#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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Miss
The Diaper in the Corner
Growing Past Just Surviving
My Boyfriend
Trying To Be Better
Sexual Abuse
כמוני כמוך
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
גבר אלים וחולני
At 17yr old was raped by my...
He was right
sexual assault & abuse
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Rape
My Rape Story
When will it be enough?
I Hate My Father
I thought he was a friend
Rape
Confused and Angry
A Big Man
It is not my fault
הסיפור שלי…
Unethical or illegal?
An Unknown Face & Hands
I am a Survivor
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My Snowball Effect
We met at the bar
The First Man In My Life
LOST
Christmas Horror
The Worst Feeling
Date Rape
Feeling Alone
Third time’s the charm
The Girl Who Went To College
My Fight
So Many Years to Remember
An Unknown Face & Hands
Spoke out and was blamed
Acquaintance Rape
Sexually abused by my step brothers
Hard Time
My story of my date rape
The Aftermath
My Horrific Nightmare
“My Rape” at University
Rape
Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
Dream / Recall
Flashbacks
Doesn’t Define Me
I Didn’t Know
We All Have a Voice
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
My best friend
My Best Friend & His Friend Raped...
4 Days Before 16th Birthday
היי
I Never Give Up

Off My Shoulders
Waiting For Justice
dad and mom rape
Today, I Let It All Go
Rape Victim
My Side
#MeToo, too
Seis Años
Faded Memories
Day at the Lake
7 years and it still controls me
First Frat Party
Ms.
Unforgiven
Rape
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
A respectable collegue
Too naïve
Not Sure It Happened
My Brothers Two Best Friends
To my best friend who raped me
Too naïve
my story
So drunk I can’t remember
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Sex doll
I Didn’t Even Know
I was attacked at 19 years old
Unsure
Hidden Emotions
Army
Empty
“Me too” On Facebook
You Can’t Trust Anyone
He’s Dead
I’m 17 and I’m over it
It never goes away
6 to 20
He Was My Father
Broken vase
Betrayed By My Own Mind
#MeToo 5 years later…
Left Me In Pieces
17
I Am Still Standing
Sexual Coercion
Drunken Rape
Quiet for 2 years
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
My Rape Story
עדיין מציק
Why Me Over and Over?
Gang Raped
They Blamed it on the Tequila
My brother raped my sister and my...
Rape by Boyfriend
Stuck
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Miss
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
I was 17 and survived
I Want to Be Brave
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AT WORK
Stolen innocence
My First Memory
I Didn’t See It In Time
Thank you
I Am Beautiful Now
Speaking Out
I Am A Survivor
I am not a rape victim
I Am Not Brave
Not just me
Harassment at Work
My Daughter and I Both
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
Raped by Brother
Thought He Was A Friend
Molestation
J’avais 13 ans
Weak
Violent Rape
STRONG
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Childhood Horror
Victim of Abuse
Workplace Sexual Harassment
A Private College; A Private Rape
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
I can’t remember if I said yes...
Heart broken
I know when I see a rapist...
Betrayed By a Loved One
It’s my fault
Lying Child Molester
Middle school sexual harassment
Get a bf or I’ll kick you...
En Enero de 2010
f*ck you
Kidnapped
Justice
Drunk and taken advantage of
Raped By a Friend
Pastor’s Son
Attempt to Rape
Be Careful Who You Trust
I Was 16
אוףףףף
Ketamine Rape
When I Was 8 Years Old
Multiple Times
My Story
It Was Too Late
No Justice
With Love
Innocence Taken
Bringing the Stories to Light
Summer 2019
I Never Thought
Betrayed By a Loved One
Afraid
Multiple Times
Raped at 17
Just Words
Suffered and Survived
My Two Days of Hell
Stranger Rape
I am a survivor
Braver

weird brother
Raped in the Air Force
Masked Boyfriend
Do NOT Trust Strangers
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
My year abroad
Multiple Date Rapes/Sexual Abuse During Teen Years...
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Just Another Night
Date Rape
Wouldn’t take no for an answer
Assault, Battery, and Rape
Date Rape
Rape without remorse
Raped By a Family Member
Michelle Johnston
Just Another Night
My deaf husband sued the Vatican
I Came Home
What Was It?
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
I Thought I was Safe
Multiple Times
Justice Didn’t Help Me
Not Real Rape
A Fighter? Or The Perfect Mask?
35 Years Ago
In Denial of My Rape
Bringing the Stories to Light
Scared
Confused
My best friends dad
De Los 6 a Los 12
Safe Isn’t Always What We Believe
En Enero de 2010
A Literal Fight
Rock It!

