#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 Was a Family Friend
My story growing up with a secret
The Summer of 2013
The year that changed me
Returning to Mexico
A Year After
No
was i raped?
Men ruined my life
raped and isolated
Nashville Sweetheart
Life of Trauma
Family
Growing Past Just Surviving
So Many Times
The Other Guy
ืืืจ ืืืื ืืืืื ื
Not Blood Cousins
It’s OK
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
A Voice to be Heard
Why me?
Drugged raped and failed by justice
I guess it was rape
School Principal
Ex-Boyfriend
PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Piece
My Step Brother
After I Was Raped
We go to the same church
He had my pants down
โฆ
I Am Brave!
I blamed myself… Twice
Drunken rape
My teacher and my step-brother
I Said No
En Enero de 2010
Jules story
My Side
Child sexual abuse
Letter to my offender part 2
Finally Healing
ืืื ืืื ืืจ
Scared and Confused
Was it my fault?
Two Friends and Two Boys
Raped By My Therapist
ืืืจืืื ืืืชื
ืื ืืืฆืืื ืืื…
Seis Aรฑos
My family friend
By my friend
Still Unable to Tell People
Spoke out and was blamed
There once was love
I Own My Story
Molestation
Hope for Healing
Not normal
35 Years Ago
Drunk and Alone
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Every one ignored me
Every Way Imaginable
Was it rape?
Raped at 16
I Don’t Even Know His Name
Nearly 50 years later
ืืืจืืืื ืืื ืงืฉื ืืืื
My Interview
Ashamed
I thought you loved me
My Story
Cousin rape
The Girl Who Went To College
16 times
A sociopath in disguise
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
You Were My Friend
My Brother
You’re a Rapist
Disappointed
ืืืืจ, ืืืืื, ืื ืฆื
My 21st Birthday
Only I get to make choices for...
Raped at the Air Force Academy
I Barely Knew Them
No Justice
It was someone I knew and I...
My Best Friend
Stockholm
Rape
ืืืื ื ืืืื
Raped in the Air Force
Hidden Emotions
So Now What?
Former partner would berate me
ืืคื ื 14 ืฉื ืื
19 years later and still thinking about...
Drugged and Gang Raped
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
A Letter to My Rapist
Proud
I guess it was rape
The pain that was never mine to...
I was carrying his daughter.
Am i being raped?
Remember as a victim you have done...
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
It’s Been 10 Years
Feeling Alone
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Raped as a Baby
I story I have yet to accept...
My Story
Memories in the Dark
“No” is Universal
Workplace Sexual Harassment
How Many Times?
Revelations
Rape
Almost Does Not Count
Thank you for speaking out…
I survived
Rape By Unknown
Cousin’s Sexual Abuse
Army
Monster dad
My Daughter’s Story
Planned Rape
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Date Rape
The Mailman Raped Me
Myself
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Prescription Drugs
Noah
Knowledge is Power
Worthless
I Thought He Loved Me
I am J. D. R., and I...
Summer 2019
College Campus Rape
Raped as a Boy
Ya perdonรฉ pero nunca olvido
My story
I thought he was a friend
No one cares
I know when I see a rapist...
Despedida
Itโs been 5 years, and you still...
Why was it my fault?
Bad Morning
I regret not telling
Raped because of who I loved
Was it my fault
But what really happened?
I will never forget
Semper Fi
Is It Really Rape?
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Stronger Than You Think
blackmailed
Rape
Memories
It Was My Mom
ืขืืืื ืืฆืืง
MesS Into A mesSage
Raped in my own bed
I let it happen twice
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Spousal Rape
Was it rape? Or my fault?
Surpris ร la Maison
My dad
Made in America
Harder Than Expected
Lightening Does Strike Twice
I met evil at a young age
Male dancer
Literal Hell
Supposed to be the Best Day of...
What Happened?
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Them
I am a Rape Survivor
Raped in College
April 19th
Life of Trauma
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Raped Husband
Being Raped
My husband was home
What Is Happening
My Story
Travelling
Infatuation
All Just Too Much
75 Percent Humidity
Pregnancy
Was it Really Rape
ืืกืืคืืจ ืฉืื…
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Warning
What happened to me?
All-time low
Molested
Stuck
My Ongoing Journey
So Now What?
Molestation
Frozen in fear
Just Words
When school isnโt safe. (Australia)
The year that changed me
ืืื ืืฉื ื ืขืืืืืช ืืงืืืืื
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
I was raped
I Was Only 7
Raped By Boyfriend
The Statistics that Changed Me
Mi Esposa
I Slept Next to Him
Sex doll
Me Too!
Army
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
An Unknown Face & Hands
Remember November
Don’t Want to Anymore
Gang Rape
Scar
Childhood Horror
Feels like i am drowning
My Two Days of Hell
Daycare friend
In The Concrete Jungle
Iโm finally letting my hurt out
Who is Responsible?
Family Ties
Thank You
So drunk I can’t remember
Sexually Abuse
Raped by my step fathers
Unethical or illegal?
My story
Drunk and taken advantage of
My husband was molested as a child
Too naรฏve
I Was Manipulated
So Now What?
Throughout my teen years
Sexual Abuse
Victim No More
Raped at the age of 16
Why
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Hostage
His opportunity
Constant fear
Assault, Battery, and Rape
Broken
An Intruder
Knowledge is Power
My best friend
my story
Trying To Help
Freshman on Campus
I should have STOPPED
High School Orientation
A Big Man
I still don’t know what happened
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Im 16
What am I doing wrong
Still Canโt Believe It
The pain that was never mine to...
Jโavais 13 ans
ืืฉ ืืืื ืืืจื ืืื ืก
My Daughter
A Stong Woman
I Really Want To Forget About It
A Private College; A Private Rape
Am I really that broken?
Chiropractor
I Still Blame Myself
The Man Who Never Was
Why: A Poem About My Rape
Childhood Rape
Forest floor
Why Me?
Erase and Rewind
Sexual Assault
The abuser
A respectable collegue
This Is My Story
Hotel
Anal Rape
I Never Give Up

