#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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Weathering The Storm
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
Date gone wrong
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
Rape in my locked home
Was it rape?
Raped Multiple Times
Stronger Than You Think
Ms.
Unbelievable
Still Can’t Believe It
The Girl Who Went To College
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Sexual Abuse
Just a Child
I’m getting Married tomorrow
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Still Think It Was My Fault
Do you believe me?
I didn’t even know what was happening
Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
אוףףףף
Okay, Not Okay
My Mother’s Life Partner Sexually Harrased Me...
My Story
Shelter My Soul
So drunk I can’t remember
Raped By My Therapist
Set Up
Still Need Help
I know when I see a rapist...
Help
My so called “best friend”
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
Was it rape?
I Thought He Loved Me
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
MesS Into A mesSage
My year abroad
עדיין מציק
New Years Eve
No Comfort
Two Friends and Two Boys
The First Time
En Enero de 2010
Survivor

Bartender Lies
It’s still happening
Raped by Abusive Husband
Erased From Memory
Halting The Pain
I blamed myself for so long
More Witness than I Care to Live...
College Student
Rape
It Was Too Late
He WAS a friend
“No” is Universal
75 Percent Humidity
My Rape
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Shelter My Soul
Did He Rape Me?
Raped at 16
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
I Was Prepared
Stronger Every Day
Manipulation
Army
Confused
Repressed Memory
Closure
Aftermath
Warning
Raped at a Birthday Party
A Lifetime of Trauma
No More Silence
My sisters boyfriend abused me
Forced, De-flowered
As If It Never Happened
Drunken Rape
No Stranger
17
When I Was 8 Years Old
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Rape
Someone so close to me
How I Was Raped
Knowledge is Power
Repeat Offender
Third time’s the charm
הטרידו אותי
I Was Only 7
Raped By My Father
Multiple Date Rapes/Sexual Abuse During Teen Years...
The Story Of Two Rapes
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
Something I’ve Never Shared
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
I Was Only 14
Childhood Rape
Betrayed By a Loved One
I was 5.
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
Sexual Assault
All Just Too Much
Childhood Sexual Abuse
I Saved Myself
Find Your Strength
Spoke out and was blamed
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
My Story
Happy Birthday
Assault, Battery, and Rape
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
הסיפור שלי…
So Many Times
I Am a Survivor…
Under Age drinking
Being Raped
Multiple Times
Mi Historia
The First Time
Mi Esposa
With Love
So drunk I can’t remember
I Choose Hope

Erase and Rewind
PART 3: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
ללינור היקרה
My rape
My Last Party
In Korea
Raped as a Baby
Too naïve
I’m Alive
Memories
Raped by Him
A Story
My message to all
The First Time
Raped
Someone so close to me
A Meek Young Girl
Seis Años
Incest & Date Rape
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Why
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
High School Rape
My Mom
Sexually assaulted as a young girl
Did I ask for this?
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
Confused and Angry
Young and Unaware
The Setup
My Story
Getting Away
I Am Beautiful Now
My Ongoing Journey
I regret not telling
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
It had to be my fault.
Rape
Effort To Survive
Ms
Family rape
It Happened More Than Once
They Laughed
I was molested and raped at 6
I Didn’t See It In Time
Ignored
It’s my fault
Weak
היי
I wanted to get high
A Loss to Mankind
I was 17 and survived
raped by my own brother
Speaking Out
I am J. D. R., and I...
Was it Really Rape
Chaos
My husband raped me when I took...
14 year old raped at school
Metoo
Deja Vu
Raped By My Partner
I Was Raped?
My story growing up with a secret
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
My Life
I like to think I won’t feel...
Stranger Rape
Not friends
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Football Player
Kidnapped in Naples
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
A respectable collegue
University Bar
Family members ex husband
I dont know what to call it
Raped in the Air Force
My Brother
He Was a Family Friend
Metoo
Party Time
This Is My Story
My posting
I wish she wouldve helped me
Weak
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
It Started With Rape
Male dancer
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
35 Years Ago
Date Rape
Rape
Déja-vu
My story growing up with a secret
Keep it to myself
Sex doll
Not all friends are true
Family
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
I don’t know if it’s rape
Mi Esposa
Party Time
J’avais 13 ans
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Ketamine Rape
I Thought He Loved Me
My Step Father
My Friend
I Too Was Raped
Raped at age 9 & 15
More Than a Survivor
Speaking Up for Women
Where did I go?
my story
Overcome It
Shelter My Soul
Finally Using My Voice
Was It My Fault?
Rape
A Letter to My Rapist
I Didn’t Know What Happened
Letter to…
גבר אלים וחולני
Two Friends and Two Boys
It Felt Like Rape
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Dead Inside
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
New Year’s Eve Party
Drugged
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
The Statistics that Changed Me
Set Up
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Halloween Nightmare
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
לפני 14 שנים
I was used. I got left. I...
Freshman on Campus
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Our Corrupted Country
Being Raped
Ashly’s story
Rape
Can Anyone Help?
Despedida
Why you should talk to your daughters...
It’s my fault
I Never understood
Broken to Bold
Catching Up With Me
Rock It!
