#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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Date Rape
My Husband Was My Attacker
So Now What?
Hotel
My Story
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
What am I doing wrong
Ripped Me Apart
I Own My Story
My Husband Set Me Up!
Didn’t Know I Had Been Raped
Rape
Breaking the Trust
Why you should talk to your daughters...
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
Letter to My Rapist
The Night That Changed My Life
Raped After School
Friends??
Family
I Never understood
Hard Time
NYC Vacation
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Stepfather
Unspoken
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
Raped in the Air Force
My Two Days of Hell
Stolen innocence
Survivor

Need Support
I’m Finally Moving On
My Daughter’s Rape
Red Flags
After I Was Raped
I was a kid, you were my...
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
HE Haunts Me
My Untold Story
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Finally Healing
Black Girl
Confronting My Step-Father
All Just Too Much
Rape Is Everywhere
Still Rape
I Was Told It Was Normal
עדיין מציק
Pastor’s Son
#IStandWithHer
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
הטרידו אותי
He ruined my life
Marital Rape
Out of Control
I now know
Freshman Year
Two Times
First date: Raped after school at 15
Gang Raped
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Childhood Trauma
My Trauma(s)
Gross
Shedding the Shame of Adolescent Peer Sexual...
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Thank you
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Spoke out and was blamed
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
I “needed” to do this!
College Rape
Roommates
Did I ask for this?
Living With Us
I Didn’t Know
Abused By My Father
Never Even Knew
It was never…..That
Night Out
Fiance Father of my Child
Out For A Walk
Scared
He said he’d never do it again
1 hour 3 days
I don’t know anymore
4 Days Before 16th Birthday
So drunk I can’t remember
Lightening Does Strike Twice
As If It Never Happened
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
היי
My Mother was raped and told me...
My year abroad
I didn’t know it was rape, I...
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
כמוני כמוך
I Was Just a Dancer
Too naïve
Growing Past Just Surviving
Still Need Help
Middle school sexual harassment
I Barely Knew Them
Permanently Scarred
לא יוצאים מזה…
Spring Break
In Five Years
Sex doll
Unknown
4 Years Ago
A young mother
I am More than a Victim
I Was Only 7
My story
Speaking It
My story growing up with a secret
There Is Hope For Us
I Am a Survivor…
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Sexual Assault??
The Man Who Never Was
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Okay, Not Okay
Erased From Memory
Michelle Johnston
To protect and serve
Stronger
Unethical or illegal?
Politeness Serves No One
Someday Soon
Molested
Less than a Minute of my Life
היי לינור
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Male dancer
Cavemen
Rape
My Best Friend
Don’t Want to Anymore
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Proof, but no Witnesses
I thought he was a friend
Rape
Letter to my offender
Family Secrets
עדיין מציק
Throughout my teen years
Rape?
Not My Friend
Another kid raped me
November ’08
Naive girl
I Trusted Him
I want to Call it what it...
My principal mom raped me
Forced, De-flowered
Rape
I’m getting Married tomorrow
Less than a Minute of my Life
Fraternity Men
Seis Años
Love of My Life?
Family members ex husband
Every one ignored me
Multiple Rapes
My Story
Why Me?
random rape
My Girlfriend of Two Years
I can’t remember if I said yes...
Dear Coward
J’avais 13 ans
Two times. One year.
Raped 14 times in 1 year
My Horrific Nightmare
Justice
Brother & Sister
One Day At a Time
First Crush
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Never Seemed Worth Telling
Be Happy It Only Involves Your Daughter
Raped and Numbed
Still Unable to Tell People
גבר אלים וחולני
Army
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
My Scars Do Not Define Me
Suffered and Survived
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
It wasn’t my fault
He said he loved me
I don’t know anymore
MY Inspirational Story
Family
Initiation into adulthood
Why Me?
You Were My Brother’s Best Friend
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
My boyfriend of 2 years
Growth
My Mother Was Raped
3 Days After Arriving at College
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Confused and Angry
Newly Living Neighbour
Date Rape
A respectable collegue
Blamed myself …
Letter to…
Thank you for speaking out…
Multiple Times
I know when I see a rapist...
Rape
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
The Night My Life Changed
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
לפני 14 שנים
More Than a Survivor
Not Really Family
Just Hanging Out
Pretty Girls
Raped by my boyfriend
A Message from the Director

The Story of a Boy
Mi Historia
17
Raped Multiple Times
My Story
These Men are More Protected Than We...
En Enero de 2010
‘Were you drinking?’
Deja Vu
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
I Too Was Raped
Growing Past Just Surviving
Parasite
Rape Is Everywhere
“raped” by my long time bf
אוףףףף
Twice
I just wanted to give him a...
Blaming Myself
Afraid of Being Judged
The Devil You Know
Set Up
Michelle Johnston
לפני 14 שנים
He was 28
Sexual Assault
Almost Does Not Count
The Statistics that Changed Me
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
הסיפור שלי…
Why did this happen to me???
Repressed Memory
I Trusted Him
New Year’s Eve Party
Ms.
I Thought He Cared
Multiple Times
Mi Esposa
Piano Teacher
Was it rape?
Sexual Abuse
Party Time
A letter to him
He bought me chips and sent me...
Rape and Crisis
Someone so close to me
Abuse Continued
Raped, Adopted, Raped Again
Workplace Sexual Harassment
11 Years to Justice
All Just Too Much
Finding Peace
Rape
Why Me Over and Over?
Rude awakening
I can say it now
Just Words
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Multiple Times
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Help
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I loved him
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
Friends No Longer
Despedida
13 & Alone
He Was a Friend
Resiliency
Aftermath
My 19 year old cousin
Assault at 12 Years by Teacher
Molested
Last Party
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