#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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Foreign City
Mi Esposa
My Relationship With Dad
Drugged raped and failed by justice
10 years later I realised
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Raped by Him
lucky
Too naïve
Prey
Raped as a Young Boy
My Best Friend & His Friend Raped...
How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
In Five Years
Friends?
Multiple Times
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Male dancer
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
I’m tired of hiding what you did
Mi Historia
היי
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
It Was the Second
I Was 10
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
He used me. He left me.
I Was Raped?
Was it my fault?
A Fun Game
The pain behind smile
Dream / Recall
כמוני כמוך
Six months in the making..
Raped by Him
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
I Said No
Why
Lotus
Let Down
Wrong Choice
Set Up
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
I was 13
Naive College Freshman
Doctor Nightmares
Sex doll
Piano Teacher
It started with you.
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
A letter to my rapist
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Not Blood Cousins
Twice
I am a survivor
A Voice to be Heard
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Sexual Assault
Still Can’t Believe It
In 1978
Was it my fault?
Something so Horrible Could Make Me This...
On the Way Home
I Was Only 14
Sexually Assaulted in Cuba
עדיין מציק
Family
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
College Rape
Finally Arrested
A story never told
The Same Effect
Memory or a dream?
Blackout
Confused for Too Long
Scared and Confused
Spousal Rape
My Story
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Me, Myself & Monsters
My Husband Set Me Up!
Black Girl
Hope after repeated rape
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
His Charming Ways
Cousin’s Sexual Abuse
I’m Over Reacting
Friend of mines set me up
Raped at the Air Force Academy
My Story
Nearly 50 years later
De Los 6 a Los 12
You had no rights
With Love
A Story
J’avais 13 ans
I Was 19
In the Hospital
Friend of my Husband
A Different MeToo
He Was My Best Friend
Pretty Girls
ללינור היקרה
My story growing up with a secret
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
SA in school
הסיפור שלי…
Childhood trauma and overcoming it
Different face, but the same monster
A Stong Woman
I Trusted Him
Ride from the Concert
my story
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Story Subject: * I thought he was...
Just Violated
Raped as a Boy
היי לינור
Blamed Myself
They Laughed
Seeing My Rapist Everday
My Story
I Want to Live
He was my best friend
I Thought I Knew Hi
Raped and Molested
I’ve survived sexual abuse
The One I Called Papa
Its Got To STOP!
Gang Raped
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Raped in my Hostel
Scammer
My Husband Set Me Up!
A Victim No Longer
Metoo
After 14 Years
Why
Date rape
Raped at the age of 16
Long way back
Ms.
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
He Stole Something From Me
Not Over It
Returning to Mexico
Dream / Recall
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Spoke out and was blamed
Liar, Liar
Multiple Rapes
Molested as a Child
Red Flags
Drug raped
I Blamed Myself
My story
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Everyone loves him
Why does this keep happening to me?
Fishing Trips
Feeling Lost
Anniversary
The thief
Army
Loss of Innocence
Incapacitated Still
Pastor’s Son
גבר אלים וחולני
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Just Words
Help
Out of Control
So drunk I can’t remember
Sexually assaulted at 4
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
אוףףףף
I Was Raped By An Stranger
It Can Happen To Anyone
I Was Told It Was Normal
Assault, Battery, and Rape
I regret not telling
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Silent Rape
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
I wish she wouldve helped me
My First Two Times
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
Someone I Dated
Rape
my toxic relationship
Finally facing it
Help
Trader Joes
Summer 2019
Was It Rape?
Afraid of Being Judged
I don’t know anymore
Confused and Angry
Help
two years ago
The First Time
Erased From Memory
I was kidnapped, beaten, knocked out and...
I am not a rape victim
Does the pain ever go away?
Emotional Abuse
Does the pain ever go away?
Too Young
The First Man In My Life
Home from School
Confused by Rape
Multiple Sexual Assaults
Rape
Trauma
In The Past
Chaos
Rape
Raped By My Brother
Grooming
My story
Not safe in my own skin
Why Me, Time and Time Again
Family Ties
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
Can Anyone Help?
Monster dad
Too naïve
He was a friend
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
People You Do Not Know
I Will Never Forget
Letter to My Rapist
Best Friends Brother
I Was Only 7
I know when I see a rapist...
Will I ever get over it.
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Date Rape
Forgiving The Rapist
It’s A Long Story
Seis Años
My Daughter’s Rape
Multiple Times
Police Officer/Date Rape
Some of my story
Love of My Life?
What Is Success?
Raped in the Air Force
Heart broken
I was 4 yrs old
He was a friend
Innocence Taken
Worst Day Ever
Sexual Abuse
Raped in my own bed
לא יוצאים מזה…
My First Boyfriend
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Living With Us
Date rape
Fishing Trips
Despedida
Surviving, Kinda
They thought it was fun
As If It Never Happened
הטרידו אותי
The thief
I Thought I was Safe
J’avais 13 ans
In Five Years
Was it rape?
The Party
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Rape Under Intoxication
I still feel like it’s my fault
You Didn’t Break Me
My Healing Journey
Twice a pattern?
End of Innocence
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
The Trauma That Made Me
Unethical or illegal?
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
Couch Surfing
My Story
Every Way Imaginable
The Man Who Never Was
I Thought I Was Safe
My Life in Foster Care
Permanently Scarred
Thank you for being LOUD!
Breaking the Trust
Those 8 hours
Be Happy It Only Involves Your Daughter
The Summer of 2013
I Blame Myself
I was raped last summer
Stress
A respectable collegue
Your never stop hurting me till your...
Myself
This will be painful
Rape Is Everywhere
I Am Brave

