#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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With Love
I Came Home
If I Were Stronger Then
So Many Times
Grandpa
Friend of mines set me up
Not Really Family
Just Hanging Out
I Thought He Was My Friend
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
Thank You
לא יוצאים מזה…
was i raped?
Thank you for speaking out…
Started With My Father
Feeling Alone
So drunk I can’t remember
Aftermath
לפני 14 שנים
Sexual Assault in my own bed
Repeat Offender
The Statistics that Changed Me
My boyfriend
Why Me Over and Over?
Senior Trip
You Were My Friend
He used me. He left me.
Breaking the Silence

Hurt and Anger
MST
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Rape
Was it rape?
Mi Historia
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Staying Strong
Metoo
He Took Advantage of Me
The Hole in My Heart
Night of Psychedelic Horror
Happy Birthday
3x
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Summer 2019
I don’t Know, but I Know
Spoke out and was blamed
High School
Hostage
Domestic Rape is Real
More Than Half of My Life Ago
Raped, Adopted, Raped Again
Employer rape
Childhood abuse and acquaintance rape
Gang Raped
De Los 6 a Los 12
Last Party
Bringing the Stories to Light
Alone
Rape
My Friend’s House
My principal mom raped me
What Is Success?
I Said No
Shattered Childhood
Tormented
גבר אלים וחולני
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Party Time
Raped because of who I loved
Raped by a work colleague
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Okay, Not Okay
We met at the bar
Neglected
My message to all
My story
Sexual Assault
Seis Años
I Thought I Knew Hi
Warrior
I was a kid, you were my...
I Own My Story
What Should I Do?
Drunk and taken advantage of
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
He bought me chips and sent me...
Workplace Sexual Harassment
…
Date Raped
My boss
Drugged
Now I Understand My Husband
Erase and Rewind
A Lifetime
Memories
Does “No” mean nothing?
Im 16
Why was it my fault?
Repressed Memory
my rape
Child rape
My First Time
Incest & Date Rape
Feeling lonely and isolated
It Started With Rape
Me and my Best Friend
3x
A Lifetime of Trauma
Gang Raped
I just wanted to give him a...
Fenced In
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
High School Orientation
I Was Only 14
My Friend
Why Me Over and Over?
Rape is Real
My Story
Happy Survivor
Abused by another child
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Abused By a Relative
Stolen Innocence
Raped By a Friend
A Survivor, Not a Victim
Rude awakening
I was just 9.
He Was a Cop
Survivor, Still Struggling
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
April 2015
5th Grade
J’avais 13 ans
Amber’s Story
Bad Programming
A Silent Fighter
Broken Homes, Broken Families
Thank you
אוףףףף
A person to trust became my worst...
I know when I see a rapist...
Innocent Faith
My Best Friend
My story growing up with a secret
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Freshman Year
Running With Bare Feet
17
Surviving, Kinda
College Student
Family
עדיין מציק
My sexual assault will not define me
A Night I Can’t Remember
23 year old virgin
Date rape
Ms.
He’s Still Out There
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
No Wasn’t Good Enough
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
St. Louis Riots
He had my pants down
No
He Lied
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
Does the pain ever go away?
Twice
Male dancer
Marital Rape
I’m so sorry
My Snowball Effect
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
What Is Happening
Quarterly Review
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
היי לינור
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Despedida
7 years and it still controls me
I was 17 and survived
Just Words
Six Years Old
Life Purpose
I let it happen twice
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
Afraid of the Truth
Fishing Trips
Read This Please
Still Rape
Help
Every Way Imaginable
Childhood Friend Date Rape
It was not my fault
Ex-Boyfriend
Kibbutz
2-4 am on January 15th
Ignored For a Lifetime
I Kept Saying No
My Father
Graduation Night
In The Past
Enough Is Enough
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Not Really Love
Was I really raped?
At Least He Didn’t Rape You
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Another Victim
Rape By Unknown
Blamed Myself
Ex-boyfriend rape
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
All Just Too Much
Nothing important…
I survived
Black Girl
Spousal Rape
It was someone I knew and I...
Smoke Together
A respectable collegue
I called him my friend
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Sexual Assualt Overseas
My Story
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
Politeness Serves No One
Off My Shoulders
It was just a friend date
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
I’m getting Married tomorrow
LOST
כמוני כמוך
It wasn’t your fault
A Meek Young Girl
My Daughter and I Both
Beyond a story
My Tramatic Experience
My stepfather
My Story of a Gang Rape
My experience as an intern in highschool
Is this normal?
A Lifetime of pain
Rock It!

Rape By My Husband
Be Aware
Together, We Are Brave
