#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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My Innocence Was Taken Away
Just a Joke
They thought it was fun
Rape?
I was 5.
Boyfriend Hell
How Many Times?
Rape
My story
I was used. I got left. I...
Running
I Am Still Standing
You were supposed to be my friend
Erase and Rewind
Rape survivor
A Journal of a Wayward Child
What am I doing wrong
Forced, De-flowered
They Laughed
my teacher grabbed me
27 Hours
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
School Rape
De Los 6 a Los 12
The Day Everything Changed
Is this normal?
He Took My Virginity
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Seis Años
Scared and Confused
My Mother was raped and told me...
Impacted Forever
Not Guilty
Mrs
Case Closed
STRONG
sexual assault & abuse
The First Time
My Story
From Heaven to Hell
Despedida
I thought it was my fault
Raped at a Birthday Party
I was raped last summer
My neighbor and his friends
Just Words
Smoke Together
J’avais 13 ans
To the man who stole my independence
From Heaven to Hell
When does it get easier?
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
He was right
He was a trusted friend, until he...
Too naïve
I’m Only Stronger
Life Spiraled
One in Four
My Mom
Friend?
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
The Diaper in the Corner
Raped by my Stepfather
It wasn’t my fault
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Black Girl
Victim of sexual assault
Sexual Abuse
It never goes away
Mi Historia
Spring Break Nightmare
כמוני כמוך
Intruded
It Started With Rape
My Step Brother Raped Me
Victimization
Two Times
Confused
14 Years, He Was Like A Brother
לפני 14 שנים
Rape is Real
Sexual harassment
My Ongoing Journey
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Neighbor
Disappointed
In Denial of My Rape
First Time
Someday Soon
In Korea
Is It Really Rape?
Drugged
Raped in the Air Force
I let it happen twice
I’m Doing You a Favor
Wouldn’t take no for an answer
Men ruined my life
Multiple Times
Them
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
My Life
Don’t Walk By Yourself
הטרידו אותי
It was just a friend date
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
Rape Is Everywhere
I was 17 and survived
The Cliche
His opportunity
I was very dumb.
The Night That Changed My Life
You made me feel like I was...
I was born for this
Drug raped
My Best Friend
Rape
Confused
Dating & Relatives
Stockholm
My Snowball Effect
ללינור היקרה
Last Year
Need help
Raped at 16
3 Times is Not Charming
Forced, De-flowered
Cafeteria Food
He said he’d never do it again
Raped
Letter to My Rapist
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
The Hole in My Heart
He Was My Boyfriend
A Voice to be Heard
Why
So Called Friends
Life of Trauma
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
אוףףףף
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
Molested and Confused
The abuser
הסיפור שלי…
Why Me?
Last Party
Unethical or illegal?
Losing Myself
My Daughter
Stranger Danger
Childhood rape
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
Long way back
Holding It In
Cafeteria Food
Help…
To serve and protect, but who will...
First Friend at University
Proof, but no Witnesses
My Story
I Lost My Virginity
Freshman on Campus
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
I dont know what to call it
En Enero de 2010
To protect and serve
Rape
“Me too” On Facebook
Memories
Rape
I Said No
Thank You
I Was Only 14
Sex doll
My Story
Thank you
He Was My Friend
Why does this keep happening to me?
Raped because of who I loved
Lesbian After Assaults
Raped By Boyfriend
i was a child.
The Statistics that Changed Me
Domestic Rape is Real
Life Is Rough
Sexual Assault Does NOT Define You
His Charming Ways
Justice Didn’t Help Me
Time Heals
More Witness than I Care to Live...
my story
Ms.
I Was Only 7
Moving on Alone from Rape
Night of Psychedelic Horror
My 11 Year Old Selfs Story
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Weak
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
My so called “best friend”
So drunk I can’t remember
A person to trust became my worst...
A young mother
Spoke out and was blamed
Confused by Rape
Still Can’t Believe It
Black and Blue
I was raped by a youtube personality...
Gang raped foolishly
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Make Me Proud
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
My Rape
Not Okay
Be Careful Who You Trust
Multiple Sexual Assaults
עדיין מציק
Raped By My Therapist
It still doesn’t feel real…
Husband raped? Well people don’t call it...
Multiple Date Rapes/Sexual Abuse During Teen Years...
A respectable collegue
Warrior
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Short Story
Friend of mines set me up
My Family My Love
Convincing Myself
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
23 year old virgin
My stepfather raped me
Confused and Angry
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I met evil at a young age
@ years of rape and being drugged
I Recorded my Rapist
Ride from the Concert
f*ck you
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
Childhood rape
So Many Times
I Never Thought He’d Do Something Like...
Once Again
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
He Was My Best Friend
So Many Years to Remember
Multiple Times
Blaming Myself
You are going to show me how...
My Boss Raped Me
Together, We Are Brave

Raped at the Air Force Academy
“My Rape” at University
גבר אלים וחולני
Holiday Rape
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Drunk and taken advantage of
Male dancer
Multiple Times
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
I was raped
He Was a Cop
Shattered Childhood
Raped By Boyfriend
School Prom
All Just Too Much
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Out For A Walk
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
A Fun Night
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
When I Was 8 Years Old
Black Girl
Childhood Horror
I want to Call it what it...
Damaged goods
Summer 2019
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Supporting Sisters
Sex doll
My story growing up with a secret
The First Time
Sexual Assault
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
Still Think It Was My Fault
No one cares
My Story
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Beyond a story
Permanently Scarred
He Loved Me
Still Lost :/
Was it my fault?
I can’t remember if I said yes...
The First Time
This is my story
Army
From Friends to Nothing
Rock It!


