#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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Summer 2019
הטרידו אותי
Didn’t Know I Had Been Raped
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
*rape
Two Friends and Two Boys
Nightmare
Ms.
Leaving the party
Cavemen
Finally Arrested
It can happen to boys too!
Justice
“No” is Universal
In My Home
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My Own Party
Respect
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
Raped by Him
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
It Was My Fault
A Night I Can’t Remember
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I forgot, but then I remembered
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Date Rape Drug
Raped in my own bed
My story growing up with a secret
Mi Esposa
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
Raped By My Father
Still Think It Was My Fault
I Was 3 Years Old
No More Silence
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
A letter to my rapist
Sexual Abuse
Raped in the Air Force
Was it rape?
He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
Me Too!
Touched
Drunken Rape
Army
Broken Girl
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My Daughter and I Both
Family Rape
Raped by Abusive Husband
Becoming Whole
My Younger Sister
lucky
No Stranger
A Meek Young Girl
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Rape and Crisis
Did I ask for it?
To protect and serve
I Was Only 14
Drug raped
Afraid of Being Judged
Literal Hell
A Fun Night
Bad Morning
Marital Rape
In The Concrete Jungle
Miss
Virgin Rape
Freshman Year
Aftermath
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Flashbacks
I Saved Myself
I’ve survived sexual abuse
We go to the same church
People You Do Not Know
My Story
Mistaken Identity
He Was My Boyfriend
“raped” by my long time bf
I was assaulted twice at the same...
Being a Girl Is Not Fair
My biggest mistake
Rape Survivor
Too drunk to remember
I Was Manipulated
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
Touched by my cousin
Ended in Rape
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Shame
I was 17 and survived
My Husband Set Me Up!
I Choose Hope

I Was Told It Was Normal
“She Didn’t Do Anything”
Memories Are Back
לא יוצאים מזה…
I was 8 years old
Miss
3 incidents
One Day At a Time
He Was A Police Officer
Don’t Want to Anymore
If this hadn’t happened to me
I Thought I was Safe
My Innocence Was Taken Away
היי
Memory or a dream?
Was it rape? Or my fault?
הסיפור שלי…
With Love
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
The Fight We Can All Win
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Too naïve
Speak Up
blackmailed
I was born for this
Spoke out and was blamed
Family rape
My abuse story victim to survivor
37 Years Ago
Childhood Abuse
My Story
I don’t know if it’s rape
Betrayed By My Own Mind
Speaking Up for Women
He was supposed to be a friend
First Time Sharing
I Said No
Supposed To Be There
Prey
Family members ex husband
I don’t know what to do
An Unknown Face & Hands
“Me too” On Facebook
So Alone
Broken
J’avais 13 ans
Male dancer
Nobody Knows
Too Young and Unsure
Memories
I’m Alive
Incapacitated Still
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
Sex doll
I didn’t even know what was happening
Rock It!

Workplace Sexual Harassment
Freshman on Campus
Three Times in a Row
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
All Just Too Much
Lost In Time
לפני 14 שנים
New Years Eve
Started With My Father
A familiar fight
Rape
Worst Day Ever
Sexual harassment
I should have STOPPED
A learning experience
Foreign City
When I Was 8 Years Old
Confused by Rape
Letter to My Rapist
Raped By 6 Policemen
His Charming Ways
Masked Boyfriend
Assault, Battery, and Rape
Girls Without Parents
First “Real” Boyfriend
So Now What?
A Story
It was not my fault
My younger brother
I Recorded my Rapist
Welcome To Adulthood
Guilt and Shame Almost Killed
Raped 14 times in 1 year
My stepfather raped me
All Just Too Much
Why Me Over and Over?
New Years Eve Party
Help
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Bringing the Stories to Light
My Nightmare
Too Trusting
I was raped last summer
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Just Wanted to Escape
Twice a pattern?
Thank you
I Don’t Know My Story
Thank you for speaking out…
Fear
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Was It Rape?
Vaseline Stepbrother
Males are Victims Too
אוףףףף
My Life
Getting Better
Six months in the making..
My Best Friend & His Friend Raped...
Erase and Rewind
Why Didn’t You Stop Him?
PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
The Boys Club Continues
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Myself
It Was My Mom
Normalization
Sexual Assault
Men ruined my life
Weak
Catching Up With Me
f*ck you
כמוני כמוך
Date rape
Cousin’s Sexual Abuse
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
The Statistics that Changed Me
In Denial of My Rape
Betrayed By My Husband
Shout Out
My First Memory
Raped by my step father
Hostage
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
He was right
No
I know when I see a rapist...
Today, I Let It All Go
My case is different from yours
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Warning
I am a survivor
Left in shambles
And It Continues
I’m Not Sure
My Own Brother
Motel 6 Nightmare
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Assaulted
Twice
Ready to Share
Gang rape and further sexual assaults
My Last Party
Secret overload
Friends?
In Korea
@ years of rape and being drugged
Isn’t Any Proof
En Enero de 2010
Was I Raped?
So drunk I can’t remember
Multiple Sexual Assaults
ללינור היקרה
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
Me too…
Nearly 50 years later
#IStandWithHer
intruder
Just Words
ללינור היקרה
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Let’s Fight Back With Love
I Was Only 7
When Will This Nightmare End
When I Was Three
Feeling weak
Unknown
Together, We Are Brave
