#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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Your truth will change someones’ life.
Start of grooming at 15
I called him my friend
Rape
It will get better
Drunken rape
In My Home
He was supposed to be a friend
Drugged and Gang Raped
Hidden Emotions
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Set Up
I Am A Survivor
06.05.2006
Workplace Sexual Harassment
First Friend at University
My Story
לפני 14 שנים
MY Inspirational Story
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
The Party I Will Never Forget
Becoming Whole
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Too naïve
The reason for my tattoo
3 Times is Not Charming
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Sexual abuse by brother
My Story
Raped Husband
Kept From Us
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Raped When I Was 12
Multiple Rapes
Stockholm
Naive and Raped at 15
Still Unable to Tell People
De Los 6 a Los 12
My story growing up with a secret
New Years Eve
I Trusted Him
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
I Hate You
“raped” by my long time bf
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Former partner would berate me
Tinder Rape
The Boys Club Continues
my story
I thought he was a brother
I Never Thought He’d Do Something Like...
He Never Apologized
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Four Years Ago
David and Goliath
Bartender Lies
Molestation
J’avais 13 ans
University Bar
היי לינור
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
What Should I Do?
Never Be the Same Again
I was sexual abused with no justice
My Story.
I Think I Was Raped
Mi Historia
I Barely Knew Them
Rape
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Halloween Nightmare
Family
כמוני כמוך
“No” is Universal
Online dating
Unbelievable
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
My Multiple-Offender Rape
It Was the Second
It Was My Fault
Why Me?
An Acquaintance
It was never…..That
Family Ties
Why Me Over and Over?
About Being Raped
Not Really Love
College Campus Rape
Rape
4 Years Ago
Rape & Sexual Assault
He Was My Hero
Friends?
Frozen in fear
Unspoken
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
לא יוצאים מזה…
Drugged
My Mother Was Raped
Rape
I know when I see a rapist...
Just Violated
Finally Arrested
From Grief to Trauma
My Ex-husband
Life and Death
Warrior
Sex doll
Being Raped
Rape & Sexual Assault
En Enero de 2010
Childhood of assault
Need Support
My Story
Raped By My Brother’s Friend
God Saved Me
Be Careful Who You Trust
Amber’s Story
Travel
Warning
Sexual Abuse
עדיין מציק
Tulane Law
Survivor of Rape
Ms
I don’t know anymore
Time To Tell
Freshman Year
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Raped By a Female
Male dancer
Broken
Survivor

Drugged
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Six Years of Denial
Cruel Kids
Victim No More
Summer 2019
Help
Erase and Rewind
Keeping Faith
Trauma
Shattered
Six Years of Denial
Sexual Assault
Brother & Sister
It’s A Long Story
My ex
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
3 Different Times
My Stepbrother
My Story
Family Secrets
I’m the Slut. I Must’ve Wanted It.
My Ongoing Journey
I dont know what to call it
Ms.
Me too.
Rock It!

Not safe in my own skin
Raped By My Biological Father
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Realization of Rape
I Too Was Raped
So Now What?
Am I Wrong?
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Mi Esposa
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
The Chapter Before The End
Abusive Relationship
Multiple Rape
PART 3: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Let Down
Stormy Night
The Summer of 2013
Abuse Continued
Serial Rapist
I Choose Hope
