Dirty Whore
Broken
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
These Men are More Protected Than We...
3 Different Times
Just a Joke
Repressed Memory
ללינור היקרה
I’m Disgusted
Rape Shaming
A Stong Woman
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Date Rape Drug
Birthday Rape
I was 17 and survived
He Stole Something From Me
14 year old raped at school
“raped” by my long time bf
I Was 3 Years Old
Charity is it’s own reward
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Rape Survivor
I thought he was a friend
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
The Cliche
Date Rape
My boss
Domestic rape
Relationship does not equal consent
Step Dad
So Many Years to Remember
Unicorns
I was 14
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
En Enero de 2010
I blamed myself for so long
Does the pain ever go away?
Male dancer
40 years
My Daughter
4 Days Before 16th Birthday
Raped at 14
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Raped By My Therapist
End of Innocence
It had to be my fault.
Myself
My Year in Hell
גבר אלים וחולני
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Was it my fault?
Sexual Abuse
I met evil at a young age
Rape
Not safe in my own skin
Left Me In Pieces
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Dream / Recall
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Date rape
Broken Trust
Out For A Walk
His Charming Ways
Erase and Rewind
Miss
He was a friend
Michael B. raped me
I know when I see a rapist...
Too much trauma
17
Just Another Night
April 8th, 2016
Was it my fault?
Ignoring only gets so far
so forceful
Just Friends
First Frat Party
Made in America
November ’08
Why me?
Last Party
Fishing Trips
Strength to Speak Out
My best friend
My story growing up with a secret
The Statistics that Changed Me
My First Two Times
My story growing up with a secret
My Story
innocent
Stupid Coward
Army
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
My Ex-husband
היי לינור
Survivor

