#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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Drugged
Narcissistic Ex
Rape
I Recorded my Rapist
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Warrior
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
Kibbutz
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
What Happened?
Lost In Time
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
I’m Over Reacting
Raped in the Air Force
Rock It!

To my best friend who raped me
I still feel “crazy”
My Brothers Two Best Friends
My Rape Stories
Molested While Sleeping
the scary shadows
Rape
Drunken rape
In Five Years
75 Percent Humidity
Just Words
Army
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
It’s OK
My husband was home
Date Rape
Third time’s the charm
I Feel So Betrayed
I want to Call it what it...
He Was My Family
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Life Is Rough
He Was a Cop
i was a child.
Blamed Myself
I Am Brave!
גבר אלים וחולני
F
Finally Sharing
I should have STOPPED
Rape
De Los 6 a Los 12
Memory or a dream?
Innocence Taken
Unlucky
Raped at a Birthday Party
So Many Years to Remember
I am a survivor
Don’t Give Up

Just a Child
Why Me?
Too good to be true
Raped by jail guard
הסיפור שלי…
I Was Only 7
My Stepdad Molested Me
Home invasion, wife saved daughter
I Am a Survivor…
My Brother, My Rapist
I Trusted Him
Rape is Real
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
Sexual Abuse
Spousal Rape
It never seems like Rape to me
Rape Shaming
Stranger Danger
MesS Into A mesSage
Ex-Boyfriend
Stormy Night
A Letter to My Rapist
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
A Victim No Longer
‘Were you drinking?’
I was 8 years old
Rape and Not Believed
10 Minutos Can Change Your Life
Am I Over Reacting?
Incest & Date Rape
Summer 2019
Raped by my Stepfather
Confused
Wedding Horror Story
Say Something
Mine Was Different
Breaking the Trust
Drunk and taken advantage of
Myself
Raped by my grandfather
En Enero de 2010
Assaulted By Family Member
עדיין מציק
I don’t know anymore
Employer rape
Growing Past Just Surviving
Sexual Assault
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Sexist Families Leave Girls Vulnerable to Rape
A friend who is a rapist
My Own Sister
37 Years Ago
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Unethical or illegal?
Heart broken
We met at the bar
Since Age 6?
Nearly 50 years later
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
This is MY story
Nothing important…
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
I Didn’t See It In Time
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Twice is too much
Don’t Want to Admit It
Enough Is Enough
You Were Supposed to Be My Protector
I know when I see a rapist...
Rape Victim
Messed Up Childhood
הטרידו אותי
Spoke out and was blamed
A young mother
He knew what he was doing
Sexual Abuse
Bartender Lies
raped and isolated
Rape??
Metoo
A Co-Worker
כמוני כמוך
My Story
My Relationship With Dad
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I Just Started High School
Rape
היי לינור
Isn’t Any Proof
Friends??
I lost myself before I even knew...
Emotional Abuse
2 Years Ago
Such Shame
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
75 Percent Humidity
Sexual Assault
I Am Beautiful Now
Ketamine Rape
I’m Disgusted
Mi Esposa
The Girl Who Went To College
Semper Fi
My Rape Story
Sexually Assaulted
Raped as a child and teen
Sexual molestation as a child
They Laughed
What sent me over the edge
My experience as an intern in highschool
Girl Raped By a Girl
One Day At a Time
Trader Joes
Playing House
I guess it was rape
I Barely Knew Them
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Sexual Abuse
ללינור היקרה
I am J. D. R., and I...
He’s Still Out There
Shattered Childhood
Scars
My story
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
I Dated My Rapists
When I Was 4
לפני 14 שנים
My Snowball Effect
J’avais 13 ans
Be Aware
That One Night
keep it a secret
Be Careful Who You Trust
Too scared to tell
Forced, De-flowered
Suffered and Survived
That’s not Me, it’s Her
Lied to left brain damged
Warning
My boyfriend of 2 years
my story
Michelle Johnston
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
My Fault or His
My Journey Back to Life
Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
When will it be enough?
Bringing the Stories to Light
I like to think I won’t feel...
היי
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
My survival story
Date Rape
A Private College; A Private Rape
Only I get to make choices for...
Naive
I Was 19
Help
A familiar fight
My Story
Breaking the Silence

