#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 First Memory
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
From Heaven to Hell
גבר אלים וחולני
כמוני כמוך
My Girlfriend of Two Years
Lying Child Molester
Girls Without Parents
Seis Años
My Story
Surpris à la Maison
So Many Years to Remember
Why?
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
The Summer of 2013
It Felt Like Rape
Date Rape
Drugged and Raped
The Setup
I Was Only 14
Gang Raped
Army
Summer 2019
I Shouldn’t Have Drank
My Childhood
My Life
Molested
Victim of Abuse
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
They Laughed
I want to Call it what it...
Kibbutz
He’s Dead
Taking Back My Life
Marital Rape
Permanently Scarred
His name was Kenneth
Locked Up
Gang Rape
I Was Only 7
My First Two Times
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Nine Years Worth of Abuse
Don’t Want to Anymore
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
why me
Sexual Abuse
Fost or Fight
Bad Morning
My survival story
I was very dumb.
Believe Her
I’m Confused
Date Raped When I Was 15
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
A person to trust became my worst...
I Said No
I Thought I Knew Him
It Happened More Than Once
Still Terrified
I Shouldn’t Have To…
My Mother’s Life Partner Sexually Harrased Me...
Need Support
So Long Ago
Last Year
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
I don’t know what to do
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Don’t Know
Confused
Too naïve
I Thought He Loved Me
“I’m not gonna have sex with you”
Did He Rape My Mind Too
Newly Living Neighbour
Diana Oakley’s Story
I was assaulted twice at the same...
My Story
Rape by Boyfriend
Child sexual abuse
In the Hospital
The Stepmonster
Despedida
Fenced In
Abused at the Age of 4
Bringing the Stories to Light
I didn’t know
A Survivor’s Mindset
Abuse and Rape
Politeness Serves No One
I survived
Memories
Drunken Rape
Raped as a child and teen
I was 4 yrs old
Masked Boyfriend
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Why: A Poem About My Rape
Rape Is Everywhere
Hope after repeated rape
Dirty Whore
Fishing Trips
I am a survivor and got over...
Sexual Assault
לא יוצאים מזה…
University Bar
Date Rape
Abused at the Age of 4
I forgot, but then I remembered
Can Anyone Help?
Life Purpose
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Was led by the quarterback
Surviving, Kinda
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
Raped by Abusive Husband
Rape Victim
De Los 6 a Los 12
When Father’s Day is Painful
My Snowball Effect
Police Officer/Date Rape
עדיין מציק
Enough Is Enough
Erase and Rewind
Drugged
Raped and Molested
If your boyfriend does it is is...
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Stupid Coward
3x
The Night That Changed My World
Freshman on Campus
Drunk and taken advantage of
Raped, Adopted, Raped Again
I Said No
Denial
My Religious Teacher
Rape
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Mi Esposa
Am I really that broken?
Never thought I could be a victim
Learning to Live With My Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
College Rape
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Alone and depressed
My Story
Worthless
A Story
Wide awake
Touched
The Other Guy
He Was My Boyfriend
A respectable collegue
The Statistics that Changed Me
The Cliche
Raped By a Friend
So drunk I can’t remember
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Continue to Survive
It never goes away
Life of Trauma
הסיפור שלי…
Ride from the Concert
Devil In Disguise
Not Really Family
PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Never forgot
Fled the Country
Through the Window
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Be Aware
Remember as a victim you have done...
Workplace Sexual Harassment
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Rape
ללינור היקרה
Things do get better
Still Can’t Believe It
Being Done
Why does this keep happening to me?
He Was My Boss
Raped by school ‘friend’
Bus Ride Of Missing Hope
My Mother Was Raped
What sent me over the edge
Spoke out and was blamed
Black and Blue
Forever Silent
It’s still happening
My best friend
Child Molestation
Why
Set Up
I Don’t Trust My Father
When Will This Nightmare End
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
The First Time
I Want to Live
Mi Historia
I Never Give Up

Broken Homes, Broken Families
We go to the same church
It was my ex boyfriend
Male dancer
my story
A letter to the monster
Nearly 50 years later
I Was 19
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Finally Using My Voice
Someone so close to me
Unethical or illegal?
Stronger Than You Think
Losing My Innocence At Fifteen
I guess it was rape
I know when I see a rapist...
And It Continues
Speaking Up
Just Words
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Assault at 12 Years by Teacher
When Does It End
Working Through It
Ms.
Was almost raped and no one did...
My Younger Sister
3 Days After Arriving at College
College Student
Young and ruined
I was 8 years old
הטרידו אותי
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
At 17yr old was raped by my...
I Too Was Raped
Time Heals
To my best friend who raped me
Salted Wound
Powerful
Don’t Want to Anymore
Happy Birthday
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Scared Like Crazy
My Best Friend
Was it my fault
Braver

Multiple Rapes
My story growing up with a secret
I Am A Survivor
College Rape
No Wasn’t Good Enough
New Years
I Was Just A Baby
In NYC
לפני 14 שנים
I Was Manipulated
It wasn’t my fault
Confused
Raped After School
Just Another Night
Married My Rapist
Family members ex husband
Why?
Confused by Rape
Tulane Law
4th of July
End of Innocence
Am I Wrong?
The Setup
my toxic relationship
I Was Only 14
Family of Lies
Bruises and Scars
Call Me Anything But That
You had no rights
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
Jules story
So Many Times
My Own Street
אוףףףף
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I Blamed Myself
Rape
When does it get easier?
My story growing up with a secret
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Moving On
The Statistics that Changed Me
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
I Am Brave

Scared and Confused
My dad
Sex doll
Raped
To the man who stole my independence
Together, We Are Brave


