#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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First Friend at University
I let it happen twice
Why: A Poem About My Rape
My Story
Drunk and taken advantage of
Michelle Johnston
A Private College; A Private Rape
Assaulted
My Last Party
He Was a Family Friend
Rape
Coercion is never consent
Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
I Remember Being Happy
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
True View
Breaking the Trust
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Step Dad
Wouldn’t take no for an answer
My First Time
Be Strong
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Childhood End
Married to my Rapist
Finally ready to tell my story
Kept From Us
Raped Husband
Happy Hell-oween
Child abuse
“Me too” On Facebook
Three Times in a Row
My story!
Raped by stranger x2
I am not a rape victim
Rape
הסיפור שלי…
Don’t Know
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Obsessed Abusive Ex
Hostage
Who Is To Blame?
Supposed to be the Best Day of...
Sex doll
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
35 Years Ago
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
The year that changed me
Childhood Rape
No one owns your story but you
Metoo
This is MY story
Had Her Back
I Dated My Rapists
Are you sure?
One in Four
raped by my own brother
Fishing Trips
My First Two Times
Pregnancy
My deaf husband sued the Vatican
Raped in the Air Force
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
New Years Eve
A respectable collegue
Just Words
Family Rape
Was it Really Rape
I want to Call it what it...
Cavemen
הטרידו אותי
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Gang Raped
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
Is It Really Rape?
Left Me In Pieces
Is this normal?
Not normal
Help!! What Can I Do?
Almost Raped
Holiday Rape
My story growing up with a secret
Despedida
Raped at 17
Why does this keep happening to me?
I didn’t think she would do this
Last Party
A Lifetime
Workplace Sexual Harassment
A Letter to My “Family”
Thank you for speaking out…
Violent Rape
13 & Alone
Raped in College
It Was the Second
Thank you
First College Party
My Younger Sister
Am I Over Reacting?
Drugged
Rape of My Partner
I can’t keep quiet anymore
The pain that was never mine to...
Still Unable to Tell People
3 Times is Not Charming
Grooming
Happy Survivor
Bartender Lies
I Didn’t Know
Motel 6 Nightmare
5
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I Didn’t Want to Do It
The Trauma That Made Me
I Trusted Him
Over 40 years Ago
When will it be enough?
Perfect on Paper
My 21st Birthday
Too naïve
Rape
I was raped and I didnt know...
Being Raped
Too Young
Every Time I Said “No”
היי
Unethical or illegal?
Losing my virginity
Just Another Night
I’m Alive
What Should I Do?
23 year old virgin
I felt like it didn’t count because...
How Many Times?
My Story
First Encounter
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Braver

The Girl Who Went To College
Betrayed By a Loved One
Thank you for speaking out…
In My Home
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
A person to trust became my worst...
I Am a Survivor
Raped After School
It’s my fault
Embrace It All
I Barely Knew Them
Date Rape
Victim No More
It Was the Second
Rape
The Night That Changed Me
Lost In Time
כמוני כמוך
Lasting memories
A Fun Night
Ex
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Drugged
Metoo
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
So Called Friends
The Night That Changed My World
Family Ties
was raped and I don’t remember it
When I Was 8 Years Old
Happy Birthday
היי לינור
It never seems like Rape to me
Never Be the Same Again
Stockholm
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Naive College Freshman
De Los 6 a Los 12
Glad To Say I’m A Survivor
After I Was Raped
Child Abuse
עדיין מציק
My Rape Stories
Still Lost :/
Victim of Abuse
Summer 2019
He Loved Me
Erase and Rewind
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Everyone loves him
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
Touched
Males can be victims too
Speaking It
Your never stop hurting me till your...
My Rape Stories
My story growing up with a secret
My Host-sisters friend
Stormy Night
Male dancer
Holding My Feelings In
My Relationship With Dad
Do you believe me?
Living With Us
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
Being Done
Hateful
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
So Now What?
Not friends
Mi Esposa
I was very dumb.
I Feel So Betrayed
First Crush
Seis Años
I think I was raped
The Statistics that Changed Me
Why I Am The Way I Am
An Unknown Face & Hands
“No” is Universal
My Story
Too drunk to respond
Some of my story
לא יוצאים מזה…
Panic Attack
Rape
I’m Confused
I Trusted Him
Raped by Him
I know when I see a rapist...
The Night That Changed My World
I finally said NO
My Fight
He Was My Friend
i was a child.
A sociopath in disguise
Not all friends are true
He Was My Family
University Bar
The Night It All Changed
Me, Myself & Monsters
Shelter My Soul
Date Rape
I was molested and raped at 6
אוףףףף
Set Up
Stand Strong
MY Inspirational Story
Spring Break Nightmare
2 Years Ago
Bruises and Scars
Older
Kidnapped
Sexual Abuse
Continue to Survive
Confused and Angry
Scared and Confused
Senior Trip
An Acquaintance
My Story
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
A horror that lasts a lifetime
I Prayed for Death
#IStandWithHer
Blamed myself …
Ready to Share
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
“She Didn’t Do Anything”
Help
My First Memory
Different face, but the same monster
Together, We Are Brave

