#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.
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Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Too naïve
Family
ללינור היקרה
יש חיים אחרי אונס
J’avais 13 ans
I was raped
Trauma
Unethical or illegal?
I Prayed for Death
Marital Rape
Perfect on Paper
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Isn’t Any Proof
Tinder Rape
It never goes away
It’s A Long Story
Black and Blue
Justice
Why Didn’t You Stop Him?
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
Someone so close to me
Enough Is Enough
April 19th
Was it Really Rape
Michelle Johnston
Feeling Lost
Broken
‘Were you drinking?’
A Fun Night
5
A horror that lasts a lifetime
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
LOST
Unethical or illegal?
Be Careful Who You Trust
There Is Hope For Us
I Remember Being Happy
Holding My Feelings In
Date Rape?
Drugged
Seis Años
גבר אלים וחולני
Raped and Numbed
I thought he was a friend
Memories
Abused by the boyfriend of my mom...
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
Childhood of assault
My Year in Hell
Incest & Date Rape
An Embarrassing Situation
Raped by a work colleague
At 13
It wasn’t my fault
En Enero de 2010
Shelter My Soul
Drugged
Wanted Love But Got Rape
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Abused and defeated
Forgiving My Rapist
Rape
Pastor’s Son
Strength to Speak Out
Just Fine
Friends?
Freaking Scared
Three Times in a Row
A Victim No Longer
Too Far
Was it rape?
Second Night of College
Believe Her
Cavemen
Don’t Want to Anymore
Useless tears
Sexual Abuse
My Step Brother Raped Me
הטרידו אותי
3 Times is Not Charming
So Many Times
When Is Rape Actually Rape?
My First Two Times
A Stong Woman
Always the Girls Fault
How can we make it stop?
Male dancer
Thank You
Ready to Share
Brother & Sister
A super long account of a day...
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Love of My Life?
Army
Stronger Than You Think
A Different MeToo
My story growing up with a secret
Why Me?
Lost in Europe
Three weeks, every day..
Party Time
It was his word against mine
Rape
Hidden Emotions
My Daughter’s Rape
I Feel So Betrayed
Supporting Sisters
High School Rape
Messed Up
Date Raped When I Was 15
Spoke out and was blamed
A respectable collegue
75 Percent Humidity
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
It was someone I knew and I...
Do I say thank you?
He was a friend
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My Parents Didnt Do Anything
Rape and Anxiety
One Morning
When All Hope is Gone
Childhood Abuse
My Last Party
You Were My Friend
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
God Saved Me
Erase and Rewind
Mi Esposa
My first boyfriend in the US
I don’t know if I was raped
A Letter to My Rapist
My Snowball Effect
Hostage
Rape by Boyfriend
Off My Shoulders
Empty
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Gang raped foolishly
My Ongoing Journey
I Blamed Myself
Mi Historia
Tel Aviv
De Los 6 a Los 12
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Love of My Life?
Broken Hearted
Multiple Times
Abused by another child
Thank You
I don’t Know, but I Know
Scared Like Crazy
I don’t know what to do
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
Letter to My Rapist
I Thought He Loved Me
To serve and protect, but who will...
I Thought They Cared About Me
Continue to Survive
Years later… meeting my rapist again
#MeToo I am 1
New Years Eve
Despedida
I think I was raped
היי לינור
Drunken Rape
Panic Attack
My Husband Set Me Up!
He was supposed to be a friend
עדיין מציק
Assaulted by my neighbor
Rapist Turned Murderer
Charity is it’s own reward
Ms.
The Stepmonster
Nirbhaya “ fearless”: Justice for the Brutal...
@ years of rape and being drugged
3 years on
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I Barely Knew Them
Coercion is never consent
Sex doll
Why Me?
Someone Close to You
Effort To Survive
Emotional Abuse
היי
Mi Esposa
Girl Raped By a Girl
No Justice
No Justice
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I am J. D. R., and I...
My Snowball Effect
My so called “best friend”
Molested
Your First
Hard Time
Summer 2019
Kidnapped in Naples
Myself
My case is different from yours
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
3x
Rock It!

