#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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Confused
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
A Survivor’s Mindset
You Were My Brother’s Best Friend
The Night That Changed My World
Confused
Don’t Want to Admit It
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Once Again
Close of a Brother
I lost myself before I even knew...
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
A Victim No Longer
My abuse story victim to survivor
Every Time I Said “No”
My Two Days of Hell
The Girl Who Went To College
I’ll Never Be Whole Again
Broken Trust
MY Inspirational Story
Second Date
My step dad raped me
My Rape
The Boys Club Continues
School Principal
Spoke out and was blamed
I Blame Myself
When will it be enough?
Just Another Night
Neighbor Trust
Thank you
Last Party
עדיין מציק
Incest
J’avais 13 ans
“No” is Universal
Amber’s Story
Not normal
Consent, control and consequences
16 Years Later
Bad Morning
היי
I Am Brave!
I thought he was a friend
Happy Survivor
Why Me Over and Over?
Kibbutz
I got away
I still feel like it’s my fault
…
Rape
Speaking Up for Women
Male Rape Victims Suffer in Silence
Happy Birthday
In My Home
I regret not telling
Abuse and Rape
My story growing up with a secret
Army
The Statistics that Changed Me
Naive and Vulnerable
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
He said he’d never do it again
Bad Programming
14 Years, He Was Like A Brother
The Hole in My Heart
Diana Oakley’s Story
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
My best friends dad
My Interview
We Stand Together
Sexual Abuse
I know when I see a rapist...
Girl Raped By a Girl
We had sex before
April 19th
Just Words
He Was My Best Friend
My story
Robbery
The Stepmonster
Raped twice within a few hours
What sent me over the edge
So Long Ago
Lasting Effects
Dream Job, Turned Nightmare
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
לא יוצאים מזה…
Constant fear
Michelle Johnston
When Will My Voice Be Heard
My neighbor and his friends
Young and Innocent
So Now What?
Useless tears
My Story
Surviving, Kinda
College Professor
A respectable collegue
Too naïve
Raped Husband
When i was stripped of my innocence
Believe Her
I was just 9.
An Abnormal Reaction
Ashamed
Being Done
First Frat Party
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
He was supposed to be a friend
Bringing the Stories to Light
A learning experience
I Too Was Raped
The Hole in My Heart
Sexual Assault
Fenced In
Betrayed By My Own Mind
I was used. I got left. I...
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Obsessed Abusive Ex
A Part of My Twenties
I don’t know what to do
הסיפור שלי…
Smoke Together
Finally Sharing
Kibbutz
I Said No
Tormented
Six Years of Denial
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Unbelievable
All Just Too Much
That’s not Me, it’s Her
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Today is my time to cry
Raped by Him
He Was My Boss
לפני 14 שנים
Growth
Fraternity gang rape
Almost Raped
ללינור היקרה
LOST
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Rape
Mi Historia
Few People Know
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
At 17yr old was raped by my...
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
My Brother
Uncomfortable
Rape
Not Okay
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
Army
Healing takes time
He was a friend
Sexual Abuse
Unethical or illegal?
Broken Homes, Broken Families
Holding It In
My Army Fiance
Life of Trauma
My best friend raped me
4th of July
It Was the Second
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
It is not my fault
Not Really Family
A person to trust became my worst...
Ashamed
Sexual abuse by brother
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Becoming Whole
Out of Control
I Don’t Know My Story
Lost Soul
15
I Said No
College Rape
Bus Ride
כמוני כמוך
I don’t know what to think
New Year’s Eve Party
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
One in Four
Catfished
Being Raped
Sex doll
Need Support
Fraternity Men
How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
My year abroad
First Time
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Raped by a so called friend
I wish I could change the past
Say Something
I Too Was Raped
Male dancer
Only Six
De Los 6 a Los 12
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
I’m Only Stronger
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
I’m Sorry if Assaulting Me Hurt You
Couch Surfing
Ms.
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
In NYC
f*ck you
This is MY story
A not so perfect family exposed to...
I Trusted Him…
They asked if I was lying
Growing Past Just Surviving
If I Were Stronger Then
1 in 5
Ripped Me Apart
Naive girl
5
Manipulation
היי לינור
Was It Rape?
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I am still running
Not all friends are true
Erase and Rewind
I just wanted to give him a...
En Enero de 2010
Let Down
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
In Denial of My Rape
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Friend?
How it makes me feel 5 years...
My 21st Birthday
Raped in the Air Force
#MeToo, too
I “needed” to do this!
I Was Only 7
my story
Summer 2019
My Last Party
Unwanted Flashbacks
Drunken Rape
Was it rape? Or my fault?
End of Innocence
The Statistics that Changed Me
Date Raped When I Was 15
Sexual Abuse of Minors
Marital Rape
I Was Raped
Healing
The abuser
Aftermath
My consent is just that…mine
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
4th grade
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Drugged
Michelle Johnston
Moving on Alone from Rape
הטרידו אותי
Kidnapped in Naples
Never Even Knew
Red Flags
Chiropractor
my teacher grabbed me
I regret not telling
Survivor, Still Struggling
Hidden Emotions
I’ve survived sexual abuse
Family Member
Darkness With Friends
Child Molester
Today, I Let It All Go
I was born for this
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
An Uber Driver Raped Me
Too temping, I guess
I Am Brave


