#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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Shout Out
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
They asked if I was lying
Was it rape?
I Too Was Raped
I Just Started High School
What Is Success?
Mi Esposa
Girl Raped By a Girl
Spousal Rape
הסיפור שלי…
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
Now It’s Too Late
Rape
So drunk I can’t remember
My rape story
Lightening Does Strike Twice
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Sexual Assault
Family Rape
Those 8 hours
Raped by a work colleague
10 Years!
A Fun Night
Happy Birthday
Did He Rape My Mind Too
I don’t know anymore
Spoke out and was blamed
4 Years Ago
Raped
I Came Home
My story
The Story of a Boy
Life Was Ruined
Raped by ex boyfriend
Childhood rape
Hiding from the Weather
Glitter Girl, Gone.
University Bar
Rape
A respectable collegue
My Boyfriend
לפני 14 שנים
Too good to be true
Erase and Rewind
Hidden But Not Forgotten
Drugged
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
Unethical or illegal?
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Myself
ללינור היקרה
Three Times in a Row
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Raped in Milan
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Male dancer
Sexual Abuse and Rape
You Were My Friend
We met at the bar
גבר אלים וחולני
I Thought I Knew Hi
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
הטרידו אותי
Mi Historia
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Ex-boyfriend rape
My Story
It wasn’t my fault
Boyfriend Forcefully Sodomized Me
Sexual Abuse
Online Dangers
I Was Only 7
Broken Homes, Broken Families
עדיין מציק
Over 40 years Ago
Rape By My Husband
Scars That Heal
Third time’s the charm
Family Secrets
Summer 2019
Unspoken
היי
3 Days After Arriving at College
Only I get to make choices for...
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
Halloween Nightmare
Middle School
The Man Who Never Was
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Drunken rape
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
My childhood
It is not my fault
“raped” by my long time bf
Molested and Confused
The Night That Changed My World
Touched
I Didn’t Even Know Him
Thank you for speaking out…
An uncle who couldn’t keep his hands...
I Thought I Was Safe
I Trusted Him
Me, Myself & Monsters
Wide awake
My Snowball Effect
surviving rape from my dad
Rape
Forced, De-flowered
אוףףףף
Raped Husband
This will be painful
Football Player
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Rape by Boyfriend
Broken
Sex doll
Life Changer
My First Time Speaking Up
Rape
Catching Up With Me
Drunk and taken advantage of
I Barely Knew Them
My Story
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
why me
5th Grade
I was a child
Too naïve
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Raped by my Step Brother
Molestation and Rape Survivor/Warrior
Only 12
My Mom
Predators
Unicorns
Pastor’s Son
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Only Six
Mistaken Identity
Scared Like Crazy
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I Didn’t Even Know Him
Warning
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
my story
Cafeteria Food
My brother let him in
I let it happen twice
Rape
Fraternity gang rape
Repressed Memory
I regret not telling
The Boys Club Continues
De Los 6 a Los 12
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
I Recorded my Rapist
Years in Denial
Warning
My Story
Circumstances Collided That Night
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Abusive Relationship
Raped in the Air Force
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Hidden Emotions
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
House help and cousin
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Unlucky
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Deja Vu
Raped at age 9 & 15
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
Faded Memories
Restoring Innocence
#MeToo 5 years later…
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Atlantis
Raped by stranger x2
Victim Impact Statement
Despedida
My Story, My Nightmare
Christmas Horror
Step Dad
Rape
Rape or Not?
I was attacked at 19 years old
I Thought He Loved Me
I know when I see a rapist...
sexual assault & abuse
He ignored me
I don’t know what to do
Together, We Are Brave

The abuser
I am not a rape victim
You Were My Brother’s Best Friend
Rude awakening
My story
Drunken Rape
Bringing the Stories to Light
Always the Girls Fault
Sexual Assault
A Lifetime
He Loved Me
Rape
היי לינור
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
i was a child.
A Self Destructive Life
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Unethical or illegal?
Years later… meeting my rapist again
לא יוצאים מזה…
My year abroad
Neighbor
An Abnormal Reaction
Unfair
Loss of Trust
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
Respect
Sex doll
The Statistics that Changed Me
Tormented
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I Am Beautiful Now
You Must Acknowledge
Broken Trust
There once was love
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
Not Alone
Does the pain ever go away?
כמוני כמוך
Raped Multiple Times
You were supposed to be my friend
My Journey as a Rape survivor from...
Call Me Anything But That
16 times
Halloween Nightmare
My Life
Coercion is never consent
The Story Of Two Rapes
Not just me
Workplace Sexual Harassment
En Enero de 2010
Third time’s the charm
I Slept Next to Him
Rape inside marriage is still rape…
NYD
Date Rape
Finally Arrested
Off My Shoulders
Six months in the making..
f*ck you
My Last Party
House help and cousin
Left Me In Pieces
Two Strangers in a Park
I don’t know who I am
Rape & Sexual Assault
A Life of Pain
The reason for my tattoo
Be Careful Who You Trust
Losing my virginity
Freshman Year
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
You’re a Rapist
My story growing up with a secret
First Friend at University
Seis Años
So Now What?
April 8th, 2016
College Rape
My Best Friend
42 Years Old
Just Words
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Blamed myself …
Never Lose Hope
Used
I Was Prepared
Ashamed
J’avais 13 ans
I Need to Tell Someone
Only I get to make choices for...
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Abused as a Child
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
He raped me. I hugged him goodbye...
Becoming a Warrior
Assaulted
In Front of My Girls
I was just 9.
Survivor
