#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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Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
3x
When I Was 7
Half sister
Think About It Everyday
Stolen innocence
Broken Homes, Broken Families
Dream / Recall
my teacher grabbed me
Leaving the party
incest
The First Man In My Life
De Los 6 a Los 12
It Started With Rape
Drugged
Proud
Start of grooming at 15
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Young and Unaware
Useless tears
My year abroad
With Love
Ms.
If this hadn’t happened to me
I am a Rape Survivor
I Still Blame Myself
I thought he was a brother
Gang rape and further sexual assaults
Sexually assaulted at 4
High School Orientation
Raped by a work colleague
By my friend
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
Family
Date Rape
Kibbutz
Brother & Sister
5th Grade
Male dancer
A Meek Young Girl
How Could It Have Happened
Michelle Johnston
Breaking the Trust
Two Friends and Two Boys
He Was My Hero
Rape
Less than a Minute of my Life
Friend of mines set me up
Salted Wound
Roofied
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
The abuser
Raped and Never Forgotten
It wasn’t my fault
Don’t Know
Holiday Rape
I Felt So Helpless
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Beyond a story
75 Percent Humidity
Silent Rape
My stepfather
Innocence
Close of a Brother
A School Trip
Child sexual assualt
I am J. D. R., and I...
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Freshman Year
Be Strong
My Story
Six Years of Denial
Raped Husband
23 year old virgin
This Is My Story
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Let Down
Just Words
The Statistics that Changed Me
David and Goliath
An uncle who couldn’t keep his hands...
My Side
Rape
Think You Know
Endless Shame
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Piece
Help
Incest
The Night That Changed Me
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
They thought it was fun
Rape, Sexual Abuse
Is this normal?
I Thought He Loved Me
Supporting Sisters
I Saved Myself
1990
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
My Story
My Brother’s Best Friend
Multiple Rapes
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I Am Still Standing
Started As a Child
I Accepted My Past
A Private College; A Private Rape
When I Was 16
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
My Interview
Emotional Abuse
Molestation
Erase and Rewind
I wanted to get high
My rape story
Why
All Just Too Much
My Journey Back to Life
כמוני כמוך
Sexually abused by a 11/12 girl
Bringing the Stories to Light
It Lead to More Memories
Victim of Abuse
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
All Just Too Much
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
ללינור היקרה
היי לינור
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
Victim of sexual assault
Unethical or illegal?
Light In The Dark
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
I’m Alive
Ketamine Rape
I Recorded my Rapist
The Night That Changed My World
Naive College Freshman
A Lifetime
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Deja Vu
Close of a Brother
Survivor
I was a kid, you were my...
I lost all the important people in...
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
When I Was 7
הסיפור שלי…
Holding My Feelings In
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
I was raped
my toxic relationship
A young mother
16 times
3 years later i still wonder if...
Was I Raped?
Constant fear
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
At the Movie’s
I let it happen twice
All-time low
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Life After Death
My so called “best friend”
Workplace Sexual Harassment
7th Grade Assault
Third time’s the charm
Be Careful Who You Trust
After Wedding
No
Incontrovertible
Two times. One year.
A respectable collegue
I Trusted Him
Be Aware
It’s Been Eight Years
A Message from the Director

My principal mom raped me
לא יוצאים מזה…
4 Years Ago
NYC Vacation
Fiance Father of my Child
Despedida
Few People Know
my story-and where i “took it”…
Date Rape
I’m Sorry if Assaulting Me Hurt You
Unhealthy Relationship
Holiday Rape
Cavemen
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
The pain that was never mine to...
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Convincing Myself
I wanted to get high
What Is Success?
Survivor, Still Struggling
Friends?
J’avais 13 ans
I Was 3 Years Old
Too naïve
Spoke out and was blamed
My Coach My Rapist
Summer 2019
Date Rape
Did He Rape My Mind Too
I know when I see a rapist...
A Victim No Longer
He Loved Me
Army
Friend of mines set me up
I am a different me
Despedida
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Males are Victims Too
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
The Day I Was Raped
This Is My Story
היי
I called him my friend
He ignored me
Rape or Not?
הטרידו אותי
My Snowball Effect
Mi Esposa
Longest Prayers of My Life
Started At 12…
Darkness With Friends
Not all friends are true
Thank you
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Halloween Nightmare
Raped by jail guard
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Brother & Sister
I don’t know anymore
Still Terrified
I Too Was Raped
Date Rape
No More Silence
An Orphanage
They thought it was fun
Step Dad
Mi Historia
Multiple Times
Love and Forced abortion
3 incidents
When will it be enough?
I Thought I was Safe
Myself
Breaking the Silence
