#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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The Statistics that Changed Me
Say Something
1 hour 3 days
My Coach My Rapist
My story
My Mother was raped and told me...
I still see him on campus
Don’t Want to Anymore
Employer rape
A horror that lasts a lifetime
I Slept Next to Him
Finally Using My Voice
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
75 Percent Humidity
Bad Morning
Smoke Together
Two Times
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Second Date
Naive
A story never told
What Is Success?
Less than a Minute of my Life
lucky
Sex doll
Mrs
Rape without remorse
NYC Vacation
I Was Told It Was Normal
Married to my Rapist
Just Another Night
My Story
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Incest & Date Rape
Date Rape
Ms.
Shattered Childhood
My Step Father
ללינור היקרה
What Happened?
Michael B. raped me
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
He Lied
Justice
Trapped
Metoo
J’avais 13 ans
I Didn’t Even Know
I was very dumb.
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
So Many Times
Repeat Offender
So drunk I can’t remember
Seis Años
He Was A Police Officer
“She Didn’t Do Anything”
Gross
Childhood Trauma and Rape
Family
A young mother
A Difference Perspective
Permanently Scarred
I Lost My Virginity
היי
Was I assaulted?
Need help
Spousal Rape
St. Louis Riots
HS Reunion
Will I ever get over it.
Unbelievable
A Child
Was it my fault?
I don’t know if I was raped
Spoke out and was blamed
Love of My Life?
Remembering
I was used. I got left. I...
Summer 2019
הטרידו אותי
Why
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Robbery
My Story
I’m Disgusted
I think I was raped
הסיפור שלי…
If I Were Stronger Then
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
My Rape
I know when I see a rapist...
My Relationship With Dad
Silence In The Family
Too naïve
Blackout
High School Orientation
They Laughed
Was Raped
Start of grooming at 15
My Journey Back to Life
In Denial of My Rape
I Didn’t Choose This Life
My Daughter
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
עדיין מציק
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
I Don’t Know My Story
Growth
My Story
f*ck you
Rape
My story!
Tinder Rape
Knowledge is Power
This is my story
Gross
Date Rape
He over stepped the mark
His name was Kenneth
Warrior
Incest & Date Rape
40 years
They asked if I was lying
I just wanted to give him a...
Red Flags
Letter to…
I Barely Knew Them
I Thought I was Safe
Life of Trauma
In Denial of My Rape
Thank You
Sexual abuse by step father
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Few People Know
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
Just a Child
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Camilla’s Story
Kind of Asking For It?
Something I’ve Never Shared
I Didn’t See It In Time
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My best friend
Multiple Hurt
A Silent Fighter
Raped by ex boyfriend
Incest
Why
The First Man In My Life
Second Night of College
College Student
Victim No More
I Thought It Was Normal
Not just me
Raped at the Air Force Academy
But what really happened?
Rape
My Story
I Am Still Standing
Despedida
Mi Esposa
Denial
Struggling to Survive
I Never Give Up

When I Was 8 Years Old
A Poem
Raped in the Air Force
My Life in Foster Care
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Abused By a Relative
Dad Touching Me
Rude awakening
It had to be my fault.
Why didn’t I do anything?
Multiple Sexual Assaults
Is this normal?
A family assault
Identity?
Politeness Serves No One
Stupid Coward
I Trusted Him
Devil In Disguise
University Bar
It Was My Mom
Didn’t Realize It
Forced, De-flowered
Does he know?
Rape
Heart broken
Raped by My Ex
Suffered and Survived
Sexual Assault
5 Years On
Family Ties
Sexist Families Leave Girls Vulnerable to Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
“My Rape” at University
I just realized this today.
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I don’t know anymore
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
A flat tire is a rapist’s opportunity
Mi Historia
My “Teammate” Raped Me
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Hotel
I Am Not Brave
To my best friend who raped me
Childhood of assault
Raped By My Therapist
לפני 14 שנים
Myself
I Was Only 7
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
My Stepbrother
Lasting Effects
First Frat Party
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
My Story
Just Words
My little girl
Molested and Confused
Why I’m sorry
Supposed to be the Best Day of...
Assaulted
Circumstances Collided That Night
Everyone loves him
A respectable collegue
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I Thought It Was My Fault
Raped in Foster care
When Will This Nightmare End
De Los 6 a Los 12
The First Man Who Broke My Heart
Six months in the making..
Raped by my Stepfather
No Justice
Male dancer
Different face, but the same monster
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Never Forget
A Meek Young Girl
Now I Understand My Husband
Army
He Took My Virginity
Hostage
Unethical or illegal?
Memories
I Choose Hope



