#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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You were supposed to be my friend
My Story
Off My Shoulders
Too naïve
I Am Brave

Mental Breakdown
Nashville Sweetheart
Letter to My Rapist
I was raped
The Reason I Feel Alone
I’m Over Reacting
Mi Esposa
A person to trust became my worst...
I Thought It Was Normal
Summer 2019
Erase and Rewind
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Male dancer
He Destroyed Me
Ashly’s story
Love and Forced abortion
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Need Support
I Was 20
Blaming Myself
Party Time
A Message from the Director
Another Victim
My husband raped me when I took...
Uncomfortable
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Two Strangers in a Park
Rape
Losing My Virginity
Harder Than Expected
The Little Girl in Green and Blue...
10 Years!
I still see him on campus
My 21st Birthday
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
הסיפור שלי…
It’s Been 10 Years
Ride from the Concert
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Ms.
Broken down car
Harassment at Work
En Enero de 2010
Sex doll
This is MY story
Bartender Lies
My “Step-father”
Restoring Innocence
Babysitter Abuse
Doctor Nightmares
My Story
I don’t know if it’s rape
Raped
Victim of Abuse
The Statistics that Changed Me
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Politeness Serves No One
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
היי לינור
My story growing up with a secret
I Was 3 Years Old
My Date Rape Story
My Boyfriend Raped Me
March 1, 2008
Twice a pattern?
My Life
My Friend’s House
My Daughter’s Rape
I Thought I was Safe
Freshman Year
A Lifetime
Proud
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
Every one ignored me
A respectable collegue
Despedida
Once Again
Who I Once Called My Father
Fishing Trips
Feeling Dirty
Seis Años
De Los 6 a Los 12
My Step Father
Backpacking
I Think I Was Raped
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
They Laughed
Night of Psychedelic Horror
I should have STOPPED
My Younger Sister
I was raped…
Growth
Never Be the Same Again
My Best Friend
היי
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
My younger brother
Married My Rapist
Senior Trip
An Abnormal Reaction
I Was Told It Was Normal
Six months in the making..
Man Raped By Man
Abusive Uncle
Fraternity gang rape
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
Still Need Help
Myself
Why does this keep happening to me?
College Rape
Glitter Girl, Gone.
First Crush
#IStandWithHer
My Ongoing Journey
Fenced In
He was a trusted friend, until he...
Sexual Assault
גבר אלים וחולני
Its been Years
A Stong Woman
“You’re both minors”
עדיין מציק
Unsure
Repressed Memory
Why Me?
I Was Only 7
7th Grade Assault
Youth Sexual Harrassment
Weak
J’avais 13 ans
Thought He Was A Friend
Darkness With Friends
I’m Unbroken and So Are You
Lightening Does Strike Twice
But I Was Drunk
The Beach is Not Safe
My Story
Date Rape
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Years later… meeting my rapist again
My story
Stuck
It is not my fault
Afraid of the Truth
Scared and Confused
His name was Kenneth
הטרידו אותי
23 year old virgin
Read This Please
My boyfriend of 2 years
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Ketamine Rape
Rape
“No” is Universal
Let Down
It was not my fault
These Men are More Protected Than We...
My story of my date rape
The First Time
I was 14
Glad To Say I’m A Survivor
Robbery
I’ve survived sexual abuse
Unethical or illegal?
Raped at a Birthday Party
Your First
Happy Birthday
I didn’t say “no”
@ years of rape and being drugged
Black and Blue
So Many Times
Holding My Feelings In
Abuse and Rape
you do what you gotta
Sexual harassment
PART 4: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
High School Orientation
There Is Hope For Us
April 2015
You Were Supposed to Be My Protector
3 Generations
Drugged
This Is Me, my fight song
Drug raped
Travel
Drugged
I said YES
Step Dad
Army
Accepting myself and my story after…
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Since Age 6?
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
Raped twice within a few hours
November ’08
10 Minutos Can Change Your Life
What Should I Do?
Naive College Freshman
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
כמוני כמוך
Confused
Stolen Innocence
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Okay, Not Okay
Spoke out and was blamed
Trusted Friend
Bartender Lies
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
A super long account of a day...
My Ex-husband
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Party Accident
If your boyfriend does it is is...
my story
Still Can’t Believe It
Why
Miss
Too scared to tell
Together, We Are Brave

