#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.
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Drugged and Gang Raped
3 years on
Ended in Rape
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Forgotten Memories Submerge
No One Is Who They Appear To...
A Memory That Came Back
The secret
Scammer
More Than Once
Assault In the Family
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
Being Done
Drunk and Alone
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
The Devil You Know
I let it happen twice
Raped By My Biological Father
Stronger Than You Think
Survivor
Erase and Rewind
I don’t know what happened
I can say it now
Six Years of Denial
Mi Historia
Be Happy It Only Involves Your Daughter
My Strength
Think You Know
Incest & Date Rape
Rape
Hard Time
My story
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
I know when I see a rapist...
Foreign City
Unlucky
Spoke out and was blamed
Prescription Drugs
My story growing up with a secret
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
They asked if I was lying
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
Never thought I could be a victim
Okay, Not Okay
You Can’t Trust Anyone
In Korea
Lasting Effects
Second Night of College
Where did I go?
My Two Days of Hell
J’avais 13 ans
Why Was No Not Enough?
Rape
Just Words
Because of You
My survival story
I Am Brave

Lightening Does Strike Twice
לא יוצאים מזה…
So Many Times
Grandpa
Miss
Summer 2019
Unwanted Flashbacks
Under Age drinking
His name was Kenneth
School Does Not Care
Myself
Don’t Know
Thank You
Not like the rape you always hear...
I Feel So Betrayed
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Had Her Back
Rude awakening
Ms.
Family rape
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
I am a survivor
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Family Member
A Night To Remember
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
Rape and the Aftermath
Sexual abuse by brother
Sexual Assault
Seis Años
No Longer Keeping the Peace
NYC Vacation
Raped at 16
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
My best friend raped me
…
A Big Man
Unhealthy Relationship
my story
I regret not telling
More Than Half of My Life Ago
Drugged
Friends?
f*ck you
Doesn’t Define Me
Rape
Tormented
My Rape
Stuck
High School
הטרידו אותי
The Statistics that Changed Me
A Beautiful Trap
Sexual Abuse
I loved him
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Metoo
My Story of a Gang Rape
The Boys Club Continues
You Must Acknowledge
I’m finally letting my hurt out
אוףףףף
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Raped
Unspoken
Unethical or illegal?
Being weak or stupid
Too naïve
STRONG
My Safe Place
In Denial of My Rape
Date Rape
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
37 Years Ago
כמוני כמוך
I Never Thought
Help
I Said No
Raped in the Air Force
Ex Boyfriend
My Last Party
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
Started As a Child
עדיין מציק
Another kid raped me
Was it rape?
Incontrovertible
7 years and it still controls me
3 Generations
Am I Wrong?
Nearly 50 years later
Broken Trust
Thank you for being LOUD!
The Life I Live
Date rape
Becoming a Warrior
It had to be my fault.
He was 15
My Story
To the men who hurt me
Ketamine Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Prom Night
I was taken advantage of when drunk
It’s Your Fault
Rape Survivor
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
I Can Barely Remember
Taken Advantage
Ready to Share
Speak Up
University Bar
My Family My Love
It’s just not fair
What happened to me doesn’t have to...
Rape
Happy Survivor
I was assaulted twice at the same...
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Too naïve
Out of Control
Someone so close to me
Childhood Abuse
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Thank you
I Remember Being Happy
So Now What?
Nightmare
Not friends
Is It Really Rape?
He Was A Police Officer
Used
My Story
Leaving the party
My Best Friend
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My Story
It was
When Does It End
הסיפור שלי…
Assaulted
Step Daddy
What am I doing wrong
Was I Raped?
Neighbors
It’s my fault
15
Surviving, Kinda
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Kibbutz
Can Anyone Help?
My Daddy
was i raped?
It was someone I knew and I...
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Male dancer
I Thought I was Safe
Despedida
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
Don’t Want to Anymore
I am still running
Trying To Help
A respectable collegue
I Blame Myself
My Mother was raped and told me...
I am More than a Victim
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
Second Date
Sex doll
Why I’m sorry
He Was My Best Friend
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
Two Friends and Two Boys
3 Times is Not Charming
Read This Please
ללינור היקרה
Mi Esposa
One Of Many
Boyfriend Hell
Be Careful Who You Trust
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Emotional Abuse
De Los 6 a Los 12
I’m Only Stronger
I don’t Know, but I Know
Rape In a Rural Town
My Multiple-Offender Rape
I dont know what to call it
Today, I Let It All Go
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I Am Still Standing
New Years
היי
Keeping Faith
My Rape Stories
Growing Past Just Surviving
Holding My Feelings In
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
גבר אלים וחולני
I’ve survived sexual abuse
f*ck you
Memories
Don’t Give Up



