#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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They thought it was fun
I Didn’t Even Know
To the man who stole my independence
When I Was Three
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
It Was My Mom
Noah
En Enero de 2010
lucky
Not Over It
Broken vase
I was raped
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Despedida
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Long way back
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
I Didn’t Even Know Him
My Life, My Achievement
You are going to show me how...
Sexual Abuse
Twice
This could never happen to me
Last Party
Strength to Speak Out
Erase and Rewind
Touched
I know when I see a rapist...
I Think I Was Raped
I was very dumb.
I Didn’t Know
Friends With Benefit Raped Me After I...
An Embarrassing Situation
My Life in Foster Care
Not all friends are true
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
My story
David and Goliath
Summer 2019
Hidden Emotions
I am a survivor
Aftermath
“raped” by my long time bf
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Forced, De-flowered
3 incidents
A Year After
Dating For 10 Months When…
My Story, My Nightmare
Raped After School
Myself
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Just Another Night
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Thank You
Piece
I am J. D. R., and I...
הסיפור שלי…
Afraid of Being Judged
My Two Cents
Stranger Rape
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Bartender Lies
Raped
Abusive Relationship
Never thought I could be a victim
Family Rape
A Silent Fighter
De Los 6 a Los 12
My so called “best friend”
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
my story-and where i “took it”…
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Enough Is Enough
SA in school
My Story
My Friend’s House
My Step Brother
Fraternity Men
Smoke Together
f*ck you
Ripples
Thank you
Stepfather
I Don’t Know My Story
Multiple Assaults
Being weak or stupid
raped by my own brother
Bullied for Reporting Sexual Assault
New Years Eve Party
Ms.
My posting
Something I’ve Never Shared
I Saved Myself
I Am a Survivor…
Two times. One year.
לא יוצאים מזה…
My First “Boyfriend”
Molested By My Step Brother
Never a Victim; Only Myself
Silent Rape
Neighbor
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
I didn’t know it was rape, I...
Just Words
My principal mom raped me
People You Do Not Know
I Recorded my Rapist
Raped in the Air Force
Army
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Rape
Teatime
Workplace Sexual Harassment
אוףףףף
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
You Didn’t Break Me
Rape
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
Third time’s the charm
College Rape
My Mother’s Life Partner Sexually Harrased Me...
Life After Death
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Never Even Knew
The Woods Don’t Speak
No one owns your story but you
Still Terrified
My Story
Need help
In The Past
My Boyfriend
My first boyfriend in the US
Piece
Never Heals
Date rape
I Was Only 7
Believe Her
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
Age 6 abused
Didn’t Know Until Later
My Biggest Secret
16 and 45
Raped in my own bed
I am a different me
7 years and it still controls me
A Fun Night
My Husband Repeatedly Raped me
I dont know what to call it
University Bar
Sex doll
It Wasn’t Love
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Girls Without Parents
My Story
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Unethical or illegal?
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Nightmare
My stepfather raped me
Online Dangers
I Feel So Betrayed
Tree House
…
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
Mi Historia
She Should Be Over It
Every Time I Said “No”
Family Member
Assault In the Family
If I Were Stronger Then
Overtaken Twice
The One I Called Papa
High School
Child sexual abuse
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Nobody Knows
My Horrific Nightmare
לפני 14 שנים
Raped When I Was 12
A respectable collegue
3 Times is Not Charming
Denial
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
He Took My Virginity
Too Trusting
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Lost My Virginity In Rape By Jehovah’s...
I was just 9.
40 years
Still Going
I trusted him
Multiple Times
Former partner would berate me
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
My Last Party
In the Hospital
J’avais 13 ans
Blamed Myself
I thought he was a friend
23 year old virgin
Roommates
Politeness Serves No One
When Does It End
Life Changer
Abused as a Child
I Didn’t Know
Continue to Survive
Bringing the Stories to Light
Day at the Lake
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Help
And It Continues
I Too Was Raped
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
Heart broken
So Many Years to Remember
Thought He Was A Friend
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My Rape
My Rape
April 19th
Not A Trustworthy Man
Politeness Serves No One
Not safe in my own skin
Rape
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
I thought it was my fault
Seis Años
Didn’t Think it Could Happen to ME
Male dancer
I Am Still Standing
I Thought He Loved Me
Hope for Healing
Letter to…
It Was the Second
sexual assault
My story growing up with a secret
Read This Please
My Ongoing Journey
Life Purpose
Spoke out and was blamed
Broken Trust
An Intruder
Not My Friend
Stolen Innocence
My boyfriend
One week and three days
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Warning
Spoke out and got fired
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
That wasn’t too bad now was it?
Was it rape?
My Brother
I Was 19
I Didn’t Choose This Life
Rape
Ruined
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
היי
Unwanted Flashbacks
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Army
I Was Told It Was Normal
Why does this keep happening to me?
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Today, I Let It All Go
Stairwell
Male Rape Victims Suffer in Silence
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Dee Bhagwanji
“No” is Universal
It’s been 5 years, and you still...
Nothing important…
So drunk I can’t remember
The Statistics that Changed Me
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Party Time
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
I Barely Knew Them
Since Age 6?
In 1978
A person to trust became my worst...
my story
A Day My Life Changed Forever
היי לינור
הטרידו אותי
2 Years Ago
Don’t Give Up

