#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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I Didn’t See It In Time
I’m tired of hiding what you did
Raped in the Air Force
Raped, Adopted, Raped Again
I wanted to get high
My so called “best friend”
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
So Now What?
What even happened
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
I Was Only 7
Still Think It Was My Fault
My Story
My Younger Sister
To inspire and encourage
I Was Raped as a Child
Just Words
Stronger Every Day
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Roommates
Everyone loves him
Love of My Life?
Summer 2019
My Story of a Gang Rape
My Husband Was My Attacker
Drug raped
HS Reunion
He was my best friend
Raped by Brother
En Enero de 2010
Proud
75 Percent Humidity
Sexual Assault
My first boyfriend in the US
My Brother
Invictus
College Student
College Rape
Survivor, Still Struggling
Drunken rape
Never Forget
Metoo
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
A Private College; A Private Rape
An older, popular boy
My Journey
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
A flat tire is a rapist’s opportunity
Trapped In a Fantasy World
My Two Days of Hell
Raped by Abusive Husband
“raped” by my long time bf
Almost Raped
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
Army
Trying To Help
The Fight We Can All Win
Raped by my Step Brother
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Angry and confused
I still don’t know what happened
My Innocence Was Taken Away
Faded Memories
Alone and depressed
Molested and Confused
Sleep Over
It Was My Mom
Boyfriend Forcefully Sodomized Me
Raped and Numbed
Weak
“You’re both minors”
It Started With Rape
Pastor’s Son
Unethical or illegal?
Its Got To STOP!
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Seis Años
My Fight
Repressed Memories x3 Abusers
Rape
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
Rape in my locked home
Ms.
He Lied
19 years later and still thinking about...
He Was a Cop
So Young
I Was 20
Raped By My Biological Father
Was It Really Rape?
I want to be better
Living Nightmare
Breaking the Trust
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
I said no
Couch Surfing
My story growing up with a secret
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Family members ex husband
LOST
A Year After
Spoke out and was blamed
יש חיים אחרי אונס
16 times
Finding My Voice
Daddy?
Bringing the Stories to Light
Such Shame
Confused
My 19 year old cousin
I Did NOT Get Justice But I...
Sexual Abuse
A respectable collegue
The Statistics that Changed Me
Together, We Are Brave

Happy Birthday
Beyond a story
I’m Not Sure
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Just Wanted to Escape
Rape?
Does “No” mean nothing?
Abused By A Therapist
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
I Thought He Cared
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
De Los 6 a Los 12
First Time
My story
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
I Don’t Trust My Father
With Love
Repressed Memory
Raped as a Baby
3 years on
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
So Young
I can say it now
Wrong Choice
Moving On
Used
To serve and protect, but who will...
dad and mom rape
More Than a Survivor
כמוני כמוך
Rape is Real
7 Months
A person to trust became my worst...
So Many Years to Remember
In Front of My Girls
#IStandWithHer
Despedida
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Dad Touching Me
How Many Times?
A letter to my rapist
I Still Blame Myself
Afraid of Being Judged
This Is Me, my fight song
When Does It End
I know when I see a rapist...
An Abnormal Reaction
First Crush
Goodbye Virginity
Six Years of Denial
Are you sure?
Say Something
The Scapegoat of Shame an Guilt
Healing takes time
Isn’t Any Proof
It Was My Fault
Sex doll
Scared to close my eyes
J’avais 13 ans
ללינור היקרה
Workplace Sexual Harassment
My Brother, My Rapist
Gang Rape
I Said No
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
It Started with my Brother
Feeling weak
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
Domestic Abuse
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Do I even belong here?
Too Far
Lost Soul
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Less than a Minute of my Life
Never Lose Hope
It Kills Me
My first boyfriend in the US
Afraid of Being Judged
Halloween Nightmare
Justice a Joke
He Was a Friend
I Didn’t Even Know Him
Rape…..or not?
Is It Really Rape?
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Be Careful Who You Trust
Its been Years
Rape & Sexual Assault
Tulane Law
Party Time
I Really Want To Forget About It
Too naïve
People You Do Not Know
Mi Esposa
לא יוצאים מזה…
הטרידו אותי
Infatuation
3 Days After Arriving at College
Raped in College
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
my story
Rock It!

My Story.
He’s Dead
It’s Been Eight Years
Unhealthy Relationship
Silenced But Not Forever
Unspoken
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
אוףףףף
Smoke Together
Confused and Angry
Sexual Abuse
Playing House
Who Is To Blame?
37 Years Ago
Too Young
Rape
Virgin Rape
My Story
Keeping Faith
Rape, Sexual Abuse
Still Haven’t Healed
Braver
