#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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Disappointed
Third time’s the charm
Why: A Poem About My Rape
Rape Survivor
J’avais 13 ans
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Raped By 6 Men
Not Really Love
I Recorded my Rapist
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
raped and isolated
I Trusted Him
Piano Teacher
Help…
Broken Trust
My Rape
A Long Healing Process
No Stranger
I Was Manipulated
Sexual abuse
Unbelievable
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Hateful
Rape
Now I Understand My Husband
Growth
Six months in the making..
You were supposed to be my friend
The Statistics that Changed Me
Virgin Rape
A Message from the Director
Innocence
Was i raped?!
My First “Boyfriend”
לא יוצאים מזה…
הטרידו אותי
I Prayed for Death
Not Guilty
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Sexually Assaulted Or Not?
Rape
I dont know what to call it
Healing from Incest
Survivor #metoo
He over stepped the mark
Sexual Assault
raped by my own brother
It Can Happen To Anyone
Closure
Living With Us
Raped in the Air Force
My Rape
Salted Wound
The Boys Club Continues
An Abnormal Reaction
I wish she wouldve helped me
My Date Rape Story
Assault
High School Orientation
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Pain
You’re a Rapist
7 Months
So drunk I can’t remember
One Day At a Time
The First Time
#IStandWithHer
Ms.
I Really Want To Forget About It
Male dancer
My Mother was raped and told me...
Seis Años
My Best Friend’s Brother
The Trauma That Made Me
A familiar fight
Mi Esposa
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
Story Subject: * I thought he was...
Nightmare
Another kid raped me
I Was 20
אוףףףף
Trauma
16 times
Warning
Mi Historia
My Story
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
sexual assault
Raped in a Psychiatric Hospital in the...
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Childhood Trauma
Multiple Times
Red Flags
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
He said he’d never do it again
My first boyfriend in the US
I Was Only 7
I’m Still Here… Wish For Peace
Rape !!
No Justice
עדיין מציק
Raped by stranger x2
First Friend at University
Despedida
Black and Blue
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Piece
My Family My Love
I Will Never Forget
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
Sex doll
Ms
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Rude awakening
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Permanently Scarred
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
Rape
Girl Raped By a Girl
It had to be my fault.
Date Raped
They asked if I was lying
Pregnancy
Hard Time
Another kid raped me
Family members ex husband
Halting The Pain
It Was the Second
I should have never meet my biological...
Ketamine Rape
A Private College; A Private Rape
My husband was home
People You Do Not Know
Bitter Ex-Lover
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
A Voice to be Heard
Stolen innocence
Happy Hell-oween
My Multiple-Offender Rape
Youth Sexual Harrassment
Frozen in fear
ללינור היקרה
Tormented
Weak
He Took My Virginity
Used
Abuse Continued
Don’t Give Up

A Story
A Stong Woman
The Statistics that Changed Me
Started At 12…
Sexually assaulted several times
Repeat Offender
My Daughter
Leaving the party
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Child Rape
Raped By a Female
Victory
Myself
Why I Am The Way I Am
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Domestic Rape
I’m Finally Moving On
I know when I see a rapist...
Taken Advantage
Confused
My story growing up with a secret
My Cousin
Self Worth
Are you sure?
Too naïve
Coping with rape during a pandemic
Ended in Rape
Ex-boyfriend rape
Childhood Trauma
He Lied
“No” is Universal
You Can’t Trust Anyone
It was not my fault
Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
Sexual Abuse
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Why does this keep happening to me?
I just wanted a friend
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Hidden Emotions
Sexual Abuse
Multiple Times
Raped 14 times in 1 year
I Didn’t Choose This Life
Prom Night
My 21st Birthday
Repressed Memory
Party Assault
Sexual Assault
Unethical or illegal?
What Is Success?
You Were Supposed to Be My Protector
Drugged and Gang Raped
3 Strikes and No More
Case Closed
Erase and Rewind
Black and Blue
Knowledge is Power
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
A Fun Night
3 Generations
Workplace Sexual Harassment
A respectable collegue
הסיפור שלי…
November ’08
So Many Times
College Rape
I let it happen twice
Rubbing my scars
Trying To Be Better
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
I don’t Know, but I Know
Help
My abuse
Nobody Knows
10 YEARS OF SILENCE
Never Going To Happen To Me
Breaking the Silence
Life Changer
My step dad raped me
Mistaken Identity
My Daughter’s Rape
I am a Survivor
5
It’s my fault
Raped By a Family Member
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Sexual Abuse
42 Years Old
Betrayal
Continue to Survive
Years later… meeting my rapist again
She Should Be Over It
Just Another Night
I Remember Being Happy
Proud
Erase and Rewind
Intruded
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Didn’t Know I Had Been Raped
Child Molester
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
I still don’t know
Strength to Speak Out
Halloween Nightmare
My Fight
Last Party
I thought he was a friend
Sexual Assault
Asking for advice
Metoo
He Was A Police Officer
Spoke out and was blamed
Lost Soul
Short Story
En Enero de 2010
University Bar
Finally Sharing
Shelter My Soul
Broken Girl
my story
Happy Birthday
Going Through the Emotions
Rape
Never a Victim; Only Myself
יש חיים אחרי אונס
כמוני כמוך
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Kibbutz
Victim Shaming
היי
Braver

