#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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Still Going
Shattered
Despedida
He Was a Cop
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Childhood nightmares
She was 5 years old
Myself
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
Shelter My Soul
Rape By My Husband
Innocence Taken
Twice a pattern?
Michelle Johnston
The Hole in My Heart
Getting Away
Finding Words
School Rape
Motel 6 Nightmare
you do what you gotta
Obsessed Abusive Ex
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
All Just Too Much
Unicorns
No means yes to some
I Was Raped?
When All Hope is Gone
Spoke out and was blamed
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Acquaintance Rape
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
My boyfriend of 2 years
It Was My Mom
My Rape Stories
Need help
Was Once a Best Friend
I think I was raped
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Molested
Started With My Father
En Enero de 2010
Will I ever get over it.
I Was Only 7
Hateful
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Mi Historia
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Not a safe place after all
Scar
One Bad Decision
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
No
It is not my fault
It Started with my Brother
I thought you loved me
Family Party
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
לפני 14 שנים
So Now What?
Rape & Sexual Assault
So Many Times
Assault?
Chapter 62
my story
“Me too” On Facebook
He Destroyed Me
Warning
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
The Day I Was Raped
Becoming Whole
Middle School
Army
היי
The Night My Life Got Destroyed
A person to trust became my worst...
Mi Esposa
“I should do this more often”
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Throughout my teen years
Pastor’s Son
My Own Brother
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Never Even Knew
עדיין מציק
High School Orientation
הטרידו אותי
I don’t know if it’s rape
Multiple Times
Nightmare
Victim of Abuse
Rape survivor
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
It Felt Like Rape
Stupid Coward
Date Rape
Stranger Rape
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Molestation
Roommates
Ex-Boyfriend
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
My step dad raped me
Too naïve
The Beach is Not Safe
The year that changed me
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
My best friend
April 19th
My Safe Place
Unethical or illegal?
High School Rape
הסיפור שלי…
Time Stood Still
In Denial of My Rape
3 Generations
Graduation Night
Stalker
Still Can’t Believe It
Becoming a Warrior
Gang Rape
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
Raped in the Air Force
Confused and Angry
Red Flags
Finally Sharing
Incapacitated Still
Someone so close to me
Confronting My Step-Father
#IStandWithHer
Bringing the Stories to Light
My Story
Parental Incest Is Rape
Ms.
My Story
Never Again
Out For A Walk
I think my “boyfriend” raped me
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Devil In Disguise
Continue to Survive
Forgiving myself
I’m so sorry
My abuse
The Statistics that Changed Me
Him or Me
Childhood rape
Trapped
Not Okay
All Rape Is Legitimate Rape
Innocence
Metoo
My Friend
Darkness With Friends
ללינור היקרה
אוףףףף
Raped in Foster care
He Took My Virginity
My story growing up with a secret
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
Rape
My Mother Was Raped
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Army
Miss
כמוני כמוך
Incest & Date Rape
I thought he liked me
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Tormented
Sophomore Year College
my story-and where i “took it”…
Male dancer
two years ago
But I Was Drunk
Love of My Life?
School Prom
Another kid raped me
I Was Nearly Raped
Fraternity gang rape
My Brave Daughter
He’s Still Out There
J’avais 13 ans
Summer 2019
Fear
Was it my fault?
I Thought He Loved Me
I worked for him
Didn’t Know I Had Been Raped
Confused by Rape
Sex doll
When I Was 8
I’m the Slut. I Must’ve Wanted It.
I finally said NO
Supposed To Be There
Realization of Rape
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Over 40 years Ago
Set Up
I was carrying his daughter.
A Victim No Longer
A letter to him
Stronger Every Day
Rape
Touched
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
I Remember Being Happy
I Don’t Trust My Father
Rape
I Didn’t Even Know Him
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Me Too!
I was assaulted twice at the same...
Hostage
5
Just a Kid
Twice a pattern?
My biggest mistake
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
Kidnapped and Raped
Brock and Will
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
We go to the same church
Remember as a victim you have done...
Erase and Rewind
21
Grandpa
No One Believes Me
My Past
A respectable collegue
Our Corrupted Country
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Black and Blue
In NYC
The Statistics that Changed Me
Tormented
I wish she wouldve helped me
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
I Trusted Him
Choir Camp
Twice
Is It Really Rape?
Love and Forced abortion
Date Rape
Just Words
Need advice
My Story
How can we make it stop?
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
My Rape
Rape
I know when I see a rapist...
“No” is Universal
A Fun Game
I Trusted Him…
Frozen in fear
Kibbutz
My Story
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Cavemen
All men are the same
Extremely Terrified
Rape
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
Anal Rape
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Forever Changed
Mistaken Identity
Why Me Over and Over?
More Than a Survivor
Knowledge is Power
Drunken Rape
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
The Night That Changed My Life
Online dating
My Life
That Night
So drunk I can’t remember
Black Out
My Secret
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Multiple Hurt
Family Ties
It was someone I knew and I...
Every Way Imaginable
Drunken rape
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Sexual abuse
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
We met at the bar
My Story
Aftermath
Fenced In
40 years
Drugged
Only 12
Drunk and taken advantage of
Never Lose Hope
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
Stolen Innocence
Ride from the Concert
My Friend’s House
You Must Acknowledge
Six Years Old
Coping with rape during a pandemic
Rape
Don’t Give Up

