#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 First Time
My First Two Times
Raped by ex boyfriend
Prom Night
Broken Trust
My Daughter and I Both
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
First Date
Growing Past Just Surviving
My Husband Set Me Up!
My Childhood
Another kid raped me
The abuser
You Must Acknowledge
Sexually abused by my step brothers
Too naïve
I don’t know anymore
Abused as a Child
College Student
Undertones Throughout My Life
Constant fear
A young mother
All men are the same
I Am More Than It
Bad Morning
My Relationship With Dad
En Enero de 2010
Piece
I Am Beautiful Now
Was it my fault
Mi Esposa
Proof, but no Witnesses
Party Time
Returning to Mexico
My Rape
I let it happen twice
First Love to Long Term Abuse
College Professor
Lasting Effects
Raped by Him
“You’re both minors”
A learning experience
Confusion
Memories
The Boys Club Continues
My Rape
They asked if I was lying
My first love
Myself
The Cliche
כמוני כמוך
St. Louis Riots
Does the pain ever go away?
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Endless Shame
I Was Raped?
Police Officer/Date Rape
My story
יש חיים אחרי אונס
my story
Scared to close my eyes
Home from School
No
Is It My Fault?
Sex Slave
My protector, my father, my rapist all...
You were supposed to be my friend
Raped in the Air Force
Nerve damage
How to handle it
My ex’s best friend
The Statistics that Changed Me
Chapter 62
Hard Time
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Don’t Give Up

Just Words
De Los 6 a Los 12
הסיפור שלי…
In Front of My Girls
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Getting Away
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Despedida
He Was a Family Friend
My “Step-father”
Denial
Off My Shoulders
היי
A Lifetime
How can we make it stop?
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Left Me In Pieces
My Rapists I Grew Up With
I Didn’t See It In Time
Help
It was not my fault
The One I Trusted
Unethical or illegal?
Mi Esposa
37 Years Ago
Shattered
Male dancer
College Student
Hated Myself
#IStandWithHer
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I don’t know what to do
I Remember How It Felt
A young mother
Erase and Rewind
He Was My Best Friend
I am J. D. R., and I...
Summer 2019
Sex doll
Sexual Abuse
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Welcome To Adulthood
Had Her Back
My Story
Friends With Benefit Raped Me After I...
He’s Still Out There
Ready to Share
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
He over stepped the mark
My Story
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Blaming Myself
Growth
The Statistics that Changed Me
Dumbed Down
I blamed myself for so long
Birthday Rape
Dear Convicted Sex Offender (Finally)
So drunk I can’t remember
3 years on
עדיין מציק
3 incidents
Memories Are Back
Molestation
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
I did Not need to know this
Child Molester
Spoke out and was blamed
I Prayed for Death
I Said No
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My Husband Set Me Up!
Last Party
Naive and Vulnerable
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
My story growing up with a secret
I Didn’t Choose This Life
Was It Rape?
There Is Hope For Us
Raped in my own bed
I Don’t Know My Story
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
He was my best friend
Seis Años
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
ללינור היקרה
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Black and Blue
My Daughter’s Rape
Raped at age 9 & 15
Mi Historia
Enough Is Enough
Manipulation
My Brother’s Best Friend
My Childhood
Scar
Undertones Throughout My Life
My Mother’s Albatross
He Was Saving Me From Me
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I was raped last summer
I “needed” to do this!
Raped and Numbed
There is hope
Proof, but no Witnesses
What Should I Do?
It was in a society that told...
Be Careful Who U Trust
גבר אלים וחולני
Happy Birthday
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
My story
High School Orientation
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Child Rape
Help…
Not safe in my own skin
Multiple Times
I Need to Tell Someone
I was sexually assaulted
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Struggling to Survive
I was assaulted twice at the same...
Lightening Does Strike Twice
I Was Prepared
Date Rape
I know when I see a rapist...
Do you remember your first time?
I was born for this
The rape apology and my reply
You Didn’t Break Me
Fraternity gang rape
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
He had my pants down
Believe Her
Everyone loves him
Couch Surfing
Second Date
Rape
Was It Really Rape?
An Uber Driver Raped Me
I survived
Survivor
