#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.
Contact us here: producers@BraveMissWorld.com
Watch the Emmy-nominated Brave Miss World on…
Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80222025
iTunes: http://apple.co/1Og611n
Amazon: http://amzn.com/B0194BJ5MO
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/bravemissworld
In 1978
A letter to my rapist
My Rape
Nightmare
ללינור היקרה
Freshman Year
So drunk I can’t remember
Sexually abused by my step brothers
Didn’t Think it Could Happen to ME
7 Months
He used me. He left me.
Ashly’s story
Not Really Family
An older cousin
Surviving, Kinda
First Frat Party
LOST
“I should do this more often”
Assault at 12 Years by Teacher
Someone Left To Trust?
Becoming a Warrior
Black and Blue
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Attempt to Rape
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
Drugged
No Power
I was born for this
Need help
Torn
My abuse story victim to survivor
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Sexual Assault and Depression
My Father’s Funeral
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
Graduation Night
Rape
My Brother’s Best Friend
Raped By My Brother
St. Louis Riots
Rape
How Many Times?
היי
My Story
“You’re both minors”
Not A Trustworthy Man
Workplace Sexual Harassment
my brother in law
I was 14
גבר אלים וחולני
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My best friend
Some of my story
Ignoring only gets so far
Love of My Life?
My Daughter
Let’s Fight Back With Love
One Day At a Time
Raped By My Father
BFF’s Husband
כמוני כמוך
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
My friend assaulted me and another
Army
Unlucky
Abused at the Age of 4
Why Didn’t You Stop Him?
Unspoken
Sex Slave
Friends?
Male dancer
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
J’avais 13 ans
Stolen Innocence
My 21st Birthday
Life Was Ruined
My Coach My Rapist
Confused
Two times. One year.
De Los 6 a Los 12
I thought he was a friend
Molested
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
School Prom
Dear Coward
University Bar
High School Rape
“My Rape” at University
A Nightmare
Drugged and Gang Raped
Rape
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Roommates
Myself
40 years
Since Age 6?
Just Another Night
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Stepfather
I regret not telling
I was very dumb.
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
The Devil You Know
My Relationship With Dad
Diana Oakley’s Story
Remember November
Nearly 50 years later
Mother and Son
Ashamed
ללינור היקרה
Sexual Abuse
Molested at 3
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
A letter to the monster
I will never forget
I should’ve known
Just Words
Forgiving My Rapist
Respect
I Was 20
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Rape
I let it happen twice
The Summer of 2013
The Mailman Raped Me
Enough Is Enough
Smoke Together
Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
He was jealous of my new friend
I was carrying his daughter.
Okay, Not Okay
Dirty Whore
Raped By a Friend
Unethical or illegal?
I Trusted You
He was 15
College Rape
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
I was 4 yrs old
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
What If I Make You?
First Time
גבר אלים וחולני
Angry and confused
My story growing up with a secret
I Didn’t Know
A sociopath in disguise
My Story
My Ex-husband
Is It Really Rape?
My Modeling Experience
Why Me?
He Took My Virginity
Running
Too naïve
I Never Give Up

עדיין מציק
My Ex-husband
I am a Rape Survivor
Who is Responsible?
Assault?
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
The Statistics that Changed Me
No
Night of Psychedelic Horror
Say Something
Masked Boyfriend
Men get raped too…
He doesn’t even know he raped me
I Am a Survivor…
Trusted Friend
Rape is Real
Raped By 6 Men
Being Raped
Rape
Date Rape
Because of You
My Life in Foster Care
Teenage Victim
Summer 2019
Sleepraping
When I Was 11…
Night Out
I wish I never knew
Today, I Let It All Go
Molested by my cousin
A respectable collegue
הסיפור שלי…
Little Girl
Despedida
Rape
I was just 9.
In-Between Times
NO MORE TEARS TO CRY
Don’t Give Up

Multiple Times
Rape By My Husband
לפני 14 שנים
I Thought I was Safe
I Shouldn’t Have Drank
sexual assault
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
My year abroad
Justice
Dream / Recall
Trusted Friend
Still Haunts
Kibbutz
Scar
Different face, but the same monster
Disappointed
Stronger Than You Think
It’s been 5 years, and you still...
Multiple Rapes
Why: A Poem About My Rape
A Story
A Memory That Came Back
Growing Past Just Surviving
Speak up for yourself
I “needed” to do this!
Something so Horrible Could Make Me This...
Why did this happen to me???
Mi Esposa
He Took My Virginity
Rock It!

Date Rape
My Fight
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I Prayed for Death
If I Were Stronger Then
Metoo
Being Raped
I’m so sorry
I Was Only 7
Drugged and Raped
Another poem about a not so perfect...
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
I know when I see a rapist...
Why
Drugged
Extremely Terrified
Thank you for being LOUD!
He Was My Friend
The Night That Changed My World
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Beyond a story
Too naïve
Fraternity Men
My story!
לא יוצאים מזה…
Trapped with memories
Rape and Not Believed
Rape in my locked home
Young and Unaware
I Am Brave
