#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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Was I assaulted?
In-Between Times
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Just little girls
Believe Her
I was used. I got left. I...
Home invasion, wife saved daughter
I Thought It Was My Fault
A Night I Can’t Remember
Naive College Freshman
innocent
Because of You
Today is my time to cry
College Professor
My Friend’s Ex-Boyfriend
Taking Back My Life
It’s OK
Incapacitated Still
11 Years to Justice
It Can Happen To Anyone
Sex doll
Warning
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Intruded
Child abuse
raped by my own brother
Think About It Everyday
Rape
37 Years Ago
Middle School
ללינור היקרה
לא יוצאים מזה…
I’m Disgusted
I Want to Live
Married to Abuser
Sexual Assault
Mi Esposa
Breaking the Silence

Tormented
Erased From Memory
I was 14
I Am a Survivor
I Am Beautiful Now
Ashly’s story
Hundreds of Times
Molestation
Metoo
Doesn’t Ever Really Go Away…
“raped” by my long time bf
The Night That Changed My World
The Statistics that Changed Me
This Is Me, my fight song
Betrayed By My Own Mind
He Was My Father
I still don’t know
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Friends?
Becoming a Warrior
Patient People
Sexual Assault
Rape Survivor
Incest
This Is My Story
It was not my fault
Not A Trustworthy Man
Raped in the Air Force
They asked if I was lying
Unhealthy Relationship
Feeling Lost
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
Fost or Fight
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
My survival story
Longest Prayers of My Life
Left Me In Pieces
Childhood Friend Date Rape
Hidden Emotions
Dee Bhagwanji
Too Close
Can’t Even Take My Medicine
My Daughter
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Continue to Survive
Drunken Rape
Another kid raped me
Six months in the making..
Date Rape
I Didn’t Even Know Him
Survivor, Still Struggling
I still see him on campus
J’avais 13 ans
My husband raped me when I took...
Stress
Molested By a Stranger
I Woke Up In The Tub
Broken Hearted
Denial
Grandpa Molested me
Holding It In
Army
היי
Despedida
Freshman Year
My Story
It is not my fault
Daycare
Date Raped When I Was 15
My Husband Set Me Up!
Male dancer
Strength to Speak Out
Forever Silent
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Never Ending
Broken Car Broke Me
He Loved Me
Un-Silenced
No Longer Keeping the Peace
I’m Not Sure
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Erase and Rewind
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Drugged and Raped
Off My Shoulders
April 19th
עדיין מציק
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Life Changed
I know when I see a rapist...
גבר אלים וחולני
So Now What?
Raped by Brother
Multiple Sexual Assaults
I wanted to get high
you do what you gotta
15
My story
I Barely Knew Them
Never Be the Same Again
En Enero de 2010
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Middle school sexual harassment
Family Secrets
The Devil You Know
היי לינור
my story
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Politeness Serves No One
3 Generations
Rape?
My story growing up with a secret
His name was Kenneth
Victimization
A Silent Fighter
Sexual assault from my step brother and...
He Was a Cop
My boyfriend
My story
Ritual Sexual Abuse
College Rape
Ex
All-time low
Molested at 3
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Dad Raped Me
Stolen innocence
The One I Called Papa
Molested by Cousin
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
The Life I Live
Time Heals
Spoke out and was blamed
No one cared until I made them
What If I Make You?
Deja Vu
My Boyfriend
Be Careful Who You Trust
Raped by Abusive Husband
Unethical or illegal?
Kidnapped and Raped
Scammer
Does “No” mean nothing?
Don’t Know
My abuse story victim to survivor
incest
Myself
Because of you
My Rape Stories
Brock and Will
Too naïve
My boss
I Want to Be Brave
So drunk I can’t remember
לפני 14 שנים
Read This Please
Broken
Consent, control and consequences
sexual assault
Raped in College
My Best Friend’s Husband Raped Me
A Loss to Mankind
A Survivor, Not a Victim
Breaking the Trust
My rapist sent me a friend request...
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
A Letter to My Rapist
Confused
Survivor of COCSA
Help
Lasting Effects
My Story
Convincing Myself
37 Years Ago
Be Careful Who You Trust
My Story
Remember as a victim you have done...
Only I get to make choices for...
Piece
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Thank You
De Los 6 a Los 12
עדיין מציק
Not Okay
Assaulted
Raped by school ‘friend’
Lifetime of Abuse
Mrs
It never goes away
This is my story
Digging my own grave
I still hate him
הטרידו אותי
I Am Still Standing
Halloween 2014
I Blame Myself
What If I Make You?
An Uber Driver Raped Me
Swept under the carpet
Sexual assualt causes you not to be...
Raped
You Must Acknowledge
My Own Street
הסיפור שלי…
Unsure
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
He had my pants down
3x
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Be Strong
He Was My Friend
…
Raped in my own bed
Speaking It
Today, I Let It All Go
Still Unable to Tell People
The Fight We Can All Win
Its Got To STOP!
Stranger Danger
Choir Camp
Raped as a Young Boy
An Abnormal Reaction
I’ve lost my trust with men
Family
LOST
f*ck you
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I thought he was a friend
Survivor of Rape
Raped and Numbed
Did I ask for it?
I wanted to get high
Infatuation
I Was Only 7
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Afraid of Being Judged
Feeling Alone
Braver

