#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.
Contact us here: producers@BraveMissWorld.com
Watch the Emmy-nominated Brave Miss World on…
Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80222025
iTunes: http://apple.co/1Og611n
Amazon: http://amzn.com/B0194BJ5MO
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/bravemissworld
Abusive Uncle
Was It Really Rape?
Blamed Myself
גבר אלים וחולני
When will it be enough?
Ms
Myself
My Ongoing Journey
Being Raped
היי לינור
Nothing important…
My Daughter’s Rape
Rape and the Aftermath
I Trusted Him
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
This is my story
After 14 Years
My First Memory
Broken down car
Raped at the Air Force Academy
My Secret
His name was Kenneth
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
I thought it was my fault
Brother & Sister
Drunken Rape
A familiar fight
I Was Raped By An Stranger
My best friends dad
Stronger Than You Think
Too Close for Comfort
Neighbor
When I Was 16
Warning
One Bruise Too Many
My Daughter and I Both
F
Date Rape Drug
When i was stripped of my innocence
Forced, De-flowered
Rape by family
Unethical or illegal?
Rape Is Everywhere
Need help
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Around 9 PM
Friends No Longer
The Stepmonster
לא יוצאים מזה…
Too drunk to respond
STRONG
High School Orientation
I Will Never Forget
The Mailman Raped Me
Restoring Innocence
Police Officer/Date Rape
NO MORE TEARS TO CRY
Bad Morning
PART 5: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
My rapist sent me a friend request...
Stress
Seis Años
Halloween Nightmare
Surviving my father
I’m Only Stronger
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Abused since I was young
Stronger
Bus Ride
Spoke out and was blamed
I should have never meet my biological...
Sexual Assault
“Me too” On Facebook
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Raped at a Birthday Party
ללינור היקרה
My year abroad
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
My Past
My Story
I was raped and didn’t know
My Two Cents
An Abnormal Reaction
Resilience
Bringing the Stories to Light
My Rape Story
Babysitters
The Statistics that Changed Me
Broken Trust
Drunken Rape
i was sexually abused
J’avais 13 ans
It started with you.
Circumstances Collided That Night
I Was Prepared
Just A Party
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
My Daddy
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
“He can’t sexually assault you he’s Christian”
Male dancer
Unsure
My story growing up with a secret
Close of a Brother
You Must Acknowledge
Remember November
Made in America
Date Rape
Holding It In
Pain
My message to all
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
Still Confused
עדיין מציק
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
HS Reunion
Multiple Assaults
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Justice
Summer 2019
Weathering The Storm
MST
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
כמוני כמוך
I Barely Knew Them
Survivor
Closure
A Letter to My Rapist
“I should do this more often”
Was led by the quarterback
I Thought I Was Safe
Scar
My Beloved Man
Dirty Whore
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My Past
Was it rape?
Okay, Not Okay
Catching Up With Me
לפני 14 שנים
Couch Surfing
Dear Coward
Not normal
My Story of Rape
Rape
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Ms.
Hostage
My Mother was raped and told me...
I Felt So Helpless
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Date Rape
My First Time
Keep it to myself
De Los 6 a Los 12
Tormented
Catfished
Cavemen
Twice
Every one ignored me
My boyfriend
I am a Survivor
A respectable collegue
Erase and Rewind
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Black and Blue
Sexual Abuse
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
Weak
My Life in Foster Care
I’ve lost my trust with men
Aftermath
Trapped In a Fantasy World
Blindsided
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Thank you for being LOUD!
Rape
I Saved Myself
Fraternity Men
I still see him on campus
Myself
Had Her Back
I Was Only 7
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
School Bathroom
I didn’t know
What am I doing wrong
Glitter Girl, Gone.
En Enero de 2010
Childhood Trauma
Six months in the making..
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Young and Unaware
Kidnapped
Love of My Life?
A Night I Can’t Remember
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Don’t Want to Anymore
I Never Give Up

Politeness Serves No One
My Biggest Secret
I know when I see a rapist...
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
No man, however old, is safe.
Nothing Feels Beautiful Anymore
The Same Effect
Why Me Over and Over?
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
I Am Not Brave
This is MY story
Raped in the Air Force
Too naïve
Hateful
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Spousal Rape
University Bar
I Pretend Like I Don’t Remember…But I...
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Lost Soul
Middle school sexual harassment
Blackout
I Am Finally FREE
Mi Esposa
“Me too” On Facebook
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Raped After Work
From Heaven to Hell
Rape
Multiple Times
Holiday Rape
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Freshman Year
Start of grooming at 15
The Night That Changed My World
Neighbor Trust
Too naïve
Molested
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
Broken Girl
It’s A Long Story
Party Time
So Now What?
Rape !!
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Rape Victim
Broken
Hurt and Anger
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I am More than a Victim
Nobody Knows
Just Playing
I Was 10
Ended in Rape
Rape
My Little Town
I Just Started High School
I Thought I was Safe
Ex-boyfriend rape
הטרידו אותי
הסיפור שלי…
5
Army
Just Words
I’m Unbroken and So Are You
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My Story
My best friends dad
Still Going
Infatuation
Being Raped
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Despedida
Rape
Okay, Not Okay
They Laughed
Cousin Rape
I was born for this
Rape, Sexual Abuse
Supposed To Be There
How My Life Has Changed
Still Unable to Tell People
Family
It Was the Second
Worst Day Ever
Forever Changed
High School Rape
I’m Disgusted
The Friend
Suffered and Survived
My Journey Back to Life
Tormented
Speaking Up for Women
אוףףףף
3 Times is Not Charming
Survivor

