#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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2-4 am on January 15th
Uncomfortable
The pain that was never mine to...
Help
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
My Year in Hell
But what really happened?
It Was Too Late
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Rape
My Daughter and I Both
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
I was raped
No
He Was a Cop
Gang Raped
Sexual Abuse
Trapped
Faded Memories
היי
Does the pain ever go away?
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
Trauma
My husband was home
לא יוצאים מזה…
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I guess it was rape
My year abroad
Did I ask for this?
Still Going
Rape in my locked home
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Sexual Assault Survival
Repressed Memory
Raped
A Story
I Thought I Knew Hi
Incest & Date Rape
Was It Me?
My Husband Set Me Up!
Being weak or stupid
A respectable collegue
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Why Me?
My “Best Friend”
Males can be victims too
Respect
Child Rape
Supporting Sisters
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
Be Aware
Rape
I Am A Survivor
Man Raped By Man
My Daughter
Life Is Rough
I was raped by an ex boyfriend
I was 8 years old
A Cruel Time To Prevail
Cruel Kids
First Friend at University
Friend of mines set me up
Rape
Multiple Times
my story
Not My Friend
Lost Soul
My first boyfriend in the US
Who Is To Blame?
Hostage
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Not Okay
Sexual Abuse
I Trusted Him
Was it Really Rape
He Was a Family Friend
was i raped?
Becoming a Warrior
Spoke out and was blamed
So Long Ago But Still With Me
Started At 12…
They Laughed
I Trusted Him
Raped By 6 Policemen
Its Got To STOP!
Ex-Boyfriend
I Didn’t Want to Do It
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Keeping Faith
There Is Hope For Us
Obsessed Abusive Ex
These Men are More Protected Than We...
My Rape
My Last Party
De Los 6 a Los 12
Hidden But Not Forgotten
Second Night of College
I’m Alive
It Was My Mom
Raped in Foster care
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
Ketamine Rape
Shame
Myself
My Innocence Was Taken Away
My Brother
Raped as a Boy
School Bathroom
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
Raped By a Family Member
College Student
Dear Coward
Dear My Rapist
A School Trip
I was raped…
What Is Success?
Being Raped
Finding My Voice
Speaking It
Close of a Brother
Shattered
Mi Historia
He Was My Dad
Twice
Forever Changed
Aftermath
Cafeteria Food
Confused
Raped By My Father
In NYC
First boyfriend raped me when i was...
ללינור היקרה
School Bathroom
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Repeat Offender
Kidnapped and Raped
My Ongoing Journey
Enough Is Enough
Almost Raped
Loss of Trust
Betrayed By My Husband
Raped By 6 Policemen
Was it rape?
Why Me Over and Over?
En Enero de 2010
Family members ex husband
Over 40 years Ago
Start of grooming at 15
When Will This Nightmare End
Victim Shaming
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Erase and Rewind
The Hole in My Heart
My Side
Stranger Rape
Mi Esposa
Male dancer
I Thought He Cared
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
A Message from the Director

You were supposed to be my friend
My Two Rapes
Prom Night
Worst pain of my life
Raped When I Was 12
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Rape
לפני 14 שנים
Don’t Want to Admit It
Never Lose Hope
Blamed myself …
My Friend
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Circumstances Collided That Night
Not Alone
Childhood rape
It Started With Date Rape
My story!
Simply My Story
Chiropractor/Massage Therapist
Something I’ve Never Shared
Friends?
Marital Rape
כמוני כמוך
My Rape
Online Dangers
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
To protect and serve
My First Time
Too naïve
An older cousin
Friend of mines set me up
I Was Only 14
The Statistics that Changed Me
Ending Misogyny
An Orphanage
הטרידו אותי
Rape
Because of You
He took it as yes
Date Rape
Drugged
It’s Your Fault
I Was Manipulated
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Sex doll
ללינור היקרה
Stairwell
19 years later and still thinking about...
New Years
My sexual assault
Friends Uncle
A familiar fight
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Family Ties
It started with you.
היי לינור
אוףףףף
When I Was Three
Ketamine Rape
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
J’avais 13 ans
Broken
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
What If I Make You?
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Multiple Date Rapes/Sexual Abuse During Teen Years...
Someday Soon
Too Many Times
Holding It In
Rape Survivor
One Morning
Was it rape?
Freshman Year
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
Moving on Alone from Rape
Just Words
Not safe in my own skin
Just Friends
I was sexual abused with no justice
A Beautiful Trap
Night walk at community center
With Love
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
April 2015
Still Going
Betrayed By My Own Mind
I Was Only 7
We were both 10.
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
This Is My Story
Drugged
I still see him on campus
Prom Night
Weathering The Storm
First Frat Party
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Letter to…
Rape
גבר אלים וחולני
Just little girls
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Teenaged Victims
Stranger Rape
My story growing up with a secret
In-Between Times
Shelter My Soul
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Strength to Speak Out
Michelle Johnston
Was I really raped?
surviving rape from my dad
There once was love
3 Generations
Miss
I was very dumb.
A Victim No Longer
Gang Rape
Not all friends are true
One in Four
Me too…
6 to 20
Childhood Horror
Ms.
I wish she wouldve helped me
I know when I see a rapist...
Christmas Horror
Black and Blue
#IStandWithHer
I am a survivor
Unethical or illegal?
Nothing for Nothing
Don’t Give Up
