#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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Darkness With Friends
My Side
Raped by Him
f*ck you
My Story
My story growing up with a secret
What happened to me?
Despedida
Predators
I just realized this today.
Camp rape
Sex doll
“Date” gone wrong?
My Life
Cafeteria Food
Rape Survivor
Neighbors
Date Rape
The Wolf and His Rabbit
Growing Past Just Surviving
Finally Healing
my story
New Years
Just Friends
It had to be my fault.
Love of My Life?
You were supposed to be my friend
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Holiday Rape
Betrayed By My Husband
Multiple Times
The Life I Live
Rape
He used me. He left me.
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Together, We Are Brave

Why I Am The Way I Am
A Voice to be Heard
Shout Out
Almost Raped
Halloween Nightmare
Trauma
The Loss of My Childhood
Rape
Sexual Assault Survival
Never Forgotten
Shopping-Me too
I Still Blame Myself
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
My Story
First College Party
Rape
כמוני כמוך
Its Got To STOP!
#IStandWithHer
Innocence Taken
My Story
Raped By a Family Member
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
I Prayed for Death
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Letter to My Rapist
Every one ignored me
My Snowball Effect
Trapped In a Fantasy World
They Blamed it on the Tequila
Letter to…
Acquaintance Rape
No More Silence
Need help
Raped in the Air Force
First Love to Long Term Abuse
Molested
Attempted Rape
My Story
School Does Not Care
I was a victim of serious child...
Mistaken Identity
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
Life Spiraled
The Statistics that Changed Me
Survivor
Just Violated
Ms.
The First Time
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
Rape
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
Rape Is Everywhere
Raped After School
My Ex-husband
Not all friends are true
I Pretend Like I Don’t Remember…But I...
An Embarrassing Situation
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
My Story
Rape
Just Playing
Marital Rape
Almost Raped
With Love
Why
My younger brother
Fear
Glitter Girl, Gone.
I Hate You
Rape
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
3 Times is Not Charming
My Two Days of Hell
Unethical or illegal?
Warrior
In Denial of My Rape
לפני 14 שנים
My Husband Set Me Up!
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
My Daughter
Abused for years on and off
Rape Shaming
I Too Was Raped
Senior Trip
Night Out
לא יוצאים מזה…
I was molested and raped at 6
Freshman Year
75 Percent Humidity
Army
Living With Us
I buried the pain
Dream / Recall
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
Childhood Rape
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Raped By My Therapist
Continue to Survive
Doctor Nightmares
The Same Effect
Disappointed
Six Years of Denial
Prescription Drugs
I Trusted Him
Child Rape
Love of My Life?
Date Rape
College Student
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Forced, De-flowered
היי לינור
5
I thought he was a brother
Summer 2019
But I Was Drunk
Sexually assaulted several times
Just Words
My Story
En Enero de 2010
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Lightening Does Strike Twice
The First Man In My Life
Respect Our Elders
Ride from the Concert
I Was Only 7
Years later… meeting my rapist again
My mom is in constant contact with...
What Is Happening
Gang rape and further sexual assaults
Rape
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Childhood nightmares
Date rape
How Could It Have Happened
He Was a Family Friend
Why?
Chapter 62
I Don’t Know, Okay?
It Was Too Late
I Trusted Him
So drunk I can’t remember
Help
I am a survivor
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
“It’s not your fault.”
Feeling Alone
I Recorded my Rapist
Molested By My Step Brother
Hated Myself
Make Me Proud
My Boyfriend Raped Me
It was never…..That
Nashville Sweetheart
היי
עדיין מציק
My Story
I don’t know what to think
Blamed Myself
It Was the Second
Abused and defeated
My Story
Years in Denial
Mi Historia
I’m Doing You a Favor
She wanted me to prove I loved...
I’m Confused
How I Was Raped
Multiple Times
Rape
Nerve damage
I Never Thought This Would Happen To...
Spoke out and was blamed
Rape?
Workplace Sexual Harassment
my teacher grabbed me
Ashamed
Attempted rape
Unbelievable
I Kept Saying No
Was it rape?
Stuck
Seis Años
What am I doing wrong
Is It Really Rape?
Not a safe place after all
Myself
Fear
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I Am Brave

