#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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Let’s Fight Back With Love
The First Man In My Life
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
Ignored For a Lifetime
College Professor
Repressed Memory
Liar, Liar
Keeping Faith
My Daughter’s Rape
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Night walk at community center
גבר אלים וחולני
Why
A young mother
My Rape
The Fight We Can All Win
Brother & Sister
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
What Happened?
Fiance Father of my Child
What Is Success?
Be Strong
Shelter My Soul
Feels like i am drowning
Life Purpose
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Online dating
Drugged
כמוני כמוך
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Innocent Faith
The Little Girl in Green and Blue...
MY Inspirational Story
The Statistics that Changed Me
I Was a Child
A Different MeToo
Abused by the boyfriend of my mom...
Years in Denial
Help
Repeat Offender
When I Was 8 Years Old
Four Years Ago
Anniversary
Raped At 15
Never Seemed Worth Telling
Trauma
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Raped in the Air Force
I dont know what to call it
It’s my fault
No one helped me !!!
Boy scout of america
הטרידו אותי
Close of a Brother
Molested
Brock and Will
Set Up
Rape
Domestic Rape is Real
Diana Oakley’s Story
My childhood
Manhandling to Rape
My Story
My Younger Sister
…
I dont know what to call it
A respectable collegue
Speaking Up for Women
Time Stood Still
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Friends?
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Proof, but no Witnesses
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Faded Memories
My Last Party
Intruded
The Night That Changed My World
Was It Rape?
Lasting memories
Despedida
Who Is To Blame?
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AT WORK
I Was Only 14
What Happened?
Piano Teacher
Rude awakening
היי לינור
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
I’m Not Sure
Unethical or illegal?
My Rape Stories
Careful What You Wish For
Confused
Ending Misogyny
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
I Too Was Raped
First Crush
לפני 14 שנים
Help
Lasting Effects
I Was Only 7
This Is Me, my fight song
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Sexual Assault
Sexual Abuse
I wanted to get high
Finally Arrested
Learning to Live With My Rape
Young and ruined
7th Grade Assault
Nashville Sweetheart
The Girl Who Went To College
My Fears Do Not Define Me
Not Guilty
Why me
Anywhere I Go
College Campus Rape
He’s Dead
Never Even Knew
Light In The Dark
I Prayed for Death
My Story of a Gang Rape
Me too.
37 Years Ago
When Does It End
Woke up violated and confused.
Started As a Child
Rock It!

Cruel Kids
Okay, Not Okay
Shelter My Soul
To My Rapist
Three Times in a Row
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Why Me Over and Over?
Marital Rape
The Course of Seven Years
I Was Manipulated
I was drunk
Bullied for Reporting Sexual Assault
3 incidents
Politeness Serves No One
Wrong Choice
My Brothers Two Best Friends
And It Continues
One Day At a Time
Was It My Fault?
Seis Años
Kibbutz
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
3x
I’m the Slut. I Must’ve Wanted It.
Date Rape
Too naïve
More Than a Survivor
Who Is To Blame?
Erase and Rewind
Hateful
I Didn’t Want to Do It
I Am Beautiful Now
Dear Coward
Uncomfortable
School Rape
I Really Want To Forget About It
Forced, De-flowered
I Will Never Forget
Mi Esposa
He Loved Me
My story!
Surviving my father
Hostage
Knowledge is Power
Your truth will change someones’ life.
I know when I see a rapist...
Child sexual abuse
First Frat Party
Thought He Was A Friend
University Bar
Dead Inside
I Felt So Helpless
April 19th
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
The Night That Changed Me
So drunk I can’t remember
It was my ex boyfriend
My story growing up with a secret
A familiar fight
Rapist Turned Murderer
Second Date
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
MesS Into A mesSage
Help…
Mrs.
לא יוצאים מזה…
Staying Strong
Too drunk to respond
In Korea
So Now What?
Worst Day Ever
I met evil at a young age
I am not a rape victim
Ms.
היי
my story
What sent me over the edge
Mi Historia
Hostage
Forever Changed
How Could It Have Happened
#metoo
De Los 6 a Los 12
עדיין מציק
J’avais 13 ans
I Was Raped By An Stranger
Girl Raped By a Girl
Warning
To my best friend who raped me
How Many Times?
I’m Disgusted
Shout Out
I Slept Next to Him
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Abusive Relationship
How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
My Husband Repeatedly Raped me
My Childhood
Perfect on Paper
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Molested by my cousin
Surviving my father
Mrs
Rape
אוףףףף
A Fun Night
Just Words
Gang Rape
Raped at age 9 & 15
Nobody Knows
Breakin Burgler
Finally facing it
A secondary survivor
And It Continues
Raped by stranger x2
הסיפור שלי…
I Trusted Him
3 years later i still wonder if...
My Husband Was My Attacker
He Was My Father
My Story
My Friend’s House
Sharing #MeToo’s
Was it my fault
Dirty Whore
Sexual Assault at 11
Be Aware
I am a survivor
Its Got To STOP!
Summer 2019
Don’t Give Up
