#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.
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I am a Rape Survivor
I loved him
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
A Meek Young Girl
Unicorns
It was not my fault
I didn’t fight back.
Sexual Abuse
I was a kid, you were my...
I’m Doing You a Favor
Tulane Law
Sexual Assault
7 years and it still controls me
His Masterpiece
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
לפני 14 שנים
Army
Raped by Him
I don’t know anymore
He Was My Best Friend
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
This is MY story
Seis Años
Never Lose Hope
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
A Voice to be Heard
My Daughter
My husband was molested as a child
Sexually abused by a 11/12 girl
My First Time
Gang rape
Summer 2019
School Prom
The Story Of Two Rapes
Together, We Are Brave

Bad Morning
Does the pain ever go away?
Cafeteria Food
Denial
הסיפור שלי…
עדיין מציק
my story
Why me?
Senior Trip
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
weird brother
repeatedly
From a Boyfriend
Proof, but no Witnesses
My younger brother
Assaulted
Rape
College Rape
Raped in the Air Force
My husband raped me when I took...
Ended in Rape
Friends With Benefit Raped Me After I...
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Hidden Emotions
Gang Rape
Left Me In Pieces
ללינור היקרה
So Many Times
Proud
Feeling lonely and isolated
A Silent Fighter
Attempted Rape
3 Times is Not Charming
Proof, but no Witnesses
היי
Too naïve
My story growing up with a secret
The Statistics that Changed Me
Night Out
Brothers
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Was it my fault?
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Panic Attack
He Was Saving Me From Me
Broken
Family Member
Scared Like Crazy
Mi Esposa
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Males can be victims too
Scared and Confused
My Story
Hospitalized
So Many Years to Remember
Betrayal
Abuse and Rape
My best friend
Self Worth
The Scapegoat of Shame an Guilt
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Naïve
Dad Raped Me
Metoo
Okay, Not Okay
The Little Girl in Green and Blue...
My Rape Stories
Restoring Innocence
I want to be better
Hated Myself
I can’t remember if I said yes...
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
I Thought I was Safe
A Different MeToo
Lied to left brain damged
Why does this keep happening to me?
I thought he was a brother
Raped in my Hostel
Woke up violated and confused.
Nothing important…
My Step Brother
he made me loose hope in love…
The Boys Club Continues
I Am Not Brave
Only I get to make choices for...
“He can’t sexually assault you he’s Christian”
Gang Raped
I Felt So Helpless
My Mother was raped and told me...
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Playing House
לא יוצאים מזה…
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Spoke out and was blamed
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
Breaking the Trust
Playing House
Multiple Rapes
You are going to show me how...
Was I Raped?
My First “Boyfriend”
J’avais 13 ans
Sleep Over
My Rape
Why Me, Time and Time Again
Quiet for 2 years
Only 12
Confused for Too Long
Rape
My Brother
My Two Cents
Disappointed
Young and Unaware
No Stranger
Diana Oakley’s Story
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Date Rape Drug
Ms.
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
My stepfather raped me
Mi Historia
Survivor #metoo
Rude awakening
Resilience
silent rape
Restoring Innocence
Powerful
Night walk at community center
1 in 5
Rape
Was Told to Shut My God Damn...
Rape
I wanted to get high
Warrior
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
De Los 6 a Los 12
He had my pants down
My Step Brother Raped Me
An Abnormal Reaction
Naive
I was just 9.
I’m 17 and I’m over it
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Piece
Was It My Fault?
Set Up
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Things do get better
Hateful
Drunken Sex or Assault?
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
I Can’t Remember
Breaking the Silence

From Friends to Nothing
Unethical or illegal?
My 21st Birthday
A Victim No Longer
Just Words
First “Real” Boyfriend
We Were Kids
I Was 10
No Longer Keeping the Peace
Raped By 6 Policemen
No
Men get raped too…
Sex doll
I thought he was a friend
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Surviving my father
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
Life of Trauma
A respectable collegue
He raped me. I hugged him goodbye...
I didn’t think she would do this
The Courtroom
Lost Soul
Fraternity gang rape
The Boys Club Continues
Time Heals
Overcoming My Story of Rape
I don’t know who I am
My Best Friend & His Friend Raped...
I’m Only Stronger
Rape Survivor
Confused
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
Intruded
Not Safe in Your Own Family
היי לינור
Hostage
Male dancer
Too drunk to respond
Quarterly Review
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
3 years on
Rape !!
Despedida
I like to think I won’t feel...
I thought we were friends
Lessons I’m Learning Late in Life
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My story
“It’s not your fault.”
Survivor
How I Was Raped
My experience as an intern in highschool
Raped by best friend’s boyfriend
My Story.
Raped in College
I Need to Tell Someone
Erase and Rewind
My Rapists I Grew Up With
Raped at the age of 16
A Child
Raped By a Family Member
Manhandling to Rape
Prisoner of Love
Army
I Don’t Know My Story
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I Didn’t See It In Time
Raped Husband
Never a Victim; Only Myself
Survivor

My Daughter’s Rape
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
I Was Only 7
How My Life Has Changed
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Took Me, Took my Wedding
Now It’s Too Late
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Rape
אוףףףף
Nothing important…
They asked if I was lying
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Freshman on Campus
He Was a Friend
Someone You Know
Drugged and Gang Raped
I Never Give Up
