#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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My story
Can Anyone Help?
“raped” by my long time bf
I Thought I was Safe
Domestic rape
I was too young to know what...
He Took My Virginity
Letter to…
Was it Really Rape
Say Something
Gang Raped
Metoo
היי לינור
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
Growing Past Just Surviving
Freshman Year
Help!! What Can I Do?
Raped as a child and teen
More Witness than I Care to Live...
School Bathroom
Raped at the Air Force Academy
De Los 6 a Los 12
Spoke out and was blamed
I Was Only a Child
Twice
Justice Didn’t Help Me
I Didn’t Know
Unspoken
The Worst Relationship
Flashbacks
Trying to Survive
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Metoo
All Just Too Much
27 Hours
People You Do Not Know
A person to trust became my worst...
J’avais 13 ans
I was 17 and survived
In My Home
Tinder Rape
The Reason I Feel Alone
Since Age 6?
Girl Raped By a Girl
Quiet for 2 years
The Beach is Not Safe
Childhood
To the men who hurt me
Was I really raped?
No Wasn’t Good Enough
I don’t know anymore
I don’t know who I am
Scar
I lost all the important people in...
Rape
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Too naïve
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
My cousins friend
A young mother
I Was Only 7
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Still Affected
I didn’t know what to do
Touched
Your truth will change someones’ life.
The Statistics that Changed Me
Shattered Childhood
lucky
My Year in Hell
Lightening Does Strike Twice
A Meek Young Girl
Child Rape
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
I Remember How It Felt
Was It Rape?
Prey
A Message from the Director

חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
All men are the same
University Bar
ללינור היקרה
Being drunk is not consent
New Years
Powerful
I Trusted Him
Raped By a Friend
4 Days Before 16th Birthday
my toxic relationship
I Thought I Knew Hi
Rape By My Husband
My Friend’s House
Out of Control
Dad Raped Me
Finally ready to tell my story
My Story
Thank you
Date Rape
Ketamine Rape
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Not Alone
Only I get to make choices for...
Rude awakening
Almost Raped
I Was Just a Dancer
We were both 10.
Party Time
Sexually Assaulted
Fishing Trips
I didn’t think she would do this....
Child sexual abuse
He Took My Virginity
Rape
My Story
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Piece
Mi Historia
The Story of a Boy
Raped
Multiple Sexual Assaults
innocent
My Innocence Was Taken Away
A Survivor’s Mindset
Why Me?
Living With Us
I Am a Survivor…
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
הסיפור שלי…
Is It My Fault?
Worst Day Ever
@ years of rape and being drugged
Roofied
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
Ms.
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
Strength to Speak Out
I am a survivor
Army
My story growing up with a secret
I Really Want To Forget About It
Was It My Fault?
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Gross
I Was Just a Little Girl
Ex-Boyfriend
Date Rape
Summer 2019
She was never the same…
I Am Beautiful Now
Employer rape
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
16 times
Hiding from the Weather
Just Words
I dont know what to call it
Chiropractor
What Happened?
Rape
5 years now
From Heaven to Hell
75 Percent Humidity
I was very dumb.
Sex doll
Why Me, Time and Time Again
A horror that lasts a lifetime
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Out For A Walk
Help
He Was My Dad
Ritual Sexual Abuse
I can say it now
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Life of Trauma
Married to Abuser
Survivor
