#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.
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I blamed myself… Twice
Stupid Coward
Ex-Boyfriend
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
Sex doll
I regret not telling
Don’t Know
Groomed
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
The One I Trusted
10 Years!
A Night To Remember
My principal mom raped me
More Than Half of My Life Ago
Army
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Date Rape
Lightening Does Strike Twice
I Thought I Knew Him
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My Story
Denial
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
לא יוצאים מזה…
Not Sure It Happened
Still Carry the Anger
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
היי
Stranger Rape
Unethical or illegal?
ללינור היקרה
Raped by ex boyfriend
Rape
Shelter My Soul
First Crush
Why you should talk to your daughters...
J’avais 13 ans
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Don’t Be Me
Stuck
Finally Arrested
I Pretend Like I Don’t Remember…But I...
Too naïve
Boyfriend Hell
The Pedophiles’ Paradise
I Thought I Was Safe
Violent Rape
My Friend’s House
Warrior
Erase and Rewind
I know when I see a rapist...
I did Not need to know this
Only Six
De Los 6 a Los 12
I Didn’t Know What Happened
Obsessed Abusive Ex
I Thought He Loved Me
5
Ashly’s story
Say Something
I Saved Myself
I was born for this
Seis Años
What Was It?
She was never the same…
Myself
Sex doll
Raped by my Step Brother
Doesn’t Define Me
I Was Only 7
Assault?
Unsure
My Biggest Secret
I Am Brave
Love of My Life?
Summer 2019
3 years on
No Wasn’t Good Enough
The Boys Club Continues
Rape
Tormented
Growing Past Just Surviving
My Mother’s Albatross
My story growing up with a secret
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
A Self Destructive Life
The Man Who Never Was
Ms.
Moving On
How can we make it stop?
Sexually assaulted at 4
Raped By 6 Policemen
Stop
Stepfather
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Daycare
Spring Break
היי לינור
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Still Need Help
Brother & Sister
Bad Morning
Hospitalized
Myself
Forced, De-flowered
My Friend’s House
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Thick Mud
Too Afraid To Tell
Age 6 abused
I thought he was a brother
Raped by a so called friend
Neglected
That Night
It wasn’t your fault
This Is My Story
So Alone
Growing Past Just Surviving
It started with you.
Blamed myself …
Rape
Dream / Recall
Them
Under Age drinking
Tattoo Artist
My sisters boyfriend abused me
ללינור היקרה
Shame
Night Out
Living Nightmare
Relationship does not equal consent
Scared and Confused
Never Be the Same Again
Confused and Angry
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
Abused By a Relative
My First Time Speaking Up
Men ruined my life
Why Me?
College Rape
Who Is To Blame?
4 Years Ago
Child sexual abuse
Unethical or illegal?
“Date” gone wrong?
Raped and Never Forgotten
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Party Accident
Hurt and Anger
I didn’t know
Closure
Betrayed By My Own Mind
Raped When I Was 12
A Scared Little Girl
Moving on Alone from Rape
Things do get better
Bad Programming
My Rapes
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Supporting Sisters
Frozen in fear
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
My 21st Birthday
Me too.
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
Domestic Rape
High School Rape
Survivor

Raped By a Female
Heart broken
Impacted Forever
Still Hurting
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
The Statistics that Changed Me
Was Raped
My Horrific Nightmare
I Can Barely Remember
Spoke out and was blamed
No
Panic Attack
The Boys Club Continues
I Blame Myself
Intimate Partner Violence
My Boyfriend
Only I get to make choices for...
Two Friends and Two Boys
my story
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
I was assaulted twice at the same...
גבר אלים וחולני
Multiple Times
…
An Unknown Face & Hands
Bringing the Stories to Light
He was my best friend
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
You Were My Friend
A respectable collegue
Just a Child
Date Rape
כמוני כמוך
Glad To Say I’m A Survivor
Rape
אוףףףף
My cousins friend
I Am a Survivor…
It was my ex boyfriend
Still Need Help
A Meek Young Girl
Keeping Faith
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Taken Advantage
I still see him on campus
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Pregnancy
There Is Hope For Us
Incest & Date Rape
Drug raped
לפני 14 שנים
My Interview
Survivor, Still Struggling
Hidden Emotions
Speak Up
A person to trust became my worst...
Keep it to myself
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
Date Raped When I Was 15
Powerful
Too Close
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Gang Raped
Date Raped
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Junior Prom
The Guy I Trusted
Betrayed
Masked Boyfriend
Just Words
The Setup
Wanted Love But Got Rape
Not all friends are true
Family
Family
My boyfriend
In-Between Times
I Trusted Him…
My Relationship With Dad
Six months in the making..
Tormented
Worst Day Ever
I Am Brave
