#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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הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
My best friends dad
So drunk I can’t remember
I thought you loved me
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Molested By My Cousin
Gang Rape
Raped By 6 Policemen
My Snowball Effect
In-Between Times
Just Like Yesterday
Shelter My Soul
Drunken Rape
Survivor

He Destroyed Me
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Family Rape
Working Through It
Unhealthy Relationship
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Ashamed
Date rape
Family of Lies
De Los 6 a Los 12
Rape
Never Got Over It
Not Safe in Your Own Family
Co-worker
I know when I see a rapist...
Sex doll
From a Boyfriend
Chiropractor
A young mother
Black and Blue
My Story
Was it rape? Or my fault?
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Mother and Son
I Barely Knew Them
End of Innocence
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Blamed Myself
Remember November
Need advice
Just Friends
I Was Only 7
ללינור היקרה
Male dancer
I Trusted Him
Disappointed
My First Memories….
Nothing for Nothing
Raped
It Wasn’t Love
Summer 2019
My Girlfriend of Two Years
Fear
Gang rape and further sexual assaults
Stand Strong
my story
Sexual Assault
Was i raped?!
Scar
It is not my fault
My Friend
Travel
Myself
University Bar
Erase and Rewind
I Want to Live
Secretly Molested
My Only Brother
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Get a bf or I’ll kick you...
Nearly 50 years later
was raped and I don’t remember it
With Love
He raped me. I hugged him goodbye...
Rape??
Don’t Give Up

I was 4 yrs old
Spoke out and got fired
Rape Is Everywhere
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Semper Fi
The Statistics that Changed Me
Becoming Whole
Worst pain of my life
One in Four
The pain that was never mine to...
It wasn’t my fault
Marital Rape
Assaulted By Family Member
April 19th
They asked if I was lying
I Was Manipulated
Raped in Milan
Black Out
Ignoring only gets so far
What am I doing wrong
He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
Nashville Sweetheart
06.05.2006
Even Lawyers Get Raped
Freeing myself of demons
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
16 times
No
A Loss to Mankind
First “Real” Boyfriend
I Was 9
ללינור היקרה
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Be Careful Who You Trust
Weak
Ms.
I Prayed for Death
Family and Friends
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Confused
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Spoke out and was blamed
Being Done
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Thank you
Rape Shaming
Masked Boyfriend
HS Reunion
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
The same guy
Sexual Assault
היי
Was it rape ?
An older, popular boy
הטרידו אותי
So Now What?
Public Rape
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Raped because of who I loved
Online Dangers
I Thought He Loved Me
The Cliche
Roommates
Bringing the Stories to Light
Brothers
Every Way Imaginable
Its Got To STOP!
My rape story
A poem about a not so perfect...
It was not my fault
I Don’t Even Know
Why me
Molested at 3
Things do get better
Black Out
Love of My Life?
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Am I
Last Party
I need some advice
I still see him on campus
A Year After
That wasn’t too bad now was it?
The Same Effect
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Saying No Just Wasn’t Enough
Set Up
Sexual Assault
Date Rape
It will get better
Still Unable to Tell People
The Boys Club Continues
Lost Soul
הסיפור שלי…
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Black and Blue
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Made in America
I didn’t know
I don’t Know, but I Know
He Never Apologized
I wanted to get high
It was my ex boyfriend
Just Words
Gang rape and further sexual assaults
Assault?
The Most Vivid Distant Memories
It was just a friend date
I Was Only 14
Ashamed
Married My Rapist
Stranger Rape
Hostage
Family
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
HS Reunion
My sexual assault will not define me
לפני 14 שנים
Nashville Sweetheart
A Survivor, Not a Victim
It’s my fault
I’m the Slut. I Must’ve Wanted It.
I’m Only Stronger
You Were Supposed to Be My Protector
Just Violated
Not Alone
My Story
My mom is in constant contact with...
Still Haven’t Healed
Infatuation
היי לינור
I Thought I Was Safe
Lost Soul
Second Night of College
Molested By Two Uncles
A Story
November ’08
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
I can say it now
A letter to my rapist
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Braver

Emotional Abuse
אוףףףף
I Am Still Standing
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
The First Time
Paris Nightmare
My Brother’s Best Friend
Raped in the Air Force
Ready to Share
Abused by the boyfriend of my mom...
A Meek Young Girl
An Unknown Face & Hands
גבר אלים וחולני
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
Ex
The First Time
The pain that was never mine to...
The Setup
My story of my date rape
3x
Mental Breakdown
Just Wanted to Escape
Molested used as a sex slave
When I Was 8 Years Old
My story growing up with a secret
No one owns your story but you
All Just Too Much
Start of grooming at 15
I’ve survived sexual abuse
I Choose Hope

