#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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Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
Party Assault
Motel 6 Nightmare
Long way back
My Evil Cousins
Prisoner of Love
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
The Mailman Raped Me
Too naïve
Ashamed
Was It My Fault?
I Said No
Brother & Sister
Spoke out and was blamed
Family members ex husband
I Was Only 7
#MeToo, too
They Laughed
At Least He Didn’t Rape You
A Victim No Longer
Second Night of College
Close Call
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Piece
Sex doll
I was taken advantage of when drunk
So drunk I can’t remember
I Still Blame Myself
I still feel “crazy”
עדיין מציק
Prisoner of Love
Thank You
Read This Please
Date Rape
Why Me Over and Over?
Family Member
Frozen in fear
End of Innocence
This Is Me, my fight song
Raped by a work colleague
My story growing up with a secret
He Was My Boyfriend
f*ck you
Raped and Numbed
Justice
In The Past
But what really happened?
It was my ex boyfriend
I Recorded my Rapist
dad and mom rape
Miss
Friend of mines set me up
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Drunk and taken advantage of
En Enero de 2010
I said no – but he took...
Do I say thank you?
April 19th
Brothers
Hidden Emotions
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Unethical or illegal?
All Rape Is Legitimate Rape
Backpacking
Childhood Trauma
Why Me Over and Over?
He Was a Cop
My Husband Was My Attacker
Locked Up
Mi Esposa
Confused by Rape
I know when I see a rapist...
Childhood of assault
Blamed Myself
Raped By My Brother
so forceful
All Just Too Much
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Warrior
Motel 6 Nightmare
25 years of fear
Let Down
Mi Historia
Only Six
I wish I would have been smarter
Not all friends are true
Raped in the Air Force
Dumbed Down
Blamed myself …
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Last Party
I wanted to get high
Raped Husband
Overcoming My Story of Rape
My protector, my father, my rapist all...
“No” is Universal
Overcome It
He Was My Best Friend
I’m getting Married tomorrow
She was never the same…
Army
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Night Out
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Assault?
Happy Birthday
My abuse story victim to survivor
Rude awakening
Frozen in fear
Being Raped
My Year in Hell
Was I Raped?
A respectable collegue
Trapped In a Fantasy World
Erase and Rewind
my story
כמוני כמוך
First boyfriend raped me when i was...
Rape
So Called Friends
I was raped
The Night My Life Changed
raped and isolated
Abused by the boyfriend of my mom...
My Story of Rape
Newly Living Neighbour
Travel
My sexual assault will not define me
Boy scout of america
I said YES
Living Nightmare
School Rape
Was it my fault
Scars
Sexual molestation as a child
Too many to stop it
My story
It was never…..That
Kidnapped
I thought he was a friend
Victimization
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Was It Rape? I Don’t Know
My best friends dad
Shelter My Soul
Help
Trapped with memories
Child abuse
I Saved Myself
I Too Was Raped
Pain
Almost Raped
NYD
Just Words
Violent Rape
My Story
Molested by my biological father
Black and Blue
My Life Destroyed in 5 Minutes
A letter to my rapist
Not Really Love
I don’t know what to do
Afraid of the Truth
I met evil at a young age
Nothing important…
היי
Molested used as a sex slave
My Friend’s House
Moving On
Raped and Molested
Sexual Assault
Relationship does not equal consent
My Rape
“It’s not your fault.”
Consent, control and consequences
I am a Survivor.
Multiple Date Rapes/Sexual Abuse During Teen Years...
Two times. One year.
Abuse and Rape
Who Do I Trust
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Sexual Assault and Depression
He was a friend
Rape
I still feel like it’s my fault
Incest
My Story, My Nightmare
אוףףףף
The Power of Victimization
The Wolf and His Rabbit
Incest
Help
I’m Only Stronger
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
I Remember Being Happy
Rape
LOST
When will it be enough?
Only I get to make choices for...
My consent is just that…mine
We met at the bar
Gang Raped
Ride from the Concert
School Rape
Freshman Year
The Man Who Never Was
Abuse Continued
לא יוצאים מזה…
Out For A Walk
I Thought He Cared
Be Careful Who You Trust
Growing Past Just Surviving
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
Happy Survivor
From Heaven to Hell
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
All-time low
Roommates
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
לפני 14 שנים
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
This Is My Story
Male dancer
A Fighter? Or The Perfect Mask?
Fraternity Men
Rape??
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
I Am a Survivor…
Myself
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
Who I Once Called My Father
Was It Rape
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
#metoo
Playing House
Finally Arrested
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
It was my boyfriend
He was my best friend
Bringing the Stories to Light
The Terrible 4
Ms.
Was it Really Rape
army
Ex
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
היי לינור
I’m Only Stronger
I just wanted to give him a...
Child Rape
A Year After
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
My survival story
Seis Años
I Trusted Him
“Me too” On Facebook
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
I Was Told It Was Normal
Quarterly Review
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
My Story
Lost in Europe
A Self Destructive Life
Darkness With Friends
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My Husband Set Me Up!
In the Hospital
Heart broken
I Still Blame Myself
Someday Soon
3 Times is Not Charming
Someone I Dated
Summer 2019
גבר אלים וחולני
Night Out
Multiple Times
A Stong Woman
A story of a not so perfect...
Multiple Rape
I Said No
My Story
The Stepmonster
Sexual Abuse
Okay, Not Okay
Bad Decisions
I Woke Up In The Tub
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
I wish she wouldve helped me
A Survivor, Not a Victim
More Witness than I Care to Live...
My Relationship With Dad
Sexual Assualt Overseas
Broken Trust
Last Year
Too much trauma
You Didn’t Break Me
ללינור היקרה
הטרידו אותי
I Never Give Up

