#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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He Was A Police Officer
Betrayed By My Husband
My Mother Was Raped
Raped by boyfriend
My Story
Raped At 15
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Bad Decision
Teatime
Virgin Rape
Piece
They thought it was fun
Don’t Know
Mi Esposa
היי
The Same Effect
Just Words
My Husband Was My Attacker
Deja Vu
He was supposed to be a friend
Happy Hell-oween
That’s not Me, it’s Her
Being Done
Dad Raped Me
My Own Sister
My Life
He Took My Virginity
Perfect on Paper
my story
Trapped In a Fantasy World
Nearly 50 years later
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Help…
Multiple Times
I’m Doing You a Favor
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
My Interview
Was It Rape?
Why
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Rape
Catfished
I didn’t even know what was happening
I was 8 years old
Raped in the Air Force
Spring Break
I Was Only 7
הסיפור שלי…
Daycare
Rape
Justice
My Two Cents
Rape
Ripped Me Apart
Sexual abuse
Rape Is Everywhere
My story growing up with a secret
Raped By My Therapist
Multiple Assaults
Was it my fault?
Family Ties
My Friend
Lotus
All men are the same
Heart broken
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Wide awake
Marital Rape
5 years now
I Don’t Know My Story
I was 5.
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
Rape
Myself
Aftermath
Once Again
Raped at 17
I Am Beautiful Now
Too drunk to respond
I Was Prepared
I know when I see a rapist...
Raped By Boyfriend
היי לינור
Erase and Rewind
לא יוצאים מזה…
Intruded
Cavemen
He took it as yes
I Felt So Helpless
My Story
Be Strong
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
I Slept Next to Him
I Just Started High School
Poetry
Creepy Grand Uncle
Respect
I Thought I was Safe
It Was the Second
Day at the Lake
First Frat Party
Continue to Survive
Not just me
My Own Brother
you do what you gotta
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Speaking Out
Another kid raped me
De Los 6 a Los 12
My Fight
I thought you loved me
This Is My Story
Thank you for being LOUD!
Spoke out and was blamed
Hope after repeated rape
My Story
17
Attempted Rape
My story
1 hour 3 days
עדיין מציק
This Is Me, my fight song
Stockholm
Shelter My Soul
10 Years!
First “Real” Boyfriend
גבר אלים וחולני
An uncle who couldn’t keep his hands...
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
My Rape
Molested
Couch Surfing
לפני 14 שנים
incest
75 Percent Humidity
My Story
Sex doll
Light In The Dark
Messed Up
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Life of Trauma
Raped and Almost Raped and Harassed
I can’t remember if I said yes...
Unethical or illegal?
I trusted him
Only I get to make choices for...
Raped by my boyfriend
Party Time
Summer 2019
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
From a Boyfriend
Today, I Let It All Go
3 Different Times
#metoo
My Brave Daughter
Brother & Sister
Never Be the Same Again
Twice
Naive College Freshman
Attempt to Rape
I was a kid, you were my...
Abused since I was young
Home from School
Workplace Sexual Harassment
There are a lot of assholes on...
Halloween 2014
Survivor

My principal mom raped me
Intimate Partner Violence
Why Was No Not Enough?
My teacher and my step-brother
A Stong Woman
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
School Rape
He Was a Friend
I Remember How It Felt
Growth
I Came Home
Sex doll
Do you remember your first time?
Rude awakening
He Took My Virginity
We met at the bar
Too naïve
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
It was just a vacation
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Raped by Him
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Dating & Relatives
Rape and Not Believed
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
What Is Success?
Hidden Emotions
Darkness With Friends
Just Like Yesterday
Innocence
My Modeling Experience
Drugged
Didn’t Realize It
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I said no – but he took...
Touched
כמוני כמוך
Rape?
7 years and it still controls me
Salted Wound
BoR Amendment VI – Protecting Rapists in...
University Bar
Shame Destroys
Am I Over Reacting?
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
I don’t know anymore
Myself
He’s Still Out There
The One I Trusted
She sent a Warning, and Paid for...
I Choose Hope
