#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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Junior Prom
Sexual Assault Survival
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
Domestic Rape
Still Terrified
Identity?
Never Again
My best friend
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Fraternity gang rape
3 Times is Not Charming
Erase and Rewind
Just Words
My story growing up with a secret
Remember November
I dont know what to call it
I wish I would have been smarter
Raped By 6 Policemen
A respectable collegue
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Molested at 3
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Sexual assault from my step brother and...
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
So drunk I can’t remember
Lotus
There is hope
Twice
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
Rape By Unknown
First Date
Not all friends are true
Memories
sexually abused
It’s still happening
Too drunk to respond
Halloween Nightmare
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Only Six
It never stops changing you
Trusted Him
I am a survivor
Devil In Disguise
Unethical or illegal?
Frozen in fear
Broken vase
Poetry
I was molested and raped at 6
עדיין מציק
I didn’t know
Shout Out
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Date Rape
Freeing myself of demons
Sexually abused by my step brothers
I Said No
Finally telling my story.
I don’t know anymore
Letter to…
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
A Silent Fighter
היי לינור
Raped By a Family Member
Two Times
You Can’t Trust Anyone
When Is Rape Actually Rape?
Life of Trauma
J’avais 13 ans
Learning to Live With My Rape
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Sex doll
Childhood Trama
He’s Still Out There
Michelle Johnston
Short Story
En Enero de 2010
Surviving my father
3 Generations
10 Minutos Can Change Your Life
Literal Hell
Do you remember your first time?
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Victim of sexual assault
My rape story
I Trusted Him
Twice
Six Years of Denial
Locked Up
Workplace Sexual Harassment
The One I Trusted
It’s Been 10 Years
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
יש חיים אחרי אונס
When All Hope is Gone
Forgiving The Rapist
Trapped In a Fantasy World
Not Another Moment
2-4 am on January 15th
Atlantis
Too good to be true
Never Forgotten
No
Friends?
Surpris à la Maison
More Than Once
Night Out
I was 17 and survived
First Time
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I Am Brave

He Was My Boyfriend
Too naïve
My Mom
My Friend
Was I really raped?
f*ck you
Ritual Sexual Abuse
I don’t know if it counts
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Confused
I survived
November ’08
Scar
Breaking the Silence

Brock and Will
He Was My Dad
אוףףףף
ללינור היקרה
A Message from the Director
Read This Please
my toxic relationship
i was a child.
10 YEARS OF SILENCE
dad and mom rape
I was taken advantage of when drunk
sexual assault
Molested as a Child
Too naïve
Unlucky
Employer rape
My sisters boyfriend abused me
Male dancer
Ended in Rape
Date rape
The Statistics that Changed Me
I still don’t know what happened
Stranger Rape
Still Rape
I Too Was Raped
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
Army
Knowledge is Power
You Must Acknowledge
My story
Last Party
Childhood rape
My Story
Summer 2019
גבר אלים וחולני
Rape
Trying To Help
Lost Soul
How Many Times?
Rapist Turned Murderer
Rock It!

Raped as a child and teen
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Is It Really Rape?
My Story
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Cafeteria Food
Rape is Real
My Secret
My Story
1 hour 3 days
Family
Supporting Sisters
הטרידו אותי
Rape
The Setup
כמוני כמוך
Hospitalized
The Life I Live
Different face, but the same monster
Together, We Are Brave

My stepfather raped me
sexual assault & abuse
Friend of mines set me up
Not A Trustworthy Man
Multiple Times
Myself
Perfect on Paper
A Night Out
Freshman Year
One in Four
Raped in the Air Force
He Was My Father
Friends?
That Night
My Daughter’s Rape
So Now What?
f*ck you
Too naïve
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
Despedida
Raped By My Father
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
Thought He Was A Friend
Was It Real or Not
Find Your Strength
Shelter My Soul
It Started With Date Rape
Endless Shame
The Friend
Sexual Assault
Shelter My Soul
In Five Years
Ride from the Concert
Revelations
Alone and Afraid
Today, I Let It All Go
Don’t Give Up

