#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 Safe Place
Friend?
De Los 6 a Los 12
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
Deja Vu
You Can’t Trust Anyone
James
A Different MeToo
Rape
Me too.
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
The Park
Sexual abuse
עדיין מציק
היי לינור
Survivor
Sexual Abuse
Why I’m sorry
Sex doll
Raped in College
My Best Friend’s Brother
Molested
Life Spiraled
Don’t Want to Anymore
Brother in Law
Kidnapped
Naive College Freshman
I was very dumb.
4 Years Ago
Always the Girls Fault
I Am Not Brave
Despedida
Raped
I Choose Hope

Male dancer
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Hundreds of Times
Bad Morning
Acquaintance Rape
Confused by Rape
I was attacked at 19 years old
Survivor, Still Struggling
Roofied
What am I doing wrong
Rape or Not?
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
My Life Destroyed in 5 Minutes
Amber’s Story
I still see him on campus
Years in Denial
my toxic relationship
Unethical or illegal?
Unicorns
Date Rape
Sexual Assault
Raped by Brother
Sexual Assault
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
My story growing up with a secret
Trying To Help
7th Grade Assault
Only I get to make choices for...
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
The Statistics that Changed Me
Raped and Almost Raped and Harassed
Incest
My Mom
I Trusted Him
Workplace Sexual Harassment
הטרידו אותי
My Daughter’s Story
My first love
Myself
You Can’t Trust Anyone
November ’08
Running
Army
The abuser
En Enero de 2010
Lying Child Molester
Ready to Share
Was It Rape?
No
“Trust me, take a chance”
Molestation and Rape Survivor/Warrior
A family assault
Not A Trustworthy Man
Sexual Abuse and Rape
I’m Not Sure
I Thought I Was Safe
I Slept Next to Him
Twice
He Was My Friend
Think About It Everyday
A letter to my rapist
Careful What You Wish For
Too naïve
My step dad raped me
Why you should talk to your daughters...
לפני 14 שנים
לא יוצאים מזה…
My Horrific Nightmare
It never seems like Rape to me
היי
Finally Arrested
My Story
Forced, De-flowered
This could never happen to me
“raped” by my long time bf
Unfair
Drugged
ללינור היקרה
Mistaken Identity
Braver

A Rough Life
Life of Trauma
Six Years of Denial
Time Stood Still
Confused
Not Sure It Happened
LOST
Hostage
My Two Cents
I was 17 and survived
A Loss to Mankind
My deaf husband sued the Vatican
Mi Historia
Thank you
My Story, My Nightmare
My story
Finally Arrested
Naive girl
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Ms.
Déja-vu
I was 5.
גבר אלים וחולני
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Being weak or stupid
My Younger Sister
A respectable collegue
Just Another Night
Keeping Faith
My boyfriend
Newly Living Neighbour
Not safe in my own skin
Supporting Sisters
Happy Birthday
אוףףףף
Two times. One year.
My Side
Betrayed By My Husband
Feels like i am drowning
I Was Dating Him
My Abusers
The Summer of 2013
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Restoring Innocence
Disappointed
All Just Too Much
Raped
I Am Brave
