#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.
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Mi Historia
Three weeks, every day..
A respectable collegue
Years later… meeting my rapist again
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
#MeToo I am 1
Rape
Incest
Michelle Johnston
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Sexual abuse by brother
Sex doll
I was a victim of serious child...
Over 40 years Ago
Multiple Times
גבר אלים וחולני
It never stops changing you
Stolen innocence
School Bathroom
Metoo
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Few People Know
Going Through the Emotions
Still Going
surviving rape from my dad
ONLY the Beginning
Drugged
was raped and I don’t remember it
Michelle Johnston
It was not my fault
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Quarterly Review
Endless Shame
In Korea
Unspoken
A Survivor, Not a Victim
Just Words
Unwanted Flashbacks
Mi Esposa
College Rape
Naive
Bringing the Stories to Light
I Am a Survivor
Hiding from the Weather
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
They Laughed
A story of a not so perfect...
Male dancer
Drug raped
f*ck you
Army
Beyond a story
I dont know what to call it
לפני 14 שנים
Raped in the Air Force
Different face, but the same monster
Her first job
Why Me?
I Thought I Knew Hi
My first love
You are with me!!
My Snowball Effect
Mistaken Identity
I was raped
Locked Up
כמוני כמוך
STRONG
Survivor

It is not my fault
Neighbor Trust
At Least He Didn’t Rape You
Did He Rape My Mind Too
Some Friend
Fled the Country
Lied to left brain damged
Believe Her
Who is Responsible?
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
It’s My Fault
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Seis Años
Lying Child Molester
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
“I should do this more often”
Raped at 16
Help
Use and Throw
you do what you gotta
He Was My Best Friend
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Salted Wound
I Thought He Was My Friend
Unethical or illegal?
My Innocence Was Taken Away
Short Story
Verbal Abuse and Attempted Rape – A...
Date Rape
I am a different me
Drugged
Life Was Ruined
Sexual Abuse
Just Me………
The pain that was never mine to...
I met evil at a young age
Stronger Than You Think
Ashly’s story
So Now What?
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
College Professor
The Same Effect
Amusement Park
Hidden But Not Forgotten
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
I was assaulted twice at the same...
It’s Your Fault
Because of You
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Teatime
He was right
What Should I Do?
הסיפור שלי…
Daycare Teacher
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Summer 2019
A Difference Perspective
My Story of a Gang Rape
She was never the same…
My Side
Proud
Home from School
Rape
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
The First Time
Why me?
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
The One I Called Papa
Ms
Betrayed By My Husband
I Thought He Loved Me
היי לינור
Raped by my step fathers
Rape and Not Believed
Still Think It Was My Fault
Beyond a story
A familiar fight
Rape Is Everywhere
Workplace Sexual Harassment
After Wedding
Raped in my Hostel
The reason for my tattoo
incest
I know when I see a rapist...
Raped in a Psychiatric Hospital in the...
I want my innocence back
My Best Friend
Life of Trauma
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
Last Party
I was used. I got left. I...
Why Didn’t You Stop Him?
Date Rape
Rape
ללינור היקרה
לא יוצאים מזה…
Aftermath
My Relationship With Dad
I was just 9.
My Snowball Effect
He ruined my life
The Fight We Can All Win
I Am Brave!
First date: Raped after school at 15
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Does the pain ever go away?
Sexual Abuse
My step dad raped me
Confused by Rape
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
Unforgiven
He WAS a friend
My Year in Hell
My experience
Frozen
Step Dad
In Five Years
Lost Soul
I Didn’t Want to Do It
So drunk I can’t remember
What am I doing wrong
A Year After
I Woke Up In The Tub
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Was it rape? Or my fault?
When I Was 8 Years Old
Date Rape
My Two Days of Hell
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Shattered Childhood
Hostage
My so called “best friend”
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Domestic rape
Rape
Memories in the Dark
Warrior
Still Can’t Believe It
It Felt Like Rape
Night Out
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
Rape and Crisis
“No” is Universal
I Was Only 7
The Statistics that Changed Me
Growth
Ready to Share
אוףףףף
En Enero de 2010
Remember as a victim you have done...
Never Even Knew
Feeling Alone
Weak
Friends are sharing
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
Dumbed Down
In 1978
Sexual Abuse
My stepfather raped me
My Date Rape Story
Silent Rape
More Witness than I Care to Live...
My story growing up with a secret
My Journey Back to Life
Why Me?
My abuse story victim to survivor
Grandpa Molested me
Still Hurting
Who is Responsible?
Blaming Myself
I blamed myself for so long
Broken Girl
You were supposed to be my friend
Torn
The pain that was never mine to...
Tulane Law
One Day At a Time
I Want to Live
He’s Still Out There
Too naïve
ptsd
I should have never meet my biological...
היי
Raped by my ex-boyfriend
Broken down car
Afraid of the Truth
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Freshman Year
Say Something
Raped by My Ex
Rape
Stranger Rape
Bad Programming
Pedophile Neighbour
Raped by stranger x2
First Frat Party
Fenced In
Thank you for speaking out…
Alcohol
The Man in Uniform
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
Broken
My Two Rapes
Overcome It
Rape by Boyfriend
So Called Friends
I Choose Hope

Rape by Boyfriend
Braver
