#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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He was supposed to be a friend
Someone so close to me
Ride from the Concert
I “needed” to do this!
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Ex-boyfriend rape
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
It was not my fault
A Literal Fight
A Silent Fighter
Prom Night
Why
Torn
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
My story
The Girl Who Went To College
No Comfort
First Time
Life of Trauma
Stronger Every Day
‘Were you drinking?’
I Recorded my Rapist
Date Rape
He did it again and again
I Said No
The Summer of 2013
Was It My Fault?
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Marital Rape
When will it be enough?
my story
A Day My Life Changed Forever
I called him my friend
Nightmare
Family Rape
It was not my fault
A Memory That Came Back
Sexual Assault
Rape Shaming
Ashly’s story
My Story
Okay, Not Okay
My 21st Birthday
Too drunk to respond
הסיפור שלי…
I’m not broken but worse. I’m dead.
Rape Is Everywhere
My Story
Trauma
Drugged
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Sex doll
No More Silence
J’avais 13 ans
6 to 20
Justice a Joke
My posting
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
His Masterpiece
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
4 Years Ago
School Prom
Young and ruined
Beyond a story
Unethical or illegal?
3 Times is Not Charming
I was raped last summer
His name was Kenneth
So Long Ago But Still With Me
Do you remember your first time?
Was i raped?!
Did I ask for it?
Touched
Male Rape Victims Suffer in Silence
Scammer
Its Got To STOP!
My rape story
If I Were Stronger Then
One Day At a Time
Babysitters
Spoke out and was blamed
Woke up violated and confused.
Middle school sexual harassment
ללינור היקרה
They Laughed
Isn’t Any Proof
Seis Años
Raped and Never Forgotten
Marital Rape
I don’t know if I was raped
Scar
Bad Decision
Snowball Effect
It Happened More Than Once
Childhood Friend Date Rape
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Summer 2019
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
Mrs.
I trusted him
I Said No
To the men who hurt me
Still Haven’t Healed
Molestation
silent rape
What Happened?
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
I Am a Survivor…
My experience as an intern in highschool
Supporting Sisters
My Last Party
All Just Too Much
Raped in the Air Force
he made me loose hope in love…
My Story
7 years and it still controls me
Only I get to make choices for...
Deacon abused for reporting
My story growing up with a secret
Ms.
Rape
Freshman Year
My Story
My rapist sent me a friend request...
A letter to my rapist
#MeToo I am 1
It wasn’t my fault
Stranger Rape
Choir Camp
Despedida
Coercion is never consent
My Mother’s Albatross
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
Multiple Assaults
Trader Joes
He said he’d never do it again
Broken Girl
I don’t know anymore
Time Stood Still
Step Daddy
כמוני כמוך
6 to 20
Weak
Healing in progress
A respectable collegue
Knowledge is Power
Too naïve
The Statistics that Changed Me
I thought we were friends
My 11 Year Old Selfs Story
Drunk and Alone
My Side
לא יוצאים מזה…
Victim Impact Statement
Memories Are Back
My survival story
My neighbor and his friends
Was It My Fault?
Rape
Was I raped?
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
Party Time
Was it my fault?
I know when I see a rapist...
Why you should talk to your daughters...
My Rapists I Grew Up With
Raped in Milan
Moving on Alone from Rape
Childhood Sexual Abuse
I dont know what to call it
I don’t know anymore
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
Rape By My Husband
More Witness than I Care to Live...
הטרידו אותי
Gang raped foolishly
Twice is too much
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Abuse Continued
Unhealthy Relationship
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
11 Years to Justice
The Night That Changed My Life
Nashville Sweetheart
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
גבר אלים וחולני
I’ve survived sexual abuse
I guess it was rape
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Twice
Halting The Pain
Hidden Emotions
I Am Brave

my story-and where i “took it”…
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Married to my Rapist
2 Years Ago
Broken Girl
Help !
Six months in the making..
Deja Vu
Asking for advice
Diana Oakley’s Story
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Family rape
I Am More Than It
LOST
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Coping with rape during a pandemic
Date rape
Another kid raped me
MesS Into A mesSage
Wrong Choice
“raped” by my long time bf
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
My best friend raped me
My boyfriend
Online Dangers
With Love
Attempted Rape
Army
Don’t Want to Anymore
Is There Still Hope
Drugged
I Didn’t See It In Time
Who is Responsible?
My husband raped me when I took...
It’s Been 10 Years
Why me?
Feeling Dirty
My 21st Birthday
I Too Was Raped
It Started With Rape
A Ruined Life
En Enero de 2010
Warning
A Message from the Director
Just Words
Girl Raped By a Girl
“Trust me, take a chance”
My Two Days of Hell
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Sexual Abuse
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Thank you for being LOUD!
He was a trusted friend, until he...
Some of my story
Victim of sexual assault
Can Anyone Help?
My Step Brother Raped Me
I’m so sorry
Incapacitated Still
I Was Only 7
So drunk I can’t remember
Didn’t Know I Had Been Raped
Raped by Brother
I Never Thought
Brother & Sister
Erase and Rewind
Multiple Times
Still Going
incest
Night walk at community center
Chiropractor
My Brave Daughter
Mi Historia
She sent a Warning, and Paid for...
Remember as a victim you have done...
The First Time
Male dancer
My rape story
I Feel So Bad For Him…
I finally said NO
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
היי
It Happens All Too Often
A Meek Young Girl
Raped in Milan
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Bartender Lies
School Bathroom
Why Me?
Raped
Drunken Rape
J’avais 13 ans
היי לינור
My Story
Raped
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
Confused
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Friend of mines set me up
Braver

