#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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Not Really Love
Raped by stranger x2
Raped in Foster care
Broken down car
Sexual harassment
Finally Arrested
Childhood Trauma
Being Molested as a Young Boy
So drunk I can’t remember
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Doctor Nightmares
הטרידו אותי
A Different MeToo
Unlucky
First Frat Party
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Sexual Coercion
Do I say thank you?
Childhood Abuse
Just little girls
Letter to My Rapist
Sexual Abuse
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
my story
My Story
Rape
I was 17 and survived
Surviving, Kinda
A Story
Unspoken
It wasn’t my fault
Invictus
The secret
Why Me, Time and Time Again
Broken Girl
…
Lost My Virginity In Rape By Jehovah’s...
I let it happen twice
Raped Husband
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AT WORK
Thank you for speaking out…
Unicorns
A Stong Woman
Happy Survivor
Life After Death
Knowledge is Power
I don’t know if I was raped
When Does It End
I Blame Myself
Twice
sexual assault & abuse
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I Was Raped?
The Woods Don’t Speak
Raped at a Birthday Party
#MeToo, too
Quarterly Review
Married My Rapist
It Started With Date Rape
Neighbor
He used me. He left me.
When I Was 7
f*ck you
Friend of my Husband
Being Raped
Took Me, Took my Wedding
Emotional Abuse
En Enero de 2010
Second Night of College
My Story
It was my ex boyfriend
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Sexually Assaulted as a Child
The children are the priority here
Molested
All Just Too Much
Nothing important…
Off My Shoulders
Sexually assaulted at 4
I Felt So Helpless
Spoke out and was blamed
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
Fiance Father of my Child
Rape
Last Party
Touched
Fear
I Was 16
Still Terrified
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Police Officer/Date Rape
Sleep Over
Sexually assaulted as a young girl
University Bar
Keeping Faith
ללינור היקרה
Army
Multiple Times
Knowledge is Power
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Why was it my fault?
What If I Make You?
Hope after repeated rape
Bad Morning
יש חיים אחרי אונס
With Love
Out For A Walk
Halloween Nightmare
Raped When I Was 12
עדיין מציק
Male dancer
My Story
Broken Trust
Family of Lies
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
I was assaulted twice at the same...
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Bringing the Stories to Light
The Girl Who Went To College
My Best Friend
A Private College; A Private Rape
Raped in the Air Force
Why Me Over and Over?
Help !
Fraternity gang rape
Despedida
Forced, De-flowered
f*ck you
A Victim No Longer
Raped and Molested
My 19 year old cousin
Respect
Because of You
Six months in the making..
Bad Decision
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
2 Years Ago
Myself
College Rape
April 19th
The reason for my tattoo
Only Six
Rape in my locked home
Molested
My 21st Birthday
Left Me In Pieces
God Saved Me
College Rape
Frozen
Betrayal
A Lifetime of pain
Unethical or illegal?
Sexual Assault at 11
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
Ready to Share
Family
Silenced But Not Forever
Happy Birthday
weird brother
De Los 6 a Los 12
Date Rape
Dream / Recall
Sex doll
7 years and it still controls me
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
He Was My Boyfriend
My story growing up with a secret
הסיפור שלי…
I Didn’t Even Know Him
You Didn’t Break Me
dad and mom rape
Babysitter Abuse
Army
Childhood Sexual Abuse
Letter to…
Why did this happen to me???
Everyone loves him
It was just a friend date
Ashamed
Multiple Times
College Rape
My experience of societal views on victims...
My story
Rape
My Rape Stories
היי
Learning to Live With My Rape
I Choose Hope

I don’t Know, but I Know
My Innocence Was Taken Away
Football Player
My First Time Speaking Up
I don’t know what to think
incest
Nashville Sweetheart
I Was 20
Drugged and Raped
Nothing for Nothing
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Just Words
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
It was
Coercion is never consent
Summer 2019
Was It My Fault?
I Just Started High School
Rape
Rape
Obsessed Abusive Ex
blackmailed
My story
Molestation
I was 8 years old
Trusted Him
I Was Dating Him
7th Grade Assault
Raped At 16, 29, 31
Why did this happen to me???
The Summer of 2013
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Shout Out
Too Many Times
היי לינור
I didn’t say “no”
Spring Break Nightmare
Travel
Confused and Angry
The pain that was never mine to...
I am a Rape Survivor
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Not A Trustworthy Man
The First Time
The First Time
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Raped in my own bed
Never Again
An Unknown Face & Hands
J’avais 13 ans
There Is Hope For Us
Girls Without Parents
Now It’s Too Late
We All Have a Voice
Almost Does Not Count
Married to Abuser
Why Me?
Call Me Anything But That
Fled the Country
How Many Times?
Deja Vu
Raped in College
I know when I see a rapist...
Confused
The Worst Feeling
Mi Historia
Sexually abused by a 11/12 girl
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
A respectable collegue
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Ride from the Concert
More Than Once
I Thought He Loved Me
My survival story
5th Grade
When does it end?
He’s Still Out There
גבר אלים וחולני
Long way back
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
3 years later i still wonder if...
Erase and Rewind
35 Years Ago
After Wedding
Don’t Give Up


