#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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Chiropractor
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
Three Times in a Row
So Many Times
University Bar
I Trusted Him
Rape
All Just Too Much
Panic Attack
Forgotten Memories Submerge
A Night I Will Never Forget
My Step Brother
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
Ashly’s story
עדיין מציק
Not Okay
Different face, but the same monster
The Aftermath
Someone so close to me
Raped by boyfriend
After Wedding
When does it end?
Rape
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Roofied
Summer 2019
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Still Hurting
Mi Historia
Victim of Abuse
Childhood Trauma
Child sexual abuse
Smoke Together
Party Time
I like to think I won’t feel...
My rapist sent me a friend request...
Closure
Ride from the Concert
They Blamed it on the Tequila
Growing Past Just Surviving
Daycare friend
Patient People
Anal Rape
The secret
Raped by Abusive Husband
He Was a Family Friend
There once was love
From Grief to Trauma
Fenced In
Raped in the Air Force
Dream / Recall
Rape by Boyfriend
Freshman Year
Almost A Stranger
The Boys Club Continues
Assault, Battery, and Rape
So Now What?
A Voice to be Heard
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
So drunk I can’t remember
Confused and Angry
My story growing up with a secret
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Repressed Memory
The Setup
The Day I Was Raped
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Freshman Year
Third time’s the charm
Rape and Crisis
Not A Trustworthy Man
Innocence
The thief
כמוני כמוך
Obsessed Abusive Ex
Love of My Life?
rape
Ms.
Shout Out
The year that changed me
ללינור היקרה
my toxic relationship
In My Home
The Fight We Can All Win
Happy Birthday
Scars
My Own Family
The pain that was never mine to...
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Was it rape?
Just a Joke
Thank you for being LOUD!
Rape
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
Rape
Just Another Night
A Literal Fight
They thought it was fun
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Unbelievable
My First Two Times
I’m not broken but worse. I’m dead.
Raped and Molested
Drunken Rape
Broken
Panic Attack
Family Member
Army
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Myself
my story
3 years on
Thank You
My principal mom raped me
Just Words
We met at the bar
Impacted Forever
The Night That Changed My World
Continue to Survive
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I don’t know who I am
In The Concrete Jungle
He’s Still Out There
Spring Break Nightmare
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Sexual Abuse
Say Something
Surviving sexual assault trauma
Erase and Rewind
I thought he was a friend
Surviving my father
The rape apology and my reply
The abuser
Shelter My Soul
Mi Esposa
היי
לא יוצאים מזה…
Drugged and Gang Raped
Family Ties
Supporting Sisters
Help
My Own Sister
Rape
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
7 years and it still controls me
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
I Trusted You
He was jealous of my new friend
I Don’t Trust My Father
Testifying
Sexual Assault??
My Own Brother
Memories
Too Far
De Los 6 a Los 12
J’avais 13 ans
Repressed Memories x3 Abusers
And It Continues
Glad To Say I’m A Survivor
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
When I Was 8
Wide awake
My best friends dad
I was born for this
i was a child.
More Than Once
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
A respectable collegue
Being Raped
Every Time I Said “No”
Story Subject: * I thought he was...
I still don’t know what happened
It was my ex boyfriend
Restoring Innocence
Proof, but no Witnesses
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
First boyfriend raped me when i was...
Rape
I know when I see a rapist...
Moving on Alone from Rape
I Am Still Standing
The Mailman Raped Me
לפני 14 שנים
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Why Me?
I’m Speaking Out!
You are going to show me how...
Unethical or illegal?
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
Molested and Confused
My Daughter and I Both
Raped By 6 Men
Prom Night
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Uncomfortable
A Lifetime
I’m Finally Moving On
Twice a pattern?
I still don’t know
Being Raped
Today, I Let It All Go
My Two Rapes
Rape survivor
Metoo
Raped By My Therapist
Breaking the Trust
Returning to Mexico
I don’t know what to think
Drugged
If I Were Stronger Then
I Dated My Rapists
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Rape and Not Believed
Love and Forced abortion
Rape Is Everywhere
Stuck
No Longer Keeping the Peace
Chiropractor
Memories Are Back
lucky
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Black and Blue
Touched
Seis Años
3 Times is Not Charming
I am a different me
i was pulling my shorts up
Revelations
Assault?
If I Were Stronger Then
Too naïve
My stepfather raped me
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
These Men are More Protected Than We...
This is my story
Rape Is Everywhere
What happened to me doesn’t have to...
Nerve damage
Male dancer
הטרידו אותי
I Was 16
That “man”
Raped By a Female
היי לינור
Spoke out and was blamed
In NYC
This is MY story
My Story
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Quiet for 2 years
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Raped as a child and teen
Aftermath
The children are the priority here
His Charming Ways
Someone so close to me
My story
Abused at the Age of 4
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Kept From Us
My Story
Not Over It
Mrs
Multiple Times
I am a Survivor
keep it a secret
Healing in progress
Tel Aviv
Sex doll
I will never forget
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Was it my fault?
My Side
Date Raped When I Was 15
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
The Silent But Haunting Wounds Of Rape
Letter to My Rapist
הסיפור שלי…
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Rape
My step dad raped me
Trying to Survive
The Worst Feeling
Family of Lies
University Bar
The Girl Who Went To College
I was raped by a cop
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Always the Girls Fault
I Trusted Him
7th Grade Assault
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Two Friends and Two Boys
My Rape Story
Stayed Silence
In Five Years
Speak Up
Braver

