#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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Was led by the quarterback
My rape story
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Twice
I Am Brave!
Second Night of College
Date Rape
אוףףףף
Male dancer
Identity?
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Raped as a Baby
The times when rape culture has got...
He ruined my life
Why Me Over and Over?
Effort To Survive
Mrs
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
St. Louis Riots
Ride from the Concert
My stepfather raped me
Stupid Coward
Gang Rape
Tormented
Holding My Feelings In
“I should do this more often”
הסיפור שלי…
Confused and Angry
Why Me?
The Park
How Many Times?
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
My Story
April 19th
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
The Night That Changed My World
Seis Años
Holiday Rape
Not friends
1990
Fraternity Men
Dear Convicted Sex Offender (Finally)
5
He Was A Police Officer
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
That’s not Me, it’s Her
Raped
Rape Survivor
Lost My Virginity In Rape By Jehovah’s...
I was too young to know what...
First Time
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I think I was raped
Bus Ride Of Missing Hope
More Witness than I Care to Live...
He had my pants down
Raped at 17
Felt safe in my friend group
First College Party
Mi Esposa
Repressed Memory
Drugged
It wasn’t my fault
#IStandWithHer
הטרידו אותי
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
My Story
Online dating
Childhood Horror
A story of a not so perfect...
My Story
Sex doll
An Unknown Face & Hands
Stronger Every Day
Raped By Family
My Husband Set Me Up!
Summer 2019
Love of My Life?
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Rude awakening
Confronting My Step-Father
Victimization
עדיין מציק
His life ended tragically, but my pain...
Despedida
“No” is Universal
Good Guy
April 19th
In-Between Times
היי לינור
I loved him
כמוני כמוך
Light In The Dark
intruder
Another Victim
My Story
Blamed myself …
I Am Finally FREE
Just Words
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Many Years Ago
The Worst Relationship
My Story
Male dancer
Restoring Innocence
Virgin Rape
Mi Historia
Be Careful Who You Trust
Date Rape
Raped at 16
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Mental Breakdown
Last Party
My Brothers Two Best Friends
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Raped in the Air Force
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
Too naïve
3 Generations
my story
My story growing up with a secret
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
Unspoken
Deja Vu
Together, We Are Brave

Date rape
A respectable collegue
Someday Soon
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
Army
Innocence Taken
Life of Trauma
An Uber Driver Raped Me
Still Confused
Verbal Abuse and Attempted Rape – A...
Ignored For a Lifetime
i was pulling my shorts up
I Just Need to Tell Someone
J’avais 13 ans
More Than Half of My Life Ago
לפני 14 שנים
A Stong Woman
Nerve damage
Finding Me
A Silent Fighter
I can say it now
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Multiple Hurt
My Story
I Thought He Loved Me
He said he’d never do it again
How I Was Raped
“My Rape” at University
Getting Better
Shame
The Life I Live
Myself
Heart broken
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
היי
How My Life Has Changed
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
He was a friend
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
The Same Effect
Raped Multiple Times
Your First
My Story
Metoo
So Many Times
My Rape Story
I’m 17 and I’m over it
It was never…..That
It’s still happening
Rape
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
Daycare
It was not my fault
Moving On
Dream / Recall
My first love
It Started With Rape
A Lifetime
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Stranger Rape
Rape
In Korea
Freshman Year
Spoke out and was blamed
לא יוצאים מזה…
PART 5: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
He Was My Boyfriend
4 Years Ago
My Story
Step Dad
I got away
Afraid of Being Judged
Drunk and taken advantage of
My Uncle
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
School Does Not Care
A Fun Game
I Thought I Knew Him
Raped After School
Sexual Abuse
All Just Too Much
Rape and Anxiety
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
April 2015
J’avais 13 ans
Once? Twice? Five Times?
I wanted to get high
Raped by Him
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Invictus
Multiple Times
Scared Like Crazy
When Will This Nightmare End
Only I get to make choices for...
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Sexual Coercion
Abused By A Therapist
A Message from the Director
Football Player
Hidden Emotions
I met evil at a young age
I Was Only 7
LOST
Ms
Braver

