#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. Womenโs 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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When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
My age was never taken into account
I am a survivor
Ashly’s story
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
My story growing up with a secret
Six months in the making..
Survivor, Still Struggling
Lost in Europe
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Abused By A Therapist
When will it be enough?
My Life Destroyed in 5 Minutes
Spoke out and was blamed
Freshman Year
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Emotional Abuse
What If I Make You?
3x
3 Times is Not Charming
Girls Without Parents
ืื ืืืฆืืื ืืื…
The Power of Victimization
Manipulation
A Survivor, Not a Victim
Camp rape
No Stranger
“Me too” On Facebook
Blaming Myself
Gang raped foolishly
So Young
Drugged
They asked if I was lying
I was carrying his daughter.
Unethical or illegal?
Raped in the Air Force
Agressรฉe deux fois, mais toujours debout.
A Letter to My Rapist
Never Ending
Quiet for 2 years
My best friends dad
A Beautiful Trap
ืืืื ื ืืืื
ืืืจืืื ืืืชื
Drunken rape
I Am Still Standing
Effort To Survive
Summer 2019
Daddy?
Weak
A letter to him
Too naรฏve
I was raped by a youtube personality...
Raped in my own bed
Stolen innocence
A respectable collegue
Gang Rape
Sex doll
ืขืืืื ืืฆืืง
Workplace Sexual Harassment
4 Years Ago
I will not stay silent
She was 5 years old
I didnโt wish it to happen
He Was a Cop
In Korea
Unhealthy Relationship
A Child
When school isnโt safe. (Australia)
Too naรฏve
Domestic Rape
7th Grade Assault
Trauma
Birthday Rape
This is MY story
Dream / Recall
The Fight We Can All Win
intruder
Manhandling to Rape
Ms.
ืืืืจ, ืืืืื, ืื ืฆื
My Daughter and I Both
Raped by my ex-boyfriend
my story
@ years of rape and being drugged
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Unspoken
My Story.
Step Dad
Incest
Feeling lonely and isolated
Rape??
I trusted my brother.
Wanted Love But Got Rape
I can’t remember if I said yes...
Masked Boyfriend
Deja Vu
Abusรฉe par un voisin de mes grands...
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
I Thought He Loved Me
Choir Camp
A secondary survivor
I Was Only 7
blackmailed
Living Nightmare
First Frat Party
Just Another Night
I Thought He Cared
2-4 am on January 15th
ืืื
Unbelievable
ืืฉ ืืืื ืืืจื ืืื ืก
ืืคื ื 14 ืฉื ืื
Raped by school ‘friend’
He’s Still Out There
Rape
Confused
Confusion
I Am Not Brave
This will be painful
My story
When Is Rape Actually Rape?
Healing in progress
ืืืจ ืืืื ืืืืื ื
My Ex-husband
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
Michelle Johnston
Can Anyone Help?
16 times
Was it rape?
Relationship does not equal consent
My Family My Love
Raped
Self Worth
Trapped
De Los 6 a Los 12
Michelle Johnston
Tormented
Warning
Smoke Together
My Story
Does the pain ever go away?
He Was My Friend
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Innocence
I will never forget
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
In 1978
So Now What?
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Home from School
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
A Cruel Time To Prevail
Army
Amusement Park
Mi Historia
His life ended tragically, but my pain...
My Life
Sexual Assault
Ya perdonรฉ pero nunca olvido
Mistaken Identity
40 years
Online dating
In NYC
Help
Afraid of the Truth
MS13
ืืกืืคืืจ ืฉืื…
How it makes me feel 5 years...
Be Strong
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
My Step Brother Raped Me
I should have never meet my biological...
Survivor, Still Struggling
Can’t Even Take My Medicine
It Was My Mom
Holding It In
Finally Arrested
Was it rape?
With Love
Be Aware
The One I Called Papa
Virgin Rape
The Statistics that Changed Me
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Hotel
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
My story
My Army Fiance
Kibbutz
Some Friend
Where did I go?
i was sexually abused
I Am Victorious!
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
Feeling Dirty
Mental Breakdown
He Was A Police Officer
He had my pants down
After I Was Raped
Rape
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Flashbacks
Multiple Times
A Difference Perspective
What am I doing wrong
Raped at 17
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Confused
Will I ever get over it.
Raped as a Baby
2 Years Ago
Touched by a Man I Didn’t Know
16 times
Tormented
Sexual Assault in my own bed
Life Changer
Myself
The Boys Club Continues
Child sexual abuse
In Five Years
I know when I see a rapist...
Brothers
The Night It All Changed
15
En Enero de 2010
An Abnormal Reaction
First date: Raped after school at 15
Despedida
Lotus
Spousal Rape
Domestic rape
College Student
Erase and Rewind
Raped in College
I Didn’t Even Know
Jโavais 13 ans
He doesnโt even know he raped me
I was just 9.
Abuse and Rape
I Was 9
Once? Twice? Five Times?
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Male dancer
Drunk and taken advantage of
Raped in College
Mistaken Identity
Justice
My Rape
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Travel
Sexual Abuse
raped and isolated
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Party Time
I think my “boyfriend” raped me
Mi Esposa
November ’08
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
I Just Started High School
So Many Years to Remember
Rape
Seis Aรฑos
Why was it my fault?
We met at the bar
My Life History
Why you should talk to your daughters...
I’m Confused
Quiet for 2 years
17
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Always the Girls Fault
Football Player
My Best Friend
Smoke Together
ืืืฃืฃืฃืฃ
You are going to show me how...
Had Her Back
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Cruel Kids
1 hour 3 days
Scars That Heal
Just Words
My Two Days of Hell
My protector, my father, my rapist all...
Walk Me?
Date Rape
I Was Prepared
Healing and releasing painful memories
Together, We Are Brave


