#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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Rape By My Husband
Myself
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
We go to the same church
Thank You
Molested
Out of Control
Hundreds of Times
He Took Advantage of Me
Self Worth
My Own Family
I don’t know what to think
Not safe in my own skin
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
Unethical or illegal?
Despedida
Uncomfortable
My Nightmare
The Course of Seven Years
“You’re both minors”
My Family My Love
With Love
Losing My Virginity
I was raped
When I Was 8 Years Old
My Story
My First Time
Neighbor
Drunken Rape
Where is Justice
Molested at 3
A Letter to My Rapist
Holding My Feelings In
Raped in the Air Force
Rape, Sexual Abuse
There are a lot of assholes on...
Sex doll
Safe Isn’t Always What We Believe
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
I was raped by an ex boyfriend
Domestic rape
Thank you
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
The Boys Club Continues
עדיין מציק
More Than a Survivor
A familiar fight
Was it Really Rape
Erase and Rewind
Mi Historia
My survival story
Confused
Sexual Abuse
Ride from the Concert
I Hate My Father
Rape or Not?
When I Was 4
They will never know what they did...
ללינור היקרה
Shelter My Soul
From a Boyfriend
All-time low
Nothing important…
Harassment
A story of a not so perfect...
75 Percent Humidity
En Enero de 2010
I Thought He Loved Me
Rape survivor
He had my pants down
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
3 Days After Arriving at College
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Army
Dating & Relatives
Weathering The Storm
I’m so sorry
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Breaking the Trust
Erase and Rewind
Mrs
Raped in Milan
In Denial of My Rape
I was a victim of serious child...
06.05.2006
Raped at 16
Six months in the making..
He Was My Best Friend
היי לינור
Help
Hard Time
My Brothers Two Best Friends
This Is Me, my fight song
The Guy I Trusted
Raped in my own bed
Rape??
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
Rape
I let it happen twice
A Cruel Time To Prevail
I Will Never Forget
The Girl Who Went To College
My Coach My Rapist
When I Was 8
I Had No Voice
I Was Told It Was Normal
Ms.
Ketamine Rape
My story growing up with a secret
כמוני כמוך
I Didn’t Choose This Life
Roommates
Proof, but no Witnesses
I don’t know anymore
Halting The Pain
my story
My Own Brother
Drugged and Gang Raped
That’s not Me, it’s Her
Salted Wound
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My story
University Bar
I Need to Tell Someone
Creepy Grand Uncle
My boyfriend of 2 years
Neighbors
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
MS13
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
More Than Half of My Life Ago
God Saved Me
He Took My Virginity
Just Wanted to Escape
Secret Sorrow
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
My Journey as a Rape survivor from...
#MeToo, too
Drunken rape
Twice
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Fraternity Men
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
My Own Sister
My Brave Daughter
…
לפני 14 שנים
I Was Only 7
Molested By a Stranger
I still see him on campus
3 years on
I Thought He Loved Me
14 year old raped at school
4th grade
Happy Hell-oween
Was I really raped?
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Prescription Drugs
My story
I know when I see a rapist...
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I am More than a Victim
Not just me
Letter to…
Permanently Scarred
Victory
Surviving, Kinda
These Men are More Protected Than We...
I Was Raped By An Stranger
Raped When I Was 12
Multiple Times
i was a child.
Learning to Live With My Rape
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Rape and Not Believed
4 Years Ago
“raped” by my long time bf
You are with me!!
Six months in the making..
Drugged and Raped
The thief
An Abnormal Reaction
Rape
I Was 16
This is MY story
Sexual harassment
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Diana Oakley’s Story
They thought it was fun
גבר אלים וחולני
My experience as an intern in highschool
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
3 years later i still wonder if...
J’avais 13 ans
Powerful
Spoke out and was blamed
I Was Nearly Raped
Victim of Abuse
He Was My Dad
The Summer of 2013
Thank you
Mi Esposa
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Me & My Girlfriend
I Thought I Was Safe
Your truth will change someones’ life.
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Nirbhaya “ fearless”: Justice for the Brutal...
Molestation
Why I Hate My Family
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Rape Is Everywhere
לא יוצאים מזה…
I said no
Date Rape
Just Words
Seis Años
Pretty Girls
I Still Blame Myself
Call Me Anything But That
High School Orientation
Summer 2019
Holiday Rape
Surviving, Kinda
Sexual Assault
Rape By Unknown
Broken Homes, Broken Families
Brock and Will
Raped by my Step Brother
Woke up violated and confused.
My protector, my father, my rapist all...
Betrayed By My Own Mind
Bringing the Stories to Light
Attempted Rape
Male dancer
15
I Too Was Raped
Black Girl
Being Raped
5
Not Safe in Your Own Family
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Catching Up With Me
This could never happen to me
Forced, De-flowered
Victimization
Had Her Back
Hateful
Raped by my grandfather
Rape
Football Player
My step dad raped me
37 Years Ago
Raped By Family
My Two Rapes
my rape
Sexual Assault by Chiropractor
3x
My Daughter’s Rape
At the Movie’s
There once was love
You were supposed to be my friend
Workplace Sexual Harassment
A respectable collegue
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Kibbutz
Sexually Assaulted
Bad Decision
הטרידו אותי
Young and Innocent
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Was it rape?
My Mother’s Albatross
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
My year abroad
The Stepmonster
Sexist Families Leave Girls Vulnerable to Rape
Attempt to Rape
In NYC
Does the pain ever go away?
I don’t Know, but I Know
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Survivor
April 2015
I Was 3 Years Old
I think I was raped
היי
My Story
Quarterly Review
Red Flags
He gave me to his friend
Use and Throw
Domestic rape
I didn’t fight back.
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
We met at the bar
My Journey Back to Life
3 Generations
Raped in Foster care
So Many Times
Too naïve
I Am Brave

