#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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Repressed Memory
Quarterly Review
Close of a Brother
No Support
Date rape
Assault In the Family
I Didn’t Even Know
First Encounter
I Thought I was Safe
Nine Years Worth of Abuse
7 Months
The Statistics that Changed Me
Grandpa Molested me
The reason for my tattoo
When It’s Personal
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
I was assaulted twice at the same...
Grooming
Forced, De-flowered
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Metoo
My stepfather raped me
Never forgot
I wish I remembered
Perfect on Paper
My Step Brother
No Wasn’t Good Enough
3 Days After Arriving at College
Speak up for yourself
In Denial of My Rape
The Boys Club Continues
I Am Still Standing
Uncomfortable
Nearly 50 years later
Fraternity gang rape
My Story
Agressée deux fois, mais toujours debout.
Keep it to myself
My Side
I Don’t Know My Story
My Brother’s Best Friend
Hospitalized
Doctor Nightmares
Impact of Screening
ללינור היקרה
My Story
A young mother
Scar
Twice
i was a child.
He Stole Something From Me
Life Purpose
What Is Success?
Broken Trust
How Many Times?
Bleeding Through My Tears
Murky Memories
Lasting memories
Drugged
Empty
I Was 16
My Younger Sister
Army
I am a Survivor
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Newly Living Neighbour
My story growing up with a secret
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Off My Shoulders
Rape
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
Spousal Rape
HE Haunts Me
silent rape
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
I don’t know who I am
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Invictus
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Fraternity Men
My Friend’s House
LOST
En Enero de 2010
Raped Three Times
Just Words
I Said No
Life Is Rough
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
Blackout
I Was Raped By An Stranger
No
Effort To Survive
Respect
Twice is too much
Trusted Him
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
Friend of my Husband
6 to 20
Dirty Whore
I didn’t fight back.
Two Continents, Two Different Men!
Twice a pattern?
Childhood of assault
My Mother’s Albatross
Sexual harassment
הסיפור שלי…
He was family
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Life Was Ruined
I wish I would have been smarter
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I Thought He Loved Me
Raped by Him
Party Accident
Ignored
A letter to my rapist
Someone so close to me
Rape by Boyfriend
Too Many Times
Metoo
I Didn’t Even Know
How Many Times?
I need some advice
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
My “Father”
My Mom
De Los 6 a Los 12
Different face, but the same monster
Something I’ve Never Shared
Sexual abuse
Raped By 6 Policemen
My “Step-father”
Heart broken
Sex doll
Wrong Choice
Spoke out and was blamed
Family
Few People Know
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
Betrayed
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Today, I Let It All Go
Raped by a so called friend
School Prom
My Daughter
#IStandWithHer
Seis Años
I’m Not Easy
The First Man In My Life
Just Hanging Out
A Voice to be Heard
I Never Give Up

Despedida
All Just Too Much
Male dancer
Daycare friend
My Friend’s House
Rape & Sexual Assault
My Story
I didn’t say no
Why Me?
It Happens All Too Often
אוףףףף
Worst Day Ever
Was it my fault?
Survivor of COCSA
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
First Love to Long Term Abuse
The Chapter Before The End
My Story
Friend of mines set me up
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Mi Esposa
my story
Me too.
5th Grade
Rape
הטרידו אותי
Rape Survivor
Drunken rape
It’s still happening
Stupid Coward
I should have STOPPED
I know when I see a rapist...
Initiation into adulthood
I was 14
Date Rape
Help…
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My Ongoing Journey
Tormented
raped by my own brother
Afraid of Being Judged
3 Generations
Family
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
Thank you for being LOUD!
My “Step-father”
First Time Sharing
So Long Ago
Mi Historia
More Witness than I Care to Live...
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Rape
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
First Frat Party
I Am More Than It
End of Innocence
היי לינור
So drunk I can’t remember
My experience as an intern in highschool
I don’t know if I was raped
Nothing Feels Beautiful Anymore
A Lifetime
אוףףףף
If your boyfriend does it is is...
Date Raped at 19
HS Reunion
Drugged
Don’t Want to Anymore
My Army Fiance
The Healing Process
לא יוצאים מזה…
Be Aware
I never thought it could happen to...
I Am A Survivor
Multiple Rapes
First College Party
Abused by the boyfriend of my mom...
J’avais 13 ans
Young and Unaware
When does it get easier?
Knowledge is Power
Raped Husband
My Story
What am I doing wrong
Miss
My Ex-husband
I will never forget
Monster dad
3 years later i still wonder if...
Not safe in my own skin
Rape By My Husband
My First Memory
Was it Really Rape
A respectable collegue
I Was Only 7
Rape
Protecting My Predator
לפני 14 שנים
True View
So Alone
Young and Unaware
My Rape Stories
Summer 2019
He Was a Cop
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
I Barely Knew Them
Childhood Friend Date Rape
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Childhood Friend
Dee Bhagwanji
How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
In NYC
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
Unethical or illegal?
Remembering
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Thank you for speaking out…
Virgin Rape
Rape
PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Not normal
Raped twice within a few hours
Unforgiven
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Rape
היי
BoR Amendment VI – Protecting Rapists in...
Six months in the making..
Neighbor
Bad Morning
Michael B. raped me
Metoo
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Snowball Effect
I Trusted Him
Raped in the Air Force
Erase and Rewind
Drunken Rape
Too naïve
Christmas Horror
Blaming Myself
Unbelievable
Rape Shaming
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
My Mother Was Raped
Ms.
My First Time Speaking Up
A flat tire is a rapist’s opportunity
Ashamed
Still Need Help
Nearly 50 years later
Still Terrified
Date Rape
My Story of a Gang Rape
She Should Be Over It
Be Careful Who You Trust
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Together, We Are Brave

