#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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Dear Convicted Sex Offender (Finally)
Spoke out and was blamed
I know when I see a rapist...
Drugged After Junior Prom
A respectable collegue
Childhood Friends
Was It Real or Not
College Rape
לפני 14 שנים
Raped By a Female
Learning to Live With My Rape
Did He Rape Me?
Too naïve
I “needed” to do this!
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Woke up violated and confused.
My brother let him in
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Empty
Rape or Not?
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
ללינור היקרה
Alcohol
I still see him on campus
What Happened?
I Lost My Virginity
I let it happen twice
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
Neglected
Deceit of family friend
Touched
When I Was 7
Sex doll
My Story
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
4 Years Ago
I Didn’t Even Know Him
My story
Drunk and taken advantage of
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
The year that changed me
Raped by My Ex
Afraid to be Brave
I don’t Know, but I Know
I Was Only 7
Close of a Brother
The Boys Club Continues
It’s my fault
An Embarrassing Situation
A Story
Girl Raped By a Girl
Not normal
Lesbian After Assaults
What Is Success?
Freshman Year
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
Not all friends are true
I Too Was Raped
When All Hope is Gone
My Life
Night of Psychedelic Horror
A Business Partner
Being Done
Brother & Sister
Secretly Molested
Stop
The pain that was never mine to...
Rape, Sexual Abuse
Metoo
A Day My Life Changed Forever
The thief
Male dancer
Not Alone
I Didn’t See It In Time
She was never the same…
Mi Esposa
Cavemen
STRONG
Help
Another kid raped me
Be Careful Who You Trust
*rape
Obsessed Abusive Ex
Just Playing
Miss
Raped and Almost Raped and Harassed
3 years on
The Night That Changed My World
The Worst Feeling
David and Goliath
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Forgiving The Rapist
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Summer 2019
Young and Unaware
My Mother was raped and told me...
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Spousal Rape
Sexual Harrassment
Sexual Assault
Losing My Virginity
“I’m not gonna have sex with you”
כמוני כמוך
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Prom Night
My Brothers Two Best Friends
You Must Acknowledge
Six months in the making..
Happy Birthday
Ex-Boyfriend
Raped in Milan
PART 3: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Males can be victims too
En Enero de 2010
My story growing up with a secret
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
J’avais 13 ans
I Trusted Him
Rape and Crisis
Call Me Anything But That
In 1978
Rape
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
Life Purpose
Was It My Fault?
I Was Manipulated
I was raped and I didnt know...
A Fun Night
Healing
My deaf husband sued the Vatican
Mi Historia
Broken vase
Abuse Continued
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Raped by Him
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
my story
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Warrior
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
Think About It Everyday
What Was It?
Sexual Assualt Overseas
Raped by a so called friend
Camp rape
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Ms.
Football Player
He Lied
Travelling
Proof, but no Witnesses
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
לא יוצאים מזה…
Someday Soon
Restoring Innocence
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
He was supposed to be a friend
The Man Who Never Was
All Just Too Much
Anxiety
I Just Started High School
75 Percent Humidity
These Men are More Protected Than We...
I’m Finally Moving On
Bartender Lies
Enough Is Enough
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Need advice
James
Holding It In
Friend of mines set me up
The Statistics that Changed Me
One Day At a Time
Quarterly Review
I Thought He Loved Me
No
No More Silence
He gave me to his friend
Just Words
גבר אלים וחולני
I was just 9.
My Horrific Nightmare
My message to all
Running With Bare Feet
I Am A Survivor
He took everything
I Prayed for Death
Violent Rape
Childhood Abuse
So Long Ago But Still With Me
Blamed Myself
Multiple Sexual Assaults
De Los 6 a Los 12
He raped me. I hugged him goodbye...
Confused for Too Long
The Reason I Feel Alone
Unethical or illegal?
Does the pain ever go away?
Be Happy It Only Involves Your Daughter
Military Man
75 Percent Humidity
You had no rights
That’s not Me, it’s Her
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
That’s not Me, it’s Her
I didn’t fight back.
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
She was never the same…
Why Me, Time and Time Again
But I Was Drunk
Rape
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Rape Survivor
two years ago
Flashbacks
היי
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
It was never…..That
A familiar fight
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Multiple Times
Hidden Emotions
Seis Años
Rape
הטרידו אותי
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Still Rape
Betrayed By a Loved One
Every Way Imaginable
Someone so close to me
You are going to show me how...
Incest
Raped by Him
I was assaulted twice at the same...
Multiple Rapes
I Was Manipulated
Rape
Sexual Abuse
Friends are sharing
I met evil at a young age
My Story
First Time
I was raped
In Five Years
My story
To my best friend who raped me
First Frat Party
NYD
הסיפור שלי…
Raped By a Family Member
Time Stood Still
Why was it my fault?
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Stronger
Myself
Raped by my cousin
I Am a Survivor…
Survivor

Raped in the Air Force
Naive College Freshman
Undertones Throughout My Life
So Called Friends
אוףףףף
Closure
My best friends dad
Christmas Horror
my story
He’s Still Out There
Always the Girls Fault
Through the Window
This Is Me, my fight song
Who Is To Blame?
Thank you for speaking out…
I think I was raped
Daycare
A young mother
James
College Student
Rape !!
I Am Beautiful Now
4 Years Ago
When I Was 8
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Happy Hell-oween
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Since Age 6?
My Journey Back to Life
The Setup
Raped By Family
I was just 9.
Set Up
Rape
Weathering The Storm
Despedida
This Is My Story
I Never Give Up


