#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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Not normal
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
More Than Once
Being Raped
My Story
Drunken Rape
Sexual Assault
The Day Everything Changed
Workplace Sexual Harassment
16 times
It’s A Long Story
Raped in the Air Force
Childhood Horror
A Journal of a Wayward Child
היי לינור
Fraternity gang rape
Twice
Out of Control
Forever Silent
Drunken rape
Embrace It All
Help !
Raped by my boyfriend
Taking Back My Life
Seis Años
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
16 times
Beyond a story
Who is Responsible?
Despedida
He said he’d never do it again
Was It My Fault?
I Was Told It Was Normal
No Justice
Why I Am The Way I Am
I Too Was Raped
So Many Times
His name was Kenneth
Family Member
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Ms.
I’m Now a Statistic
Rape
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
Mi Historia
I Choose Hope

Left Me In Pieces
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
my story
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Let Down
#IStandWithHer
i was pulling my shorts up
Just little girls
keep it a secret
Survivor, Still Struggling
I didn’t even know what was happening
Taking Back My Life
Third time’s the charm
My Story
I know when I see a rapist...
Sexual harassment
Waiting For Justice
Raped in my Hostel
Too naïve
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
לפני 14 שנים
A respectable collegue
Grandpa
The Summer of 2013
I’m Only Stronger
Thank you for speaking out…
They Laughed
Raped at 14
Why Was No Not Enough?
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Scar
Victim No More
I was very dumb.
Broken Girl
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Rape
The Cliche
Scared and Confused
7 years and it still controls me
A friend who is a rapist
Girl Raped By a Girl
Perfect on Paper
Confused
Assault, Battery, and Rape
Males can be victims too
Okay, Not Okay
#MeToo, too
Third time’s the charm
Messed Up
Victim Impact Statement
The Statistics that Changed Me
Speaking Up for Women
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
Unicorns
I Am Beautiful Now
My Journey as a Rape survivor from...
In Five Years
random rape
Rape
Just Words
Feels like i am drowning
Let Down
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Prey
We go to the same church
In My Home
I Hate You
Ignored For a Lifetime
My babysitter
Sharing again
Still Unable to Tell People
He Took My Virginity
f*ck you
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Date Rape
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
The Man Who Never Was
Hateful
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
I am a Rape Survivor
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
The Night That Changed My Life
Summer 2019
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
He was 15
The Pastor of My Church
I loved him
Myself
Emotional Abuse
My Fight
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Respect
Spoke out and was blamed
Rape by Boyfriend
7 years and it still controls me
My experience of societal views on victims...
Drugged
So drunk I can’t remember
Molestation
Incest
It’s my fault
Invictus
Myself
Does “No” mean nothing?
הטרידו אותי
When I Was 8 Years Old
Living With Us
He was jealous of my new friend
Healing in progress
Thank You
Fell In Love With a Monster
Its Got To STOP!
Keep it to myself
My Mom
Rape Victim
Best Friends Brother
Cavemen
My Brave Daughter
Sexual Abuse
Rape
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Rape is Real
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
Rapist Turned Murderer
NYD
Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Healing takes time
גבר אלים וחולני
It started with you.
Forever Silent
I Was Only 7
Dirty Whore
Date Rape
Playing House
Freeing myself of demons
Unethical or illegal?
Asking for advice
75 Percent Humidity
Date Rape
5
Love of My Life?
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
Help
It was someone I knew and I...
What Happened?
I’m Still Here… Wish For Peace
She wanted me to prove I loved...
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Still Terrified
Out For A Walk
Testifying
Panic Attack
My story of my date rape
Mi Esposa
Still Lost :/
Rape
Childhood Abuse
Army
Returning to Mexico
Drunk and taken advantage of
Rape, Sexual Abuse
עדיין מציק
De Los 6 a Los 12
ללינור היקרה
My Story
Another Victim
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
Warning
To the man who stole my independence
Set Up
לא יוצאים מזה…
dad and mom rape
My Not So Happy Birthday
I Thought I Knew Hi
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
I met evil at a young age
My story growing up with a secret
Two Times
The Trauma That Made Me
Impact of Screening
I Trusted Him
Freshman Year
My Brothers Two Best Friends
I Shouldn’t Have To…
Innocence Taken
I Was Only 14
3x
Scarred for life
I wish she wouldve helped me
אוףףףף
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
היי
Sexual Assault
Male dancer
Sexual Assault
Trapped In a Fantasy World
#IStandWithHer
Scared Like Crazy
Out of Control
The Night That Changed My World
My “Best Friend”
The secret
I wish I would have been smarter
Raped in my own bed
En Enero de 2010
Sex doll
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
He Was a Cop
Tormented
Undertones Throughout My Life
Date Raped at 19
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
Assault?
My Ex-husband
Rape
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Just wanted to be loved
He turned me into a damn monster
Don’t Give Up
