#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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Rape
My friend assaulted me and another
Brother & Sister
Childhood Trauma
Freshman on Campus
A respectable collegue
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Under Age drinking
Love of My Life?
Family Secrets
Not normal
Date Rape
Rape By My Husband
No one owns your story but you
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Sexually abused by my step brothers
I still don’t know
Thank you
Extreme Blessings
April 19th
Not all friends are true
We go to the same church
My Brave Daughter
Michelle Johnston
My year abroad
Anal Rape
My Daughter and I Both
Tormented
He Was a Friend
7th Grade Assault
Warrior
SA in school
Help!! What Can I Do?
Need Support
Raped by best friend’s boyfriend
I Recorded my Rapist
Boyfriend Hell
Why Me Over and Over?
They Laughed
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
More Than a Survivor
Just Words
Light In The Dark
Dream / Recall
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
לפני 14 שנים
37 Years Ago
I forgot, but then I remembered
How Many Times?
Molested
I Was Manipulated
Unethical or illegal?
I’m Not Sure
Un-Silenced
I was assaulted twice at the same...
Police Officer/Date Rape
Ms.
Too naïve
Rape
Stand Strong
Was It Rape
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
23 year old virgin
Quarterly Review
I Am Victorious!
Weak
New Years Eve
Incest
Naive and Raped at 15
Rape and Crisis
I Was Only 7
I Was Only 14
Gang rape
Sexual Assault in my own bed
I Barely Knew Them
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
Trapped In a Fantasy World
LOST
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
Tormented
The Setup
Two Strangers in a Park
I Dated My Rapists
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Staying Strong
Seis Años
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Victimization
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Black and Blue
A Voice to be Heard
Childhood Abuse
Lesbian After Assaults
Growing Past Just Surviving
Gang Rape
Drugged
Blamed Myself
Still Lost :/
Rape
He Was My Boyfriend
Still Haven’t Healed
The Statistics that Changed Me
My Own Brother
He was a friend
En Enero de 2010
Stupid Coward
Spoke out and was blamed
היי
Afraid of Being Judged
כמוני כמוך
Rape
Sexual Assault
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
So drunk I can’t remember
Aftermath
אוףףףף
Is There Still Hope
I Was Only 14
Trapped In a Fantasy World
Thank you for speaking out…
They asked if I was lying
27 Hours
Rape Is Everywhere
Childhood sexual abuse
A Fun Night
Getting Better
I still see him on campus
I Hate You
innocent
Stolen Innocence
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
sexual assault & abuse
STRONG
Simply My Story
Lying Child Molester
A young mother
Ketamine Rape
The Boys Club Continues
I know when I see a rapist...
Survivor

Bringing the Stories to Light
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
With Love
Working Through It
Thank you for being LOUD!
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
These Men are More Protected Than We...
The children are the priority here
Army
Stronger Than You Think
My Abusers
גבר אלים וחולני
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Childhood rape
Déja-vu
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
Dirty Whore
Gang Raped
Girl Raped By a Girl
A Survivor’s Mindset
A Beautiful Trap
A Week Before 18th Birthday
Is It Really Rape?
What If I Make You?
Raped as a child and teen
My story growing up with a secret
Why me?
My Family My Love
Raped By My Therapist
How it makes me feel 5 years...
First Frat Party
I was sexual abused with no justice
Mi Esposa
Out of Control
My best friends dad
Too much trauma
Sex doll
Raped in the Air Force
I am a Rape Survivor
I was raped by a cop
Is this normal?
Graduation Night
He took it as yes
This Is Me, my fight song
My younger brother
My Multiple-Offender Rape
Young and Innocent
Summer 2019
יש חיים אחרי אונס
I Really Want To Forget About It
Nashville Sweetheart
First date: Raped after school at 15
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
random rape
I can’t remember if I said yes...
What Is Success?
Former partner would berate me
היי לינור
Becoming a Warrior
Party Accident
Worthless
Moving On
Was It My Fault?
לפני 14 שנים
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Coercion is never consent
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
3rd Grade Boys
Predators
Domestic rape
My best friend
dad and mom rape
I didn’t know
Moving on Alone from Rape
I Was Just a Little Girl
i said yes but i really meant...
Stronger Every Day
Just Another Night
Enough Is Enough
עדיין מציק
My story of my date rape
My story
Rape and Not Believed
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
Pastor’s Son
What even happened
Cavemen
I was used. I got left. I...
So Many Years to Remember
My Year in Hell
Remember as a victim you have done...
הטרידו אותי
Rape survivor
Un-Silenced
Now I Understand My Husband
I lost myself before I even knew...
He Was My Boss
Dad Raped Me
Myself
College Rape
I’m Confused
Scared and Confused
Still Confused
Darkness With Friends
The Boys Club Continues
Not Guilty
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Be Aware
Don’t Know
My Husband Repeatedly Raped me
First Frat Party
Remember November
I regret not telling
The Night It All Changed
Date Raped When I Was 15
I wish I could change the past
A Night To Remember
I Don’t Know My Story
J’avais 13 ans
was i raped?
Erase and Rewind
My Safe Place
My story!
My abuse story victim to survivor
I wish I never knew
I Choose Hope

