#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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I thought it was my fault
This will be painful
My Mom
A young girl
Repressed Memory
Nearly 50 years later
He used me. He left me.
I Thought I Was Safe
Former partner would berate me
Raped
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
My Army Fiance
I Just Started High School
Sexual Abuse
An Unknown Face & Hands
Self Worth
Victimization
Raped at 16
1 in 5
She’s a survivor
Not Sure It Happened
Confused
Despedida
Why Me Over and Over?
Summer 2019
College Campus Rape
Broken Homes, Broken Families
I Thought I Knew Him
כמוני כמוך
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Raped in College
Erase and Rewind
Hateful
Molested
So Young
It’s Been Eight Years
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
You made me feel like I was...
What’s Done Is Done
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
Moving On
Aftermath
Sexual Assault by Chiropractor
Holding It In
He Was a Family Friend
Victim of Abuse
Workplace Sexual Harassment
היי לינור
Finally Arrested
Choose healing over silence
Waiting For Justice
On the Way Home
This Is My Story
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
The First time I shared…
Seis Años
En Enero de 2010
I was raped
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
This will be painful
I Blame Myself
Too drunk to respond
No Stranger
Why me?
my story
My Life
Me too.
With Love
Sexual molestation as a child
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
Male dancer
The Same Effect
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Men get raped too…
Prom Night
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Victory
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
raped and isolated
Happy Hell-oween
HS Reunion
Paris Nightmare
Sexual Assualt Overseas
Getting Away
I don’t know anymore
My First Assault
J’avais 13 ans
Never Even Knew
Broken Trust
I’m Disgusted
לא יוצאים מזה…
I know when I see a rapist...
Rock It!

A Co-Worker
7 Months
MY Inspirational Story
weird brother
He took away my innocence
First Time Sharing
Happy Survivor
Forever Silent
My Own Family
Abuse Continued
Trying To Be Better
Metoo
Aftermath
I Was Only 7
Drunken Rape
I Need to Tell Someone
I Trusted Him
Myself
Cafeteria Food
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Friends?
His name was Kenneth
High School Orientation
First Friend at University
Mi Esposa
Bad Morning
I don’t know what to think
Almost Raped
Help
Constant fear
Silence
Denial
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
We go to the same church
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
Trader Joes
Sex doll
Lost In Time
10 Years!
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Being Raped
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Do I say thank you?
My Story
My Rape Stories
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
I Prayed for Death
Girl Raped By a Girl
Set Up
Broken
The Party
Was I really raped?
My Story
Let’s Fight Back With Love
The Night It All Changed
לפני 14 שנים
You are going to show me how...
Nashville Sweetheart
It Happened More Than Once
הסיפור שלי…
I Am a Survivor
Child sexual abuse
He said I wanted it
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
April 8th, 2016
He Was My Hero
Was It Rape?
He was right
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
The Statistics that Changed Me
Never Going To Happen To Me
Made in America
3x
Today, I Let It All Go
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
Keep it to myself
Scars
Am I Over Reacting?
Tinder Rape
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
He Was a Cop
Powerful
My Multiple-Offender Rape
I Am a Survivor…
Raped at 14
Spoke out and was blamed
Incapacitated Still
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
Army
Will I ever get over it.
Manhandling to Rape
Cousin Rape
I finally said NO
My principal mom raped me
I Was Manipulated
Rape Is Everywhere
Abused By a Relative
Out For A Walk
Feeling Alone
My Story
Empty
blackmailed
I was raped
My abuse story victim to survivor
If I Were Stronger Then
My Sexual Assault Story
My Story of a Gang Rape
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Finally Arrested
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
No
Kidnapped
Boyfriend Hell
The Most Vivid Distant Memories
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My message to all
He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
I Came Home
אוףףףף
Roommates
Initiation into adulthood
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Twice
Rape
Ms.
Pastor’s Son
He had my pants down
You had no rights
Rape?
Rape By My Husband
Just Playing
Rape by Boyfriend
I regret not telling
dad and mom rape
It was normal
Marital Rape
Sexual Assault
Respect
I let it happen twice
He was a friend
I still see him on campus
You were supposed to be my friend
40 years
I Thought I Knew Hi
April 19th
Raped in the Air Force
Just Words
Help
I let it happen twice
My Father Molested Me for 10 Years
גבר אלים וחולני
I Still Blame Myself
Not normal
My Daughter and I Both
A Victim No Longer
Why me
I was a raped by a couple...
Six Years of Denial
Thank you for being LOUD!
Date Rape
Braver

