#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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Ms.
Raped at a Birthday Party
Identity?
Family
Why Me?
The Chapter Before The End
“No” is Universal
Me & My Girlfriend
I met evil at a young age
My story
He Loved Me
Raped After School
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
He was 28
Unlucky
Second Night of College
Ruined
Every Way Imaginable
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Gang Rape
My 18th Birthday
Mi Esposa
Cavemen
A Message from the Director

Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Constant fear
לא יוצאים מזה…
I was raped by my step dad
Gang Rape
I Thought I was Safe
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
My Story
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
He was 56
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
I want to Call it what it...
Playing Games
My Scars Do Not Define Me
From Heaven to Hell
I was assaulted twice at the same...
Six Years Old
Beyond a story
Locked Up
אוףףףף
I Was a Fool for Him
Raped
I trusted him
Marital Rape
Around 9 PM
The Boys Club Continues
I was 4 yrs old
Always the Girls Fault
Permanently Scarred
I know when I see a rapist...
Raped By My Father
“I should do this more often”
My Mother was raped and told me...
Continue to Survive
Summer 2019
Victimization
I was a child
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
He Was My Best Friend
My Life in Foster Care
I Feel So Betrayed
Why Me?
Unethical or illegal?
I’m the Slut. I Must’ve Wanted It.
I’m Unbroken and So Are You
גבר אלים וחולני
Surviving, Kinda
I Was Only 7
I Was 16
Working Through It
Help
Sharing #MeToo’s
Molested and Confused
This Is Me, my fight song
I Need To Share More
He’s Dead
Aftermath
Erase and Rewind
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Date Rape
An Orphanage
He said I wanted it
הטרידו אותי
ללינור היקרה
Sexual Abuse
It never seems like Rape to me
Rape
Harder Than Expected
Twice a pattern?
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Ready to Share
My story growing up with a secret
I need some advice
School Bathroom
Breaking The Silence
The Statistics that Changed Me
He was right
My Friend
I Don’t Know My Story
Not Guilty
Male dancer
I Didn’t Even Know Him
My Story
Rape
Family members ex husband
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
My consent is just that…mine
Victim No More
When I Was 8 Years Old
f*ck you
I’m Doing You a Favor
Another Victim
So Now What?
I called him my friend
Sexual Assault Does NOT Define You
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Raped By a Family Member
A sociopath in disguise
Mi Historia
People You Do Not Know
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Life of Trauma
40 years
We met at the bar
I Didn’t See It In Time
En Enero de 2010
I Am More Than It
Date Rape
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
First date: Raped after school at 15
A Victim No Longer
Its been Years
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Sexually abused by my step brothers
You are with me!!
Letter to My Rapist
No Wasn’t Good Enough
The Reason I Feel Alone
Not friends
New Year’s Eve Party
The Mailman Raped Me
Two Continents, Two Different Men!
Confusion
Sexual Abuse
Was it my fault?
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Is It My Fault?
De Los 6 a Los 12
It Was the Second
my story
He Was a Friend
Surpris à la Maison
My experience as an intern in highschool
Hospitalized
Suffered and Survived
Growing Past Just Surviving
16 and 45
Love of My Life?
Despedida
That “man”
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
My Sister and I were Abused
two years ago
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
First “Real” Boyfriend
My Family My Love
My abuse story victim to survivor
In Five Years
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
He was my best friend
Domestic rape
Scared to close my eyes
Freshman Year
Growing Past Just Surviving
It’s OK
A person to trust became my worst...
Frozen in fear
One Day At a Time
Rape
Bad Programming
Thank you for speaking out…
Simple games was a way to hide...
Convincing Myself
He Was My Boyfriend
What Happened?
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
Stranger
Please Rape Me
Not Real Rape
A School Trip
Sexual Assault
Just Words
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Holiday Rape
I Choose Hope

Sex doll
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
Two times. One year.
First boyfriend raped me when i was...
Myself
School Rape
Restoring Innocence
We All Have a Voice
One in Four
Loss of Innocence
Betrayed By My Own Mind
Raped by Him
Stuck
You Were Supposed to Be My Protector
Realization of Rape
I Woke Up In The Tub
Raped by my step fathers
Sexual assualt causes you not to be...
They will never know what they did...
So drunk I can’t remember
Rape
This is MY story
Child sexual abuse
More Than Once
I Trusted You
No One Is Who They Appear To...
Why Me?
Supposed To Be There
Darkness With Friends
College Student
Date Rape
Drugged
Raped By My Therapist
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
Assaulted
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
My story
Too naïve
Date Rape
A respectable collegue
#MeToo I am 1
Raped by Him
Never Even Knew
My Mom
Leaving the party
Broke me
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Long way back
He Took My Virginity
Molestation and Rape Survivor/Warrior
5 Years On
Survivor, Still Struggling
I’m Only Stronger
I story I have yet to accept...
Domestic Rape
Dream / Recall
I Was 3 Years Old
Raped in the Air Force
היי
How Many Times?
…
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Don’t Want to Anymore
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Not Sure It Happened
Our Corrupted Country
Nightmare
Third time’s the charm
I was raped
Becoming a Warrior
Sexually abused by my father
The Fight We Can All Win
Breaking the Silence
