#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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Brock and Will
A Story
Stuck
After Wedding
What Is Success?
She was never the same…
Do I say thank you?
Raped by Him
Proud
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
Acquaintance Rape
Thank you for speaking out…
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
Love of My Life?
Enough Is Enough
“No” is Universal
A young mother
Nothing important…
Shattered
Myself
My sexual assault will not define me
Don’t Know
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
A Year After
I wish she wouldve helped me
Do I even belong here?
A Victim No Longer
Confused for Too Long
It’s been 5 years, and you still...
Family
הסיפור שלי…
I Thought He Loved Me
He Was a Cop
Don’t Want to Admit It
My Story
Remember November
Moving on Alone from Rape
Memories
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
No Wasn’t Good Enough
My Brother, My Rapist
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Do you believe me?
i was a child.
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
The Night That Changed My Life
Too naïve
East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer – Joseph...
אוףףףף
Continue to Survive
הטרידו אותי
Gang molestation
De Los 6 a Los 12
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
When I Was 16
Scar
Childhood Friend
My Fight
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
Growth
My abuse
I didn’t know
I Thought I was Safe
I Thought I Could Trust Him
raped and isolated
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My Girlfriend of Two Years
Lasting Effects
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Grandpa
Raped as a Young Boy
Drunken rape
Loss of Trust
My First Boyfriend
I didn’t even know what was happening
Help!! What Can I Do?
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Let Down
My 18th Birthday
עדיין מציק
Let’s Fight Back With Love
7th Grade Assault
My Two Days of Hell
Help
I Barely Knew Them
היי
Darkness With Friends
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
The Silent But Haunting Wounds Of Rape
Mrs
Molested at 8
Didn’t Know Until Later
היי לינור
Surviving, Kinda
Army
dad and mom rape
First Crush
Abuse and Rape
Benefit of the Doubt
Erase and Rewind
The Story Of Two Rapes
Breakin Burgler
My Story
Betrayal
My boyfriend
Does the pain ever go away?
Blackout
היי
Blamed myself …
When I Was 11…
My Daddy
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
Undertones Throughout My Life
3 Days After Arriving at College
לא יוצאים מזה…
Someday Soon
Raped By My Brother’s Friend
Damaged goods
Despedida
School Bathroom
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
I can say it now
Your never stop hurting me till your...
His name was Kenneth
16 Years Later
Night of Psychedelic Horror
My Fault or His
Thank You
Raped By a Female
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
Once Again
Your First
Drugged After Junior Prom
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
So drunk I can’t remember
Rape
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
I don’t know anymore
Leaving the party
I know when I see a rapist...
School Bathroom
Suffered and Survived
Together, We Are Brave

Drugged
Male dancer
He Was a Friend
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Shelter My Soul
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Rape
With Love
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
A respectable collegue
Halloween Nightmare
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Young and dumb?
Throughout my teen years
Rape By My Husband
Read This Please
#IStandWithHer
Hospitalized
Was it rape?
When I Was 8 Years Old
It’s still happening
Forced, De-flowered
House help and cousin
Love and Forced abortion
Mine Was Different
Finding Words
Survivor of COCSA
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
40 years
Summer 2019
The Boys Club Continues
לפני 14 שנים
En Enero de 2010
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
3x
Breaking the Silence

Nearly 50 years later
New Year’s Eve Party
A Voice to be Heard
Married to Abuser
Need help
Marital Rape
Don’t Want to Anymore
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
Be Strong
My Biggest Secret
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Survivor, Still Struggling
Child abuse 9yo now 45 yo never...
Family members ex husband
My Husband Repeatedly Raped me
Almost Raped
School Prom
Just a Joke
5
ללינור היקרה
J’avais 13 ans
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
“You were lucky”
Why Me?
I don’t know what to think
I Was Manipulated
I lost myself before I even knew...
7 years and it still controls me
He Was My Friend
random rape
Raped in the Air Force
Stand Strong
Where did I go?
Raped twice within a few hours
My Story
Raped By a Family Member
Life of Trauma
Every Time I Said “No”
Off My Shoulders
Mi Historia
Trying To Help
Manipulation
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
Confused by Rape
Childhood Friends
Mental Breakdown
University Bar
One Day At a Time
Bad Decision
The Statistics that Changed Me
Drunken Rape
No one cared until I made them
Male dancer
Trapped
Hope for Healing
Mi Esposa
Knowledge is Power
Family Ties
Still Think It Was My Fault
Don’t Give Up


