#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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Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Virgin Rape
Never Going To Happen To Me
I Trusted Him
Extreme Blessings
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Rape, Sexual Abuse
After I Was Raped
My Life History
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
You are with me!!
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Betrayal
Rape
Since Age 6?
Was it my fault?
My Daughter’s Rape
לא יוצאים מזה…
Rape
Forgiving The Rapist
Online Dangers
Ripped Me Apart
Okay, Not Okay
He bought me chips and sent me...
My Fight
My Innocence Was Taken Away
A person to trust became my worst...
Mrs.
Hundreds of Times
Afraid of the Truth
I Woke Up In The Tub
We All Have a Voice
De Los 6 a Los 12
15
Employer rape
עדיין מציק
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
I didn’t even know what was happening
Gray area?
Was It Real or Not
Off My Shoulders
I Am A Survivor
Erase and Rewind
Lightening Does Strike Twice
I Did NOT Get Justice But I...
Hope for Healing
BFF’s Husband
It Felt Like Rape
Start of grooming at 15
Brother in Law
Mi Esposa
Wide awake
Rape In a Rural Town
My Rape
En Enero de 2010
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Do NOT Trust Strangers
7th Grade Assault
Family
Different face, but the same monster
My Family My Love
הטרידו אותי
Metoo
ללינור היקרה
Sex doll
A Beautiful Trap
He Loved Me
הטרידו אותי
I Think I Was Raped
What Happened?
Thank you for being LOUD!
Didn’t Think it Could Happen to ME
A young mother
i was a child.
Help
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Someone so close to me
New Years Eve
I guess it was rape
I wish I never knew
23 year old virgin
Gang rape and further sexual assaults
Masked Boyfriend
My Story
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
Second Night of College
Say Something
I’m not broken but worse. I’m dead.
Ketamine Rape
My Childhood
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
My Story
הסיפור שלי…
Victim No More
In Denial of My Rape
Travel
Trusted Friend
The “R” Word
My story growing up with a secret
I called him my friend
First Crush
13 and 16
I Remember Being Happy
I think my “boyfriend” raped me
My Horrific Nightmare
When does it end?
Emotional Abuse
In-Between Times
J’avais 13 ans
Two Friends and Two Boys
f*ck you
I felt like it didn’t count because...
Raped in the Air Force
I Was Only 7
Digging my own grave
Sexual harassment
Ended in Rape
I buried the pain
This is MY story
Childhood rape
The Summer of 2013
Don’t Know
Acquaintance Rape
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
He Stole Something From Me
Be Careful Who You Trust
I met evil at a young age
High School Rape
Don’t Walk By Yourself
He Took Advantage of Me
I was very dumb.
Sexual Abuse
My Daughter
My Mother was raped and told me...
Realization of Rape
Ripped Me Apart
Started With My Father
Him or Me
i was sexually abused
17
An Embarrassing Situation
כמוני כמוך
#IStandWithHer
Rape…..or not?
היי
My principal mom raped me
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
Gang Raped
My Two Cents
You are going to show me how...
Stuck
a shattered girl and her dreams restored
I’m finally letting my hurt out
Just Like Yesterday
Letter to…
יש חיים אחרי אונס
He Was My Boyfriend
Molested as a Child
Still Can’t Believe It
My story!
I Was 10
It was not my fault
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
I Hate My Father
Bringing the Stories to Light
What’s Done Is Done
He Was a Family Friend
The Night My Life Got Destroyed
Did He Rape My Mind Too
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Unethical or illegal?
The Boys Club Continues
I Feel So Bad For Him…
Hiding from the Weather
Was It Rape
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
It just happened
When Will This Nightmare End
Breaking the Silence

I am a survivor
Your First
Raped by a work colleague
LOST
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
Why did this happen to me???
My best friend
Molested While Sleeping
A Long Healing Process
When I Was 8
Raped By My Therapist
Halloween Nightmare
With Love
Seis Años
Respect
New Years Eve Party
Motel 6 Nightmare
My Tramatic Experience
The Party
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Closure
I know when I see a rapist...
The Statistics that Changed Me
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Christmas Horror
Not Really Love
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
I Recorded my Rapist
A Private College; A Private Rape
Army
Repressed Memory
I’m Not Sure
My Ongoing Journey
So Long Ago But Still With Me
Chaos
No Wasn’t Good Enough
It will get better
Sexual Assault
Simply My Story
גבר אלים וחולני
5th Grade
Infatuation
Stress
16 times
Isn’t Any Proof
My Story, My Nightmare
Molested
PART 5: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Mistaken Identity
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
Betrayed
Stop
Abuse and Rape
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
So drunk I can’t remember
He was a trusted friend, until he...
Six months in the making..
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I Said No
First Friend at University
PART 5: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Just Words
I Hate You
Every Time I Said “No”
Effort To Survive
Something I’ve Never Shared
lucky
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
From Grief to Trauma
Raped at 17
Thank you for speaking out…
A respectable collegue
A Cruel Time To Prevail
It’s my fault
Third time’s the charm
Another kid raped me
Spoke out and was blamed
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Halloween Nightmare
Dream / Recall
Holiday Rape
Domestic rape
Finally Sharing
Sexual Assault??
Myself
A friend who is a rapist
Summer 2019
There once was love
Time Heals
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
A super long account of a day...
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
Raped by boyfriend
Don’t Give Up
