#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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Identity?
He’s Still Out There
I Trusted Him
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
היי לינור
Log
Erased From Memory
Years later… meeting my rapist again
College Professor
Dream Job, Turned Nightmare
Ms.
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
We met at the bar
The Night That Changed My World
Raped in the Air Force
The same guy
Second Night of College
Brave
Breaking the Trust
Drunk and taken advantage of
13 and 16
A Survivor, Not a Victim
Mi Esposa
I’m a functioning alcoholic
A Night Out
Where did I go?
Didn’t Know Until Later
I still don’t know what happened
I don’t know if I was raped
Rape by Boyfriend
I Am Brave

My life changed on the day I...
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
7 Sisters
University Bar
My Snowball Effect
Diana Oakley’s Story
לפני 14 שנים
עדיין מציק
My babysitter
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Prom Night
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
When will it be enough?
Birthday Rape
Is Healing Possible?
He Was My Boyfriend
Was it rape? Or my fault?
Shame
The Chapter Before The End
Be Aware
Rape??
#MeToo 5 years later…
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
So drunk I can’t remember
The Loss of My Childhood
I never knew he was Satan
A Lifetime of pain
I Was Only a Child
Still Hurting
My husband was molested as a child
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I Didn’t Even Know Him
November ’08
LOST
I Still Blame Myself
my toxic relationship
They asked if I was lying
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Bus Ride
7 years and it still controls me
PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
3 Days After Arriving at College
Raped By 6 Men
Too naïve
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
עדיין מציק
Thank you for speaking out…
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Spoke out and was blamed
16 times
My Step Brother
J’avais 13 ans
I was 8 years old
I Saved Myself
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Hidden Emotions
Family
Life and Death
A Year After
Beyond a story
Still Haven’t Healed
כמוני כמוך
I Trusted You
Unethical or illegal?
Rape !!
After Wedding
My survival story
You Were My Friend
Prescription Drugs
He was a friend
Blamed myself …
Enough Is Enough
Freshman Year
37 Years Ago
My Story
Why Me Over and Over?
Circumstances Collided That Night
I was raped
A Meek Young Girl
I Choose Hope
