#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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Started With My Father
Forever Silent
My boyfriend of 2 years
School Rape
Why Me?
A Message from the Director
I dont know what to call it
J’avais 13 ans
Finally telling my story.
2 Years Ago
my story
Mi Historia
Speaking Up for Women
3 Days After Arriving at College
Despedida
My Fight
The Setup
The Night That Changed My Life
Shattered
All Just Too Much
Raped in College
Rape
Stress
November ’08
I Thought He Loved Me
It’s Been Eight Years
sexual assault
Too naïve
The First Time
Gang Rape
Life Changer
Young and Unaware
One Day At a Time
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
היי לינור
Day at the Lake
Help!! What Can I Do?
Left Me In Pieces
I Thought I Knew Hi
Just Another Night
Not Safe in Your Own Family
הסיפור שלי…
Be Aware
Anal Rape
Childhood Friend Date Rape
Thank you for being LOUD!
Log
Raped as a Boy
Sexual Abuse
When I Was 7
I Remember Being Happy
I Too Was Raped
Still Going
Rape
Rape??
was raped and I don’t remember it
I Felt So Helpless
Diana Oakley’s Story
My Own Street
Raped in the Air Force
Sexually assaulted as a young girl
14 Years, He Was Like A Brother
Incest & Date Rape
Gang Rape
Hidden Emotions
Incapacitated Still
I Trusted Him
7 years and it still controls me
I am not a rape victim
Gang Rape
Sexually assulted by coworker
A letter to my rapist
Raped
My Safe Place
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I wanted to get high
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Rape by Boyfriend
PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
I Never Give Up

My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Feeling Alone
He Was My Father
Just Words
I called him my friend
Is It Really Rape?
My Rape
Abused by the boyfriend of my mom...
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Why Me?
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Ready to Share
Erase and Rewind
I don’t know who I am
Finding Words
Holiday Rape
Black and Blue
“Me too” On Facebook
Infatuation
My Story
MS13
Victory
Domestic Rape
I Said No
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Repressed Memory
Use and Throw
Feeling Lost
Victimization
Thought He Was A Friend
גבר אלים וחולני
you do what you gotta
Light In The Dark
Too Trusting
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
My Story
The First Time
Prey
I Was 16
Sexually assaulted several times
Metoo
Naive College Freshman
My story growing up with a secret
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
לפני 14 שנים
Someone so close to me
When I Was 16
Mi Esposa
My story
Sex doll
I wanted to get high
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Touched
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Raped by a work colleague
Rape
Black and Blue
Shelter My Soul
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Miss
More Than Once
Summer 2019
Ms.
Alcohol
After I Was Raped
Rape By My Husband
A Year After
Holding My Feelings In
Raped by Brother
He Was a Cop
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
You made me feel like I was...
Scared Like Crazy
Kidnapped and Raped
I was 4 yrs old
Spoke out and was blamed
My rape story
Drunken rape
STRONG
Twice a pattern?
Generations
He Was Saving Me From Me
Drugged and Gang Raped
Devil In Disguise
Nobody Knew
Verbal Abuse and Attempted Rape – A...
My Only Brother
The Statistics that Changed Me
Seis Años
Broken down car
ללינור היקרה
I don’t know if it counts
Was It My Fault?
Rape !!
A respectable collegue
I Thought He Loved Me
I Didn’t Know
Every one ignored me
Tinder Rape
Male dancer
Sexual Abuse
When will it be enough?
Help!! What Can I Do?
Hostage
Not Remembering
Brother in Law
Freshman Year
My Own Sister
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Four Years Ago
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
הטרידו אותי
I Did NOT Get Justice But I...
Case Closed
I Thought He Loved Me
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
אוףףףף
I’m Doing You a Favor
Help
I am still running
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Raped at the Air Force Academy
I was born for this
Darkness With Friends
Unethical or illegal?
Victim of sexual assault
I Trusted You
My Life History
Brother & Sister
weird brother
Confused for Too Long
Trying To Help
Myself
So Young
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Multiple Assaults
Rape?
En Enero de 2010
Date Raped When I Was 15
Three Times in a Row
De Los 6 a Los 12
Panic Attack
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
What Is Happening
Hard Time
Molestation
Pastor’s Son
Incest & Date Rape
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
First Frat Party
Just a Kid
The Gentleman
He was jealous of my new friend
I Thought He Loved Me
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Resiliency
Not Safe in Your Own Family
Unknown
my story
A Year After
#IStandWithHer
עדיין מציק
Divided into two
What’s Done Is Done
I Am Brave

