#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. Womenโs 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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He over stepped the mark
Your First
Teenage Victim
My story growing up with a secret
Too much trauma
Rape By My Husband
ืืืื ืืจ ืืืงืจื
My fiancรฉ is my rapist but I...
Myself
My best friend raped me
Mi Historia
In Denial of My Rape
ืืืจืืื ืืืชื
Afraid to be Brave
New Year’s Eve Party
Not normal
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
Half sister
Never Got His Name
Something I’ve Never Shared
Believe Her
Raped at the Air Force Academy
sexual assault
Twice
Babysitters
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I Was Only 14
Those 8 hours
Bad Morning
ืืืืจ, ืืืืื, ืื ืฆื
Keeping Faith
Childhood Trauma and Rape
Gang Rape
Not Alone
One in Four
I Thought I Knew Hi
Raped in the Air Force
The Touches I Felt
Ya perdonรฉ pero nunca olvido
I Am A Survivor
I can’t remember if I said yes...
My Daughter and I Both
I Didn’t See It In Time
Finally Arrested
Identity?
Did I ask for it?
Two Times
A respectable collegue
Bartender Lies
A not so perfect family exposed to...
Sex doll
I can say it now
Childhood
2-4 am on January 15th
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Metoo
A story of a not so perfect...
Healing and releasing painful memories
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Do you remember your first time?
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Childhood Trauma
Too Close for Comfort
ืืืฃืฃืฃืฃ
i was a child.
So drunk I can’t remember
Abusรฉe par un voisin de mes grands...
“Trust me, take a chance”
Not A Trustworthy Man
Childhood sexual abuse
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
It Was the Second
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
Worthless
My Step Brother
I Thought He Loved Me
My stepfather raped me
My Husband Was My Attacker
Sexually abused by my step brothers
Scars That Heal
He’s Still Out There
I didnโt even know what was happening
My Story
A Self Destructive Life
Happy Survivor
I don’t know who I am
Cavemen
I donโt know anymore
The Statistics that Changed Me
Silent Rape
I Recorded my Rapist
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Finally Sharing
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
why me
A Meek Young Girl
He was my best friend
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
First Frat Party
I Was 20
Felt safe in my friend group
Just a Child
Raped by My Ex
Multiple Date Rapes/Sexual Abuse During Teen Years...
I Trusted Him…
Ms.
Innocence Taken
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
Friend of mines set me up
He used me. He left me.
Sexually abused by my step brothers
Simply My Story
Party Time
Case Closed
Assault
dad and mom rape
School Bathroom
I Trusted You
Repressed Memories x3 Abusers
5 Years On
Too naรฏve
I Was 16
Sexual Assault
Jโavais 13 ans
The Boys Club Continues
The Cliche
Bad Morning
Ignored For a Lifetime
I was only 11
Seis Aรฑos
3 Times is Not Charming
My Story
James
My Story
He WAS a friend
Friends With Benefit Raped Me After I...
ืขืืืื ืืฆืืง
I Remember Being Happy
My so called “best friend”
School Rape
More Than Once
Every one ignored me
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Camp rape
My First Time Speaking Up
Started With My Father
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I Trusted Him
Multiple Rape
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
It’s my fault
When Will My Voice Be Heard
I don’t Know, but I Know
Finally ready to tell my story
Date Rape
Raped by a work colleague
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Sexually assaulted at 4
I was sexually assaulted
Mi Esposa
Does the pain ever go away?
A Victim No Longer
Raped in my own bed
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Raped Three Times
Childhood rape
my story
I know when I see a rapist...
I Never Thought This Would Happen To...
Too afraid to say no
ืืฉ ืืืื ืืืจื ืืื ืก
My biggest mistake
Lightening Does Strike Twice
ืืืื ื ืืืื
Erase and Rewind
3 years later i still wonder if...
Not Okay
I Accepted My Past
Life Was Ruined
No Justice
Proud
My Dad
Still Unable to Tell People
Under Age drinking
Bartender Lies
Don’t Want to Anymore
Thank You
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Molested
Nearly 50 years later
Growing Past Just Surviving
Things do get better
Sexual abuse
It started with you.
Raped at the age of 16
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
ืื ืืืฆืืื ืืื…
7 years and it still controls me
Broken
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
Raped at age 9 & 15
I wish she wouldve helped me
Confused and Angry
Rape
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Was it rape? Or my fault?
ืืื ืืฉื ื ืขืืืืืช ืืงืืืืื
Confused for Too Long
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Fraternity Men
There once was love
LOST
Spoke out and was blamed
You Can’t Trust Anyone
My Story
ืืืจืืืื ืืื ืงืฉื ืืืื
I Was Only 7
How Many Times?
My Ongoing Journey
I’m so sorry
Politeness Serves No One
My year abroad
Unethical or illegal?
Life Purpose
Narcissistic Ex
I Am Not Brave
Sexual Harrassment
They will never know what they did...
Cousin Rape
Forgiving The Rapist
What If I Make You?
Army
ืืคื ื 14 ืฉื ืื
Public Rape
Just Friends
My Daughter
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
My Mother was raped and told me...
My Own Sister
Victim No More
Freshman Year
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
Too Many Times
Blamed myself โฆ
blackmailed
My Rape
The same guy
I called him my friend
Nobody Knows
Drugged
Three Times in a Row
My Friend
Monster dad
Be Careful Who You Trust
I regret not telling
Sexual Abuse
Closure
Male dancer
Help !
Was I Raped?
Was it my fault?
Will I ever get over it.
Former partner would berate me
Strength to Speak Out
ืืื
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Frozen in fear
Let Down
3 years on
Wanted Love But Got Rape
Just Words
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
Despedida
Him or Me
Chiropractor
My First Two Times
Sexually abused by my father
He had my pants down
A Lifetime of pain
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
It was not my fault
It was just a friend date
Atlantis
An Embarrassing Situation
Gang Raped
Raped By a Family Member
My Story
My Brother
It started with you.
Accepting myself and my story after…
I knew and trusted him
His Charming Ways
Was It Real or Not
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
I Thought I Knew Him
37 Years Ago
My First Time
My Friend’s House
Date Rape
Summer 2019
When will it be enough?
Drugged
ืืื ืืื ืืจ
Pretty Girls
The cycle
Abusive Uncle
Iโm 17 and Iโm over it
Charity is it’s own reward
I Am Beautiful Now
Together, We Are Brave

