#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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Drunken Sex or Assault?
Sexual Assault at 11
A Meek Young Girl
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
An uncle who couldn’t keep his hands...
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I Didn’t Know
My Boyfriend Raped Me
13 and 16
Charity is it’s own reward
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My Story – Not a fun one.
My story
I Am Victorious!
Domestic Rape
Tormented
At 13
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
If I Were Stronger Then
A Family Affair
Mi Historia
Lost In Time
Middle school sexual harassment
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Just Another Night
Is this normal?
Marital Rape
Just Like Yesterday
They asked if I was lying
How My Life Has Changed
Keep it to myself
You Didn’t Break Me
So Now What?
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
Shattered
One Bad Decision
Drunk and Alone
MesS Into A mesSage
Date Rape
Uncomfortable
Pastor’s Son
I Prayed for Death
My Story
Suppose to Protect Me
I Remember Being Happy
My principal mom raped me
The Aftermath
Multiple Times
My Multiple-Offender Rape
Never Be the Same Again
Online Dangers
I knew and trusted him
היי
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
Abused By A Therapist
What Is Success?
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
Spoke out and was blamed
No One Believes Me
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
It was not my fault
Will I ever get over it.
raped and isolated
It wasn’t my fault
He Was My Family
The Night That Changed My Life
Sex doll
Forever Changed
Stronger Than You Think
Unethical or illegal?
So Now What?
Rape
When tears and no aren’t the answer
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Rape Victim
I’m Alive
J’avais 13 ans
I Am Not Brave
I was only 5
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Lessons I’m Learning Late in Life
Drugged
Continue to Survive
Infatuation
Friend of my Husband
Start of grooming at 15
Family rape
Molested by Cousin
It wasn’t your fault
Set Up
One Day At a Time
The healing process
I was raped and I didnt know...
Hidden Emotions
Hard to Trust
I thought he was a friend
I Thought I was Safe
I was raped last summer
יש חיים אחרי אונס
I Thought I Could Trust Him
We met at the bar
I Was Nearly Raped
Braver

I was 4 yrs old
It’s my fault
Why Me?
Ketamine Rape
I Was Only 7
Too good to be true
My Story
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
My Dad
Afraid of Being Judged
What Happened?
One Bruise Too Many
Summer 2019
This is my story
Disappointed
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
My story growing up with a secret
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
F
Can’t Even Take My Medicine
A Meek Young Girl
“raped” by my long time bf
My Two Days of Hell
Lost My Virginity In Rape By Jehovah’s...
Be Strong
כמוני כמוך
Finally facing it
De Los 6 a Los 12
Trusted Him
I Woke Up In The Tub
Agressée deux fois, mais toujours debout.
His Masterpiece
One in Four
Justice
Still Terrified
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
גבר אלים וחולני
Online Dangers
Betrayed By My Own Mind
Myself
Six Years of Denial
Abuse and Rape
He Took My Virginity
Seis Años
Its Got To STOP!
A Victim No Longer
My Story
Never Again
Think You Know
I now know
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
Kidnapped in Naples
Finding Words
Just Words
My Year in Hell
PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Sexually Assaulted as a Child
Today, I Let It All Go
לא יוצאים מזה…
לפני 14 שנים
Drugged raped and failed by justice
He’s Dead
Surviving, Kinda
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
Sexual Abuse
This is MY story
No
Sex doll
Years in Denial
Why you should talk to your daughters...
High School Orientation
Why
Step Dad
The Trauma That Made Me
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Secretly Molested
Believe Her
All Just Too Much
You were supposed to be my friend
Trying To Be Better
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I know when I see a rapist...
My Only Brother
Survivor

PART 4: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Despedida
Too naïve
Was almost raped and no one did...
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
A respectable collegue
The same guy
I can’t keep quiet anymore
Family of Lies
My Friend’s House
He Was A Police Officer
הסיפור שלי…
Messed Up
I still see him on campus
Stepfather
Lasting memories
Incest
Getting Away
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
She’s a survivor
Raped by a work colleague
Repeat Offender
יש חיים אחרי אונס
His Charming Ways
Teatime
10 years later I realised
My Side
Sexual Abuse
First Crush
Date rape
My story
my story
Hostage
3 incidents
Gang Raped
Freshman Year
No Wasn’t Good Enough
17
Date rape
Thank you for being LOUD!
Rape
Don’t Walk By Yourself
I Am Beautiful Now
Closure
Rape
These Men are More Protected Than We...
My story
I Never Give Up

