#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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Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
The Summer of 2013
Too good to be true
Ritual Sexual Abuse
First College Party
My Rape Stories
My 21st Birthday
He Never Apologized
Please Allow Me To Be Heard
There once was love
Abuse and Rape
If I Were Stronger Then
My Rape Stories
You Were Supposed to Be My Protector
They asked if I was lying
Freshman Year
Being weak or stupid
My best friend
After I Was Raped
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
All men are the same
April 2015
Rape
He bought me chips and sent me...
Afraid of Being Judged
I Was Only 7
He was jealous of my new friend
Shout Out
My story growing up with a secret
My Daughter
Family Secrets
Rape
Dad Raped Me
My Brave Daughter
Digging my own grave
Do you believe me?
Bartender Lies
Poetry
Deja Vu
גבר אלים וחולני
He Took My Virginity
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
Erase and Rewind
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Careful What You Wish For
Every Way Imaginable
Do you remember your first time?
Keep it to myself
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Sexual Abuse
Young and dumb?
Stupid Coward
My Story.
Drugged
Rape, Sexual Abuse
Spring Break Nightmare
Make Me Proud
It can happen to boys too!
Spoke out and was blamed
I said no
It Was the Second
16 times
Despedida
Why Me Over and Over?
My story
Christmas Horror
My Story
I’m Disgusted
15
Abuse and Rape
my teacher grabbed me
Molested
Dream / Recall
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
Anxiety
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Mi Historia
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Sexual Coercion
Forgiving myself
My Rapists I Grew Up With
Kibbutz
Need help
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
Becoming Whole
Date Rape Drug
Summer 2019
Someday Soon
Mi Esposa
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I was 4 yrs old
Pain
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
Robbery
Hurt and Anger
Raped in College
Happy Birthday
Throughout my teen years
היי
“My Rape” at University
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
Set Up
my story
The Healing Process
I Prayed for Death
Afraid of the Truth
Justice Didn’t Help Me
Raped in the Air Force
Raped by stranger x2
Not Really Love
Gang rape and further sexual assaults
the scary shadows
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
sexual assault
A School Trip
Warrior
Six months in the making..
In 1978
Beyond a story
כמוני כמוך
My Rape
Is this normal?
I was just 9.
Memories Are Back
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
My Horrific Nightmare
Raped by ex boyfriend
Sexually Assaulted as a Child
Molested By Two Uncles
Molested By My Cousin
Sleep Over
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
A Different MeToo
I Shouldn’t Have To…
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
it was 1 am
Trader Joes
I Trusted Him
Raped By 6 Policemen
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Impacted Forever
Years in Denial
En Enero de 2010
Rape
7 years and it still controls me
Molested
Around 9 PM
Raped
A respectable collegue
Sexually abused by my father
He Was My Boyfriend
I Still Blame Myself
I trusted my brother.
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
How Many Times?
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Fraternity Men
הסיפור שלי…
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Weathering The Storm
J’avais 13 ans
He Was a Family Friend
Assault, Battery, and Rape
14 year old raped at school
Raped At 16, 29, 31
Freshman on Campus
Because of you
Raped By a Female
Survivor
Relationship does not equal consent
My Younger Sister
An Unknown Face & Hands
75 Percent Humidity
Never Wanted to Believe
I’ve survived sexual abuse
No One Is Who They Appear To...
Unbelievable
Life Was Ruined
Fear
Its Got To STOP!
College Student
Who is Responsible?
My year abroad
I know when I see a rapist...
Life Purpose
I just realized this today.
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
3x
Unethical or illegal?
Bringing the Stories to Light
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Coercion is never consent
Date Rape
I Need To Share More
Emotional Abuse
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
My Story
Surviving sexual assault trauma
Just Words
Started As a Child
“Trust me, take a chance”
Attempted rape
Convincing Myself
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Made in America
Seis Años
Football Player
Myself
Time To Tell
My Step Father
Army
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
16 times
Why Me Over and Over?
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Drugged
הטרידו אותי
Sex doll
Worthless
Male dancer
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Raped by my grandfather
עדיין מציק
Deja Vu
Last Party
In Five Years
#MeToo I am 1
In Denial of My Rape
When I was 4
I Really Want To Forget About It
This Is My Story
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Rape
I thought he was a friend
April 8th, 2016
Growing Past Just Surviving
I Trusted Him
I don’t know anymore
Date Rape Drug
I am not a rape victim
Knowledge is Power
I just wanted to give him a...
Raped in Foster care
So Now What?
3 Strikes and No More
School Principal
The healing process
They thought it was fun
Child sexual abuse
Permanently Scarred
Halloween Nightmare
Molested By My Cousin
לפני 14 שנים
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
Broken Trust
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Not normal
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
I Feel So Betrayed
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
Tormented
I didn’t know it was rape, I...
Why Me?
SA in school
He said he loved me
Warning
The Statistics that Changed Me
So Now What?
I Blame Myself
April 2015
Read This Please
Why me
Too naïve
De Los 6 a Los 12
Kibbutz
Your truth will change someones’ life.
First Frat Party
Fled the Country
I didn’t know
היי לינור
Survivor

