#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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With Love
Nearly 50 years later
Okay, Not Okay
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Just Words
Disappointed
Survivor of Rape
ללינור היקרה
My friend assaulted me and another
Frozen in fear
Spousal Rape
Molested at 3
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
יש חיים אחרי אונס
The abuser
Friends?
my story
הטרידו אותי
There once was love
My 21st Birthday
LOST
Raped at 16
Child Rape
My younger brother
Roommates
School Bathroom
Blamed myself …
My Snowball Effect
My story
Rape
I am a survivor and got over...
I Too Was Raped
Graduation Night
Never a Victim; Only Myself
I Just Started High School
My Best Friend
was raped and I don’t remember it
A Voice to be Heard
Panic Attack
Memories
I was attacked at 19 years old
In Five Years
Time Heals
Raped By My Father
Step Dad
Choose healing over silence
3 years on
Can Anyone Help?
My Step Father
My Boss Raped Me
Just wanted to be loved
Don’t Know What I’m Doing
The Loss of My Childhood
First Frat Party
Doctor Nightmares
Child Molestation
Lost in Europe
Warning
Déja-vu
Sex doll
My experience as an intern in highschool
Black Girl
My husband raped me when I took...
I let it happen twice
Night of Psychedelic Horror
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Alcohol
Mi Historia
This is MY story
The Party I Will Never Forget
I Just Need to Tell Someone
A friend who is a rapist
Didn’t Think it Could Happen to ME
@ years of rape and being drugged
My teacher and my step-brother
Stranger
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
Childhood Rape
Impacted Forever
Camilla’s Story
Lied to left brain damged
New Years Eve
A person to trust became my worst...
Blamed Myself
Broken Girl
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Boyfriend Forcefully Sodomized Me
My step dad raped me
Thank you
Finally Arrested
19 years later and still thinking about...
Breaking the Trust
Scared Like Crazy
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
היי
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
Freshman Year
Army
I Remember How It Felt
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
Male dancer
How Many Times?
Why did this happen to me???
My Life
I Was Only 7
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
You Were My Friend
Never Even Knew
My Best Friend
Why Me?
There once was love
Drugged and Gang Raped
Victim Shaming
I’m Only Stronger
היי לינור
Unicorns
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Knowledge is Power
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I “needed” to do this!
Raped in the Air Force
My case is different from yours
Careful What You Wish For
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
I Am Beautiful Now
Rape
I know when I see a rapist...
I never knew he was Satan
I want my innocence back
A Letter to My Rapist
Myself
Not all friends are true
I Was Just a Little Girl
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I’m the Slut. I Must’ve Wanted It.
Forced, De-flowered
Domestic Abuse
Something I’ve Never Shared
Ms.
They asked if I was lying
Family rape
The Trauma That Made Me
My story growing up with a secret
Your First
I am still running
We met at the bar
So drunk I can’t remember
Rape
Feeling Alone
Shelter My Soul
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
I’m Not Easy
Raped
My rapist sent me a friend request...
Hidden But Not Forgotten
Sexually Assaulted Or Not?
He was my best friend
Drugged
לפני 14 שנים
Shout Out
Cousin’s Sexual Abuse
My Life Destroyed in 5 Minutes
I am a survivor
Molested By Two Uncles
I Did NOT Get Justice But I...
My Story, My Nightmare
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Thank you for speaking out…
I was born for this
Hostage
Mistaken Identity
My Best Friend’s Brother
Neighbor Trust
Date Rape
Raped By 6 Policemen
Bleeding Through My Tears
Rape
De Los 6 a Los 12
It’s OK
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Spoke out and was blamed
Raped in my own bed
This is my story
When will it be enough?
First College Party
I still see him on campus
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
My Fight
Survivor
Erase and Rewind
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
When I Was 16
Raped by boyfriend
Summer 2019
Rape
The Cliche
lucky
Why Halloween Is So Hard For Me
Supporting Sisters
Finally telling my story.
Raped as a Young Boy
Relationship does not equal consent
Victim Impact Statement
Finally Arrested
Him or Me
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Party Accident
Childhood of assault
Survivor

Michelle Johnston
The Life I Live
אוףףףף
Marital Rape
I Was Just a Dancer
Generations
My Friend
i was pulling my shorts up
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
A letter to my rapist
I just wanted a friend
Seis Años
Drunken Rape
הסיפור שלי…
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
My Step Brother Raped Me
Bad Programming
Rape
God Saved Me
Losing My Innocence At Fifteen
Too naïve
Ignoring only gets so far
Continue to Survive
You’re a Rapist
My life as a survivor
Third time’s the charm
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
A respectable collegue
My Story
Despedida
Raped by Brother
Raped by a work colleague
dad and mom rape
A Year After
David and Goliath
Survivor, Still Struggling
Not A Trustworthy Man
Drugged
My Best Friend
My story and this amazing documentary film
Warrior
College Rape
Teenage Victim
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Just a Kid
Never Even Knew
Party Time
I Am Brave

