#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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College Campus Rape
I know when I see a rapist...
Am I really that broken?
Let Down
Too naïve
Date Rape
Too naïve
Raped and Molested
These Men are More Protected Than We...
A Voice to be Heard
I Want to Live
I am More than a Victim
Army
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Sexual assault from my step brother and...
Date Rape
A letter to my rapist
Summer 2019
Life of Trauma
I was 11
Prom Night
Gang molestation
It’s Hard But It Gets Better
Twenty Years of Hell
random rape
5 Years On
הטרידו אותי
With Love
De Los 6 a Los 12
I can’t remember if I said yes...
Thank you
Woke up violated and confused.
Ex-Boyfriend
יש חיים אחרי אונס
was i raped?
Over 40 years Ago
I was assaulted twice at the same...
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
You Must Acknowledge
Date Rape Drug
Black and Blue
Last Party
Walk Me?
A familiar fight
Life Changer
So Many Times
My Life Changed
Catfished
Is this normal?
My Fight
Only I get to make choices for...
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Being Raped
Don’t Want to Anymore
En Enero de 2010
My Story
I Thought I was Safe
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
A respectable collegue
She was never the same…
To my best friend who raped me
Sex doll
My Stepdad Molested Me
Unsure
I Don’t Know My Story
Does the pain ever go away?
Doctor Nightmares
Spoke out and was blamed
I Was Nearly Raped
Was it my fault?
My Safe Place
Naive College Freshman
Stockholm
Rape
He Was A Police Officer
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
Ms.
A night gone wrong
When I Was 8 Years Old
MS13
Ex
Nashville Sweetheart
Every Way Imaginable
I Trusted Him
Did He Rape My Mind Too
Together, We Are Brave

Will I ever get over it.
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Testifying
היי לינור
The Night That Changed Me
was raped and I don’t remember it
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
אוףףףף
Okay, Not Okay
The Stepmonster
I Was Only 7
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
Attempted rape
לא יוצאים מזה…
17
Raped
Don’t Walk By Yourself
I Blame Myself
A Cruel Time To Prevail
I Trusted Him
Not normal
Male dancer
you do what you gotta
Erased From Memory
Afraid of Being Judged
More Witness than I Care to Live...
James
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I Was Only 7
My Story, My Nightmare
Attempted Rape
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Drugged
Freshman Year
Unhealthy Relationship
Life Spiraled
I want my innocence back
I Felt So Helpless
Who Is To Blame?
Raped by my step father
My Nightmare
f*ck you
Sexist Families Leave Girls Vulnerable to Rape
Raped By 6 Men
Not A Trustworthy Man
Sexual Assault in my own bed
Unethical or illegal?
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
Stranger Danger
Dad Raped Me
Prisoner of Love
Friends With Benefit Raped Me After I...
My Life
His Charming Ways
She Should Be Over It
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
My Snowball Effect
Raped Husband
I Choose Hope
