#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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Broken Girl
3x
Multiple Times
Grandpa
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
My Story
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
Assaulted By Family Member
The Cliche
Never a Victim; Only Myself
Moving On
16 times
The Stepmonster
A Fun Night
Beyond a story
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Enough Is Enough
My Multiple-Offender Rape
Sexually assaulted at 4
Friend of mines set me up
Forgiving My Rapist
My Life
Love of My Life?
Testifying
Letter to…
Out For A Walk
Molested
Friends are sharing
Lost Soul
Impacted Forever
Piano Teacher
Rape !!
My Mother Was Raped
Rape
The Same Effect
Male dancer
My Brothers Two Best Friends
My survival story
my story
Not normal
I Am Brave!
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
My Story
The Night That Changed Me
Not Alone
Gang Rape
Left Me In Pieces
Trapped
Rape
My Life in Foster Care
A Close Call With Family
ללינור היקרה
Constant fear
Letter to…
Attempted Rape
Assault?
It’s OK
I don’t know if it counts
Myself
Different face, but the same monster
Summer 2019
היי לינור
My Story.
Spoke out and was blamed
Someone I should be able to trust
I Am Finally FREE
You Didn’t Break Me
It Started with my Brother
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Not just me
Feeling weak
Forgotten Memories Submerge
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
BFF’s Husband
The Boys Club Continues
Ready to Share
Confused
Believe Her
In The Concrete Jungle
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
7th Grade Assault
Sexual Assault
In Front of My Girls
He said I wanted it
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
A School Trip
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Read This Please
It never goes away
Vaseline Stepbrother
Unethical or illegal?
Memories
Raped
I Thought I was Safe
Woke up violated and confused.
Just Wanted to Escape
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
Way Back in 1973
My Story
Frozen in fear
I am a survivor and got over...
עדיין מציק
Touched by my cousin
Sexual Assault
הסיפור שלי…
Remember as a victim you have done...
Rape
My little girl
Drugged raped and failed by justice
My story growing up with a secret
Uncomfortable
I Never Thought This Would Happen To...
My abuse story victim to survivor
כמוני כמוך
I still feel like it’s my fault
Bad Place…Bad…Bad…Bad
my toxic relationship
Molested While Sleeping
I Never Give Up

Still Affected
A Loss to Mankind
Gang rape
Raped
No one helped me !!!
I Trusted Him
What’s Done Is Done
3 incidents
Confused by Rape
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Abused by another child
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
One Day At a Time
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
The abuser
Family Ties
Mi Historia
My Daughter
Trapped In a Fantasy World
I am J. D. R., and I...
I will never forget
7th Grade Assault
First College Party
Just Words
Warning
Finally telling my story.
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
I Don’t Even Know
Raped in the Air Force
Workplace Sexual Harassment
What Happened?
A Long Healing Process
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
לא יוצאים מזה…
I Was Only 7
Rape
Raped By My Therapist
I felt like it didn’t count because...
I thought he was a friend
Sexual Assault
Catching Up With Me
Raped by Him
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
4th grade
The Woods Don’t Speak
Despedida
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
Continue to Survive
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
Brock and Will
Raped by a US Marine when I...
אוףףףף
He ruined my life
4 Years Ago
To my best friend who raped me
An Embarrassing Situation
Daddy?
#MeToo, too
לפני 14 שנים
Thank you for speaking out…
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
So drunk I can’t remember
My abuse story victim to survivor
You were supposed to be my friend
But I Was Drunk
Denial
5 Years On
Thank you
Raped because of who I loved
גבר אלים וחולני
He Was A Police Officer
Twice a pattern?
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Multiple Assaults
Marital Rape
Thank you for speaking out…
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Ms.
My Life
Survivor, Still Struggling
My Story
f*ck you
It is not my fault
A story of a not so perfect...
Happy Birthday
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
It Started with my Brother
School Does Not Care
Second Date
Rape
Your truth will change someones’ life.
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
Just wanted to be loved
Nobody Knew
My Husband Repeatedly Raped me
I should have never meet my biological...
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
“raped” by my long time bf
The Stepmonster
He was a trusted friend, until he...
Rape by Boyfriend
Two Friends and Two Boys
Is It My Fault?
I Am Beautiful Now
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
Child Rape
The Life I Live
An Abnormal Reaction
Third time’s the charm
Sex doll
This will be painful
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Drugged and Raped
Party Accident
Broken Hearted
More Witness than I Care to Live...
My Story of a Gang Rape
Touching
Together, We Are Brave
