#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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Sexual Assault Survival
Rape and Not Believed
A respectable collegue
My Mother was raped and told me...
What If I Make You?
Raped by my Step Brother
Not friends
Afraid of the Truth
I Was 19
So drunk I can’t remember
Workplace Sexual Harassment
The Night My Life Changed
7th Grade Assault
So Many Times
There once was love
My husband raped me when I took...
Was it my fault?
Moving on Alone from Rape
Grooming
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
Multiple Hurt
My Boss Raped Me
Why me?
Childhood End
Set Up
Left Me In Pieces
Daycare friend
I don’t know what happened
Sex doll
No Comfort
Rape
Don’t Know What I’m Doing
What’s Done Is Done
Young and Unaware
An Orphanage
Victimization
Never a Victim; Only Myself
so forceful
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
My year abroad
I trusted my brother.
My Story
Raped by my cousin
Me Too!
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Sleep Over
Constant fear
Bringing the Stories to Light
Army
Raped in my own bed
When I Was 11…
#MeToo 5 years later…
I’m Disgusted
Step Dad
Tormented
הטרידו אותי
Rape
Him or Me
November ’08
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
I Thought He Was My Friend
My Not So Happy Birthday
Two times. One year.
Fear
Multiple Rapes
With Love
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Mi Historia
Rape
Virgin Rape
Unethical or illegal?
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
My Story
Betrayed By My Husband
I Am Still Standing
Ex Boyfriend
Forced, De-flowered
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
To the men who hurt me
גבר אלים וחולני
Shelter My Soul
Was it rape?
My Story of a Gang Rape
Rape
Scared to close my eyes
We Stand Together
Worthless
She’s a survivor
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Almost Raped
A Night To Remember
The secret
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Returning to Mexico
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
When will it be enough?
It’s my fault
Growing Past Just Surviving
I just realized this today.
My Husband Set Me Up!
It Started With Rape
A Loss to Mankind
Assaulted
Summer 2019
Sexual Assault
A learning experience
2 Years Ago
It’s still happening
כמוני כמוך
That One Night
My Secret
Touched
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
Help
ללינור היקרה
לא יוצאים מזה…
Sexual Assault
Still Can’t Believe It
Scared Like Crazy
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Seis Años
he made me loose hope in love…
Stepfather
I Was Only 7
My little girl
Twice a pattern?
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Need Support
Cavemen
My story growing up with a secret
I still see him on campus
f*ck you
היי
It wasn’t your fault
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
Long way back
Just Words
Love of My Life?
Spoke out and was blamed
Metoo
Raped at the age of 16
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Not Remembering
It’s just not fair
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Under Age drinking
I regret not telling
My Life in Foster Care
A Lifetime of pain
I don’t know who I am
Rape Is Everywhere
Hateful
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
The Story of a Boy
Bartender Lies
The Statistics that Changed Me
A letter to my rapist
My Childhood
Why me
Don’t Be Me
Never Be the Same Again
I Recorded my Rapist
Metoo
He was right
A Journal of a Wayward Child
My Rape
Uncomfortable
He was a friend
My Boss Raped Me
Raped in the Air Force
For the guy
לפני 14 שנים
My Evil Cousins
#IStandWithHer
אוףףףף
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
MesS Into A mesSage
Trying to Survive
Forced, De-flowered
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
Moving on Alone from Rape
In-Between Times
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Roommates
I am More than a Victim
Ms.
Too Young
Erase and Rewind
Virgin Rape
It’s Your Fault
Lesbian After Assaults
Was It My Fault?
Victim of Abuse
Not A Trustworthy Man
Drugged raped and failed by justice
My Coach My Rapist
Family members ex husband
The Devil You Know
Impacted Forever
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
I Recorded my Rapist
So Many Years to Remember
I Never Give Up

Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
Halloween Nightmare
Lasting Effects
A Fun Night
My First Boyfriend
Broken down car
MY Inspirational Story
Attempt to Rape
היי לינור
It’s A Long Story
I Blame Myself
Rape
Drugged and Raped
Grandpa
Becoming Whole
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
“You’re both minors”
My Snowball Effect
The Woods Don’t Speak
Fiance Father of my Child
I was kidnapped, beaten, knocked out and...
I Trusted Him
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Ended in Rape
The First time I shared…
Together, We Are Brave
