#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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The One I Called Papa
Mi Esposa
Tulane Law
Bringing the Stories to Light
Too naïve
Messed Up
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
He WAS a friend
My Ex-husband
I am More than a Victim
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
April 19th
Assaulted
Nightmare
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
Spring Break Nightmare
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Today, I Let It All Go
I Was Only 7
College Professor
Raped by my step fathers
Story Subject: * I thought he was...
My best friends dad
הסיפור שלי…
Believe Her
I Slept Next to Him
Multiple Rapes
Friend of mines set me up
Males can be victims too
Please Rape Me
Date Rape Drug
Backpacking
Still Haven’t Healed
Perfect on Paper
It’s Been Eight Years
Unethical or illegal?
ללינור היקרה
Daycare
Still Unable to Tell People
“My Rape” at University
Ashly’s story
Girl Raped By a Girl
Unhealthy Relationship
Army
10 YEARS OF SILENCE
Bringing the Stories to Light
Gang Rape
Lost Soul
Male dancer
Moving on Alone from Rape
My Brother, My Rapist
I said YES
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Breaking the Trust
Two times. One year.
Date Rape
Myself
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
J’avais 13 ans
I’m Not Easy
Why?
My Story
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Glitter Girl, Gone.
An Abnormal Reaction
Six months in the making..
LOST
I Thought He Loved Me
Me and my Best Friend
Victory
Rock It!

Bringing the Stories to Light
Bringing the Stories to Light
I Am Beautiful Now
Sexist Families Leave Girls Vulnerable to Rape
3 years on
Nobody Knows
Brother & Sister
Spoke out and was blamed
Night of Psychedelic Horror
Restoring Innocence
Despedida
Didn’t Think it Could Happen to ME
Shattered
Raped in Milan
Two times. One year.
היי לינור
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
A Private College; A Private Rape
Childhood Rape
Rape
Spousal Rape
My Husband Was My Attacker
My abuse story victim to survivor
Just Words
I Want My Life Back
I know when I see a rapist...
Ms.
How My Life Has Changed
He Destroyed Me
Thank You
Drunken rape
Way Back in 1973
Finally Healing
Disappointed
Raped
Not Sure It Happened
It Was My Fault
Sexual Assault at 11
Seis Años
Sexual Assault
Sexual Coercion
Childhood Friends
Family Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Raped and Molested
Sexual Assault??
הטרידו אותי
My Best Friend
Raped in my own bed
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
It Kills Me
You Must Acknowledge
My Brave Daughter
Online dating
אוףףףף
Never Got His Name
Sex doll
Sexual Abuse
My Friend’s Ex-Boyfriend
First “Real” Boyfriend
No Justice
I Trusted Him
Stranger
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
Incest
HS Reunion
First Love to Long Term Abuse
Swept under the carpet
Remember November
היי
Confused and Angry
A Cruel Time To Prevail
Second Night of College
The First Time
So Many Times
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Freshman Year
No Justice
Survivor of COCSA
No one helped me !!!
The Mailman Raped Me
De Los 6 a Los 12
my story
He used me. He left me.
Ride from the Concert
Ignored For a Lifetime
Growth
I Hate You
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
New Years Eve Party
Trapped In a Fantasy World
The reason for my tattoo
In NYC
What am I doing wrong
Was Raped
Men get raped too…
A young mother
Victim No More
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Raped in the Air Force
Surviving sexual assault trauma
Confused
Erase and Rewind
He was jealous of my new friend
Black and Blue
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Rape
#MeToo 5 years later…
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Raped Three Times
Someday Soon
Raped by Him
My Brother
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
It can happen to boys too!
We met at the bar
From Heaven to Hell
Smoke Together
My abuse story victim to survivor
Drugged
Used
Drunken Rape
My Rape Stories
Semper Fi
3rd Grade Boys
A Child
Bitter Ex-Lover
I don’t know if it’s rape
Why
My story!
Sexual Assault
Why did this happen to me???
לפני 14 שנים
Raped in College
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Alone and Afraid
To the men who hurt me
I was only 5
Rape
I Am Finally FREE
Thank you
Myself
He did it again and again
f*ck you
Rape
The Pastor of My Church
I Am a Survivor…
I want to Call it what it...
Me too
Surviving Sexual Abuse: A Childhood Story
לא יוצאים מזה…
Safe Isn’t Always What We Believe
But I Was Drunk
Runaway Model
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
En Enero de 2010
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
עדיין מציק
A Victim No Longer
Lost In Time
Locked Up
Help…
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
Family
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Raped By Boyfriend
I’m Confused
So Now What?
A Day My Life Changed Forever
I Didn’t See It In Time
Sexually abused by my father
All Just Too Much
Someone You Know
I Was 9
Raped in a Psychiatric Hospital in the...
This will be painful
My Husband Set Me Up!
גבר אלים וחולני
Dream / Recall
My biggest mistake
The “R” Word
Why
My story growing up with a secret
Family Member
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Childhood Rape
The Stepmonster
Raped by ex boyfriend
Hostage
In My Home
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
My Religious Teacher
14 year old raped at school
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
He ignored me
My Ongoing Journey
Are you sure?
My story of my date rape
Love of My Life?
Six Years of Denial
Repeat Offender
Almost Raped
My First Boyfriend
Summer 2019
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
No one owns your story but you
Assault In the Family
You were supposed to be my friend
I dont know what to call it
I will never forget
The Devil You Know
Miss
Stepfather
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Memories Are Back
I Said No
a shattered girl and her dreams restored
I Just Started High School
I Never Give Up

My rape story
Never Going To Happen To Me
Don’t Give Up
