#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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I’ve survived sexual abuse
Raped by a work colleague
הסיפור שלי…
The Man in Uniform
I was raped
Raped in the Air Force
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
Married to Abuser
It Felt Like Rape
Was it rape?
My Not So Happy Birthday
The reason for my tattoo
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
גבר אלים וחולני
Me & My Girlfriend
My Scars Do Not Define Me
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
My Daughter
Raped at 17
What sent me over the edge
My Family My Love
Kidnapped and raped at gunpoint
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Sex doll
My Brave Daughter
Still Lost :/
עדיין מציק
My stepfather
Two times. One year.
My Story
Workplace Sexual Harassment
He Was My Boyfriend
Two Strangers in a Park
Unethical or illegal?
We met at the bar
Sexual Assault
Why Me?
Repressed Memory
Stalker
J’avais 13 ans
Rape
Growing Past Just Surviving
Running With Bare Feet
Friends No Longer
Survivor

The Time I Was Raped
Happy Hell-oween
Two Times
A young mother
My boyfriend of 2 years
i hate myself for thinking its my...
Two Friends and Two Boys
Surviving, Kinda
More Than Once
Rape Shaming
Rubbing my scars
He raped me. I hugged him goodbye...
He Never Apologized
After Wedding
A respectable collegue
I was 13
Narcissistic Ex
Ex-Boyfriend
I’m Confused
Sexual Abuse
I’m Not Sure
Two Times
Date rape
I Am Still Standing
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
היי לינור
I Own My Story
To my best friend who raped me
Sexual Assault
Fraternity Men
“I should do this more often”
Was I Raped?
Raped because of who I loved
Six months in the making..
Aftermath
Not normal
Dirty Whore
An Orphanage
Quarterly Review
Betrayed By My Own Mind
#MeToo, too
My Fight
I Was Manipulated
Happy Birthday
Boyfriend Hell
Sexually Assaulted
The abuser
Metoo
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Speaking Up for Women
So Now What?
Ended in Rape
Repeat Offender
incest
Bartender Lies
The Statistics that Changed Me
Being Done
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
All Just Too Much
An Abnormal Reaction
Thank you for being LOUD!
Lotus
כמוני כמוך
En Enero de 2010
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I Hate You
Too Far
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
HS Reunion
My posting
I know when I see a rapist...
Sexual Abuse
A Private College; A Private Rape
Too naïve
First Love to Long Term Abuse
Drunken rape
Military Sexual Trauma
Fenced In
The children are the priority here
Sexual Coercion
Pregnancy
I was assaulted twice at the same...
My boyfriend of 2 years
A Loss to Mankind
Childhood Abuse
Respect
Spoke out and was blamed
I’m Not Sure
Raped Husband
Drugged
One in Four
My boyfriend
Growth
Black Out
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
Hostage
Digging my own grave
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
Erase and Rewind
I am a Rape Survivor
My Own Sister
The Course of Seven Years
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
היי
לא יוצאים מזה…
I didn’t realise until now
Army
לפני 14 שנים
Raped by my step father
What Can I Do
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
I Was Only 7
Raped By a Friend
He’s Still Out There
You Must Acknowledge
It’s still happening
Revelations
Warning
Stronger Every Day
So drunk I can’t remember
Feeling Alone
Raped twice within a few hours
Need advice
Abuse of Men and By My Mother
Date Rape
My childhood was living hell
Ms.
Summer 2019
Black and Blue
Mi Historia
#MeToo, too
I was 17 and survived
Do you remember your first time?
Becoming a Warrior
Sexual Abuse
I Feel So Betrayed
Me and my Best Friend
Three Times in a Row
I am a Survivor
En Enero de 2010
Betrayed By My Husband
My Brave Daughter
I Hate You
Afraid of the Truth
A person to trust became my worst...
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
Was It My Fault?
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Nothing important…
My story growing up with a secret
Raped By a Female
I wish she wouldve helped me
Okay, Not Okay
So Many Times
He Was Saving Me From Me
My Innocence Was Taken Away
What Should I Do?
Was it rape?
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Forgiving My Rapist
Assault In the Family
When will it be enough?
A Night Out
I Really Want To Forget About It
My Story
“Me too” On Facebook
De Los 6 a Los 12
Naive
The Night My Life Changed
By my friend
I still don’t know what happened
“raped” by my long time bf
i was a child.
Nothing important…
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
#MeToo 5 years later…
Twenty Years of Hell
Teenaged Victims
When I Was 8 Years Old
Football Player
Never Be the Same Again
When I was 4
He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
Incest
A story of a not so perfect...
My Life in Foster Care
No Justice
Love of My Life?
Newly Living Neighbour
I Thought They Cared About Me
אוףףףף
I Thought He Loved Me
Tulane Law
I lost myself before I even knew...
Finally Sharing
my teacher grabbed me
I Barely Knew Them
Let Down
Read This Please
I should have STOPPED
I Am Not Brave
When All Hope is Gone
The Night That Changed My World
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
Just Words
Trapped with memories
A Voice to be Heard
I thought it was my fault
My Story
Spousal Rape
Abused for years on and off
My Friend
my story
Rock It!

