#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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My story
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
J’avais 13 ans
That “man”
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
He was a friend
Confused and Angry
My Step Brother Raped Me
Where is Justice
He Took My Virginity
Abuse and Rape
I’m Over Reacting
Not my fault
Snowball Effect
I Thought It Was Normal
13 & Alone
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Pastor’s Son
My Mother was raped and told me...
Once Again
16 Years Later
Abused By A Therapist
Sex doll
Longest Prayers of My Life
Spoke out and was blamed
Is It Really Rape?
April 8th, 2016
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Summer 2019
Childhood Trauma and Rape
Despedida
Is It My Fault?
Family Member
Forgotten Memories Submerge
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Fraternity gang rape
A familiar fight
“I should do this more often”
Former partner would berate me
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Okay, Not Okay
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Rape
Politeness Serves No One
I am 1 in 4
Rape Victim
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
I Too Was Raped
Drugged
Two Strangers in a Park
Just Playing
Anywhere I Go
Ms.
Breaking the Silence

Unwanted Flashbacks
Rape
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Surviving, Kinda
I don’t know what to do
He used me. He left me.
Why: A Poem About My Rape
Forced, De-flowered
Feels like i am drowning
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
What If I Make You?
It was never…..That
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Too naïve
Was it rape? Or my fault?
It wasn’t my fault
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
My Mother was raped and told me...
Be Strong
I Thought I was Safe
my story
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
My Friend
MesS Into A mesSage
Cafeteria Food
After I Was Raped
Help!! What Can I Do?
It was his word against mine
לפני 14 שנים
J’avais 13 ans
En Enero de 2010
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
ללינור היקרה
Stronger Every Day
Mi Historia
Too drunk to respond
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
I know when I see a rapist...
Just Friends
Someday Soon
Ride from the Concert
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Who Do I Trust
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Family Rape
My Mother’s Albatross
Remember November
A Ride Home
היי לינור
Male dancer
An Abnormal Reaction
My Mother Was Raped
Second Night of College
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Speaking Up for Women
My Step-Parent
Incapacitated Still
Broken
Abuse Continued
Never Seemed Worth Telling
Was it rape?
Short Story
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
אוףףףף
Raped and Almost Raped and Harassed
הטרידו אותי
Returning to Mexico
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
Drugged
Am i being raped?
I Am Still Standing
The girl that got up and kicked...
The abuser
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Why
Black Girl
Sexual harassment
Twice
גבר אלים וחולני
Family
When will it be enough?
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Twice
Emotional Abuse
Just a Child
4 Years Ago
לא יוצאים מזה…
I Said No
I was too young to know what...
Atlantis
Raped At 16, 29, 31
Knowledge is Power
עדיין מציק
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
I am a survivor
Don’t Want to Admit It
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My Multiple-Offender Rape
Wanted Love But Got Rape
I Thought I Was Safe
My Sexual Assault Story
Raped by stranger x2
Myself
More Than Half of My Life Ago
College Student
Too naïve
Sexual Abuse
Me Too!
Young and Innocent
Cafeteria Food
Stepfather
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Bad Decisions
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
Employer rape
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Blindsided
Bringing the Stories to Light
Through the Window
5th Grade
Politeness Serves No One
raped by my own brother
I wish I remembered
“My Rape” at University
Raped twice within a few hours
Dad Raped Me
I did Not need to know this
Rape
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Molestation
My biggest mistake
Chapter 62
I Don’t Even Know His Name
The Statistics that Changed Me
Does the pain ever go away?
Raped in the Air Force
Started As a Child
Out For A Walk
I felt like it didn’t count because...
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
My Own Sister
ITS BEEN 18 YEARS
What Was It?
כמוני כמוך
De Los 6 a Los 12
To inspire and encourage
A letter to my rapist
Mrs
Effort To Survive
Too Close for Comfort
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
Together, We Are Brave

