#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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My life as a survivor
I regret not telling
Kidnapped in Naples
Tinder Rape
The “R” Word
Ms.
Unlucky
Rape
My Story.
Rape Is Everywhere
Was it Really Rape
Can Anyone Help?
Unicorns
Wouldn’t take no for an answer
Sexual Abuse and Rape
אוףףףף
Need help
Letter to…
Erase and Rewind
Still Can’t Believe It
My Life in Foster Care
Assaulted By Family Member
I Didn’t Choose This Life
East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer – Joseph...
Loss of Trust
The Night That Changed My World
Sexual Abuse
Raped by a work colleague
#IStandWithHer
Unethical or illegal?
My Stepbrother
He Took My Virginity
Party Time
Over 40 years Ago
My story of my date rape
Date rape
Why: A Poem About My Rape
Kibbutz
Night Out
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Surviving, Kinda
It Was My Fault
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Raped Multiple Times
Male dancer
MesS Into A mesSage
I can’t remember if I said yes...
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Lotus
Raped After School
Always the Girls Fault
His Charming Ways
Wrong Choice
…
עדיין מציק
I Didn’t Know
Friends?
Molested
Just Words
Someone I should be able to trust
He Was My Family
Don’t Want to Anymore
This is my story
I Was 19
I was used. I got left. I...
Spoke out and was blamed
Bartender Lies
Still Hurting
Stolen Innocence
The Story Of Two Rapes
Breaking the Silence
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
We go to the same church
כמוני כמוך
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Perfect on Paper
Life Was Ruined
Abuse Continued
Frozen in fear
I didn’t say no
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
By my friend
My Parents Didnt Do Anything
10 Minutos Can Change Your Life
Raped in the Air Force
It wasn’t my fault
Don’t Want to Anymore
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Night walk at community center
Unsure
Too naïve
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Army
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Help
He used me. He left me.
Freshman Year
Sexual Abuse
Denial
Why Me Over and Over?
My Mother’s Albatross
I Am A Survivor
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
Rape !!
Too naïve
Acquaintance Rape
Drugged
His life ended tragically, but my pain...
The secret
Abused By My Father
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
Rape Survivor
I Was Manipulated
Just Wanted to Escape
If I Were Stronger Then
Please do not be afraid of being...
Spring Break Nightmare
Taken Advantage
Forever Changed
My principal mom raped me
A Life of Pain
I know when I see a rapist...
Multiple Assaults
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Blamed myself …
I loved my job
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Feels like i am drowning
Childhood
“raped” by my long time bf
היי לינור
The Statistics that Changed Me
Sexual assualt causes you not to be...
Not A Trustworthy Man
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
ללינור היקרה
Speaking Up for Women
Forever Silent
Just Wanted to Escape
My Brave Daughter
In The Concrete Jungle
Left Me In Pieces
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Abused by the boyfriend of my mom...
A Child
Who is Responsible?
So Many Times
En Enero de 2010
Too Trusting
I wish she wouldve helped me
Throughout my teen years
It was just a vacation
J’avais 13 ans
This is MY story
Family Member
De Los 6 a Los 12
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Speak Up
I am J. D. R., and I...
I Lost My Virginity
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
Salted Wound
The Boys Club Continues
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
All Just Too Much
לא יוצאים מזה…
Molested
Mi Esposa
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
My “Uncle” Raped Me
It Started with my Brother
Braver

Being Raped
School Prom
My story growing up with a secret
Summer 2019
Multiple Sexual Assaults
Still Need Help
Healing and releasing painful memories
Drug raped
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Being Raped
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
Rape Shaming
Family
Multiple Times
But what really happened?
We had sex before
Started With My Father
Thank you for speaking out…
Life Purpose
I Prayed for Death
First Love to Long Term Abuse
Raped by Him
Beyond a story
Raped by Abusive Husband
My Story
Childhood Rape
Little Girl
How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Black Girl
Aftermath
Growing Past Just Surviving
Breaking the Trust
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Didn’t Think it Could Happen to ME
Domestic Rape
Two Continents, Two Different Men!
06.05.2006
Thank you
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Married My Rapist
When I Was 8 Years Old
My story
היי
Why was it my fault?
I Need to Tell Someone
גבר אלים וחולני
I Am Brave!
Dee Bhagwanji
A Year After
I should have never meet my biological...
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Child sexual abuse
Nobody Knows
The Hole in My Heart
A young mother
Amber’s Story
Holding My Feelings In
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
I lost all the important people in...
The Silent But Haunting Wounds Of Rape
Assault, Battery, and Rape
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Broken Girl
Naive girl
This is my story
Myself
Foreign City
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Finding My Voice
Help !
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
I didn’t realise until now
I Recorded my Rapist
Not Blood Cousins
The Man in Uniform
Abused by another child
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Choir Camp
The First Time
הסיפור שלי…
When I Was 7
Prom Night
Freshman on Campus
Brave
Incest
I Will Never Forget
My Friend’s House
We met at the bar
Emotional Abuse
Mi Esposa
I still see him on campus
Sex doll
I Was Only 7
I’m Not Easy
He Was a Cop
הטרידו אותי
Hotel
Sexual Abuse
Identity?
A young mother
I Dated My Rapists
Deja Vu
My Story
Newly Living Neighbour
Justice
Lied to left brain damged
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Amusement Park
He Was My Best Friend
The Course of Seven Years
Catfished
Still Think It Was My Fault
College Campus Rape
Finally Arrested
Sexual Assault
Despedida
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
My Secret
my story
Molested
Raped in College
Together, We Are Brave

