#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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Raped By My Neighbour
She Should Be Over It
We were drunk
By my friend
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
Trapped
Unethical or illegal?
I Was Told It Was Normal
Childhood rape
First Friend at University
He Stole Something From Me
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
Dirty Whore
Not all friends are true
My story growing up with a secret
Protect and Served and Raped
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Locked Up
Say Something
Afraid to be Brave
More Than Once
A Lifetime
What sent me over the edge
Mi Esposa
raped and isolated
Speaking Up for Women
I was used. I got left. I...
Marital Rape
Raped at 16
School Prom
Still Unable to Tell People
No
My First Time
The Night That Changed Me
Sexually Assaulted Or Not?
Rape
This Is Me, my fight song
Rape
Sexual Coercion
My Side
Just Playing
Army
Never Even Knew
I blamed myself for so long
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
Broken Hearted
I Thought I Was Safe
Another kid raped me
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
What Should I Do?
Despedida
Seis Años
Football Player
In Five Years
I Am Not Brave
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Forever Silent
You had no rights
I “needed” to do this!
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Out of Control
They Laughed
Finally Sharing
Third time’s the charm
Cafeteria Food
College Professor
November ’08
Sexual Assault
Endless Shame
Holding My Feelings In
היי לינור
surviving rape from my dad
Trauma
Six months in the making..
7th Grade Assault
A Year After
I Said No
In The Concrete Jungle
Rape
my story
Night walk at community center
It’s my fault
Birthday Rape
More Witness than I Care to Live...
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Can Anyone Help?
Broken Homes, Broken Families
I know when I see a rapist...
7th Grade Assault
Robbery
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
I don’t Know, but I Know
It’s still happening
It was just a vacation
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
My Best Friend
Lesbian After Assaults
Didn’t Think it Could Happen to ME
עדיין מציק
He Was My Dad
Finding My Voice
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
The Statistics that Changed Me
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
It Happens All Too Often
Is It My Fault?
Help!! What Can I Do?
My Story
Nothing for Nothing
Locked Up
I Was Only 7
En Enero de 2010
My best friend raped me
J’avais 13 ans
Sexual Abuse
I am a survivor and got over...
Broken
Rape By My Husband
To my best friend who raped me
Abused By a Relative
Close of a Brother
End of Innocence
Rape
A horror that lasts a lifetime
Raped and Numbed
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Was It My Fault?
Salted Wound
Everyone loves him
Surviving, Kinda
Grooming
Does the pain ever go away?
An Unknown Face & Hands
כמוני כמוך
Once Again
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
De Los 6 a Los 12
The Night My Life Changed
Not A Trustworthy Man
Thank You
It Felt Like Rape
Raped At 15
Was It Rape? I Don’t Know
6 to 20
Ms.
Multiple Date Rapes/Sexual Abuse During Teen Years...
Ex-Boyfriend
Spousal Rape
You were supposed to be my friend
So drunk I can’t remember
Who Do I Trust
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Assault
Multiple Rape
i was a child.
My Ex-husband
Hated Myself
Drunken Rape
Red Flags
But what really happened?
My teacher and my step-brother
Raped By Boyfriend
Rape
Life Purpose
My Friend
Just Words
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
He’s Still Out There
Stand Strong
Is There Still Hope
Multiple Times
James
Raped Three Times
I Never Give Up

My Life History
Summer 2019
My Story
I thought he was a friend
Nightmare
A Private College; A Private Rape
I don’t know what happened
Just Like Yesterday
Unhealthy Relationship
היי
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
My Step Father
My Story
The Party I Will Never Forget
Prescription Drugs
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Twice
My Friend’s House
Family
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
My Last Party
Warning
She was 5 years old
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Spoke out and was blamed
Halloween Nightmare
April 19th
I Thought I was Safe
Broken Trust
Rude awakening
Today, I Let It All Go
They Blamed it on the Tequila
I was raped by an ex boyfriend
The Mailman Raped Me
Erase and Rewind
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
הסיפור שלי…
Bad Programming
I Was Raped as a Child
Unsure
Raped By 6 Policemen
ללינור היקרה
Teenage Victim
Date Rape
It’s still happening
Years in Denial
Fraternity gang rape
My Ex-husband
My Story
It was just a friend date
Masked Boyfriend
Date Rape
גבר אלים וחולני
Prey
I was 8 years old
Rape
Read This Please
My abuse story victim to survivor
Happy Hell-oween
Glitter Girl, Gone.
I Trusted Him
Healing
Raped by my step father
Never Seemed Worth Telling
לפני 14 שנים
Raped By My Father
@ years of rape and being drugged
Rape
J’avais 13 ans
Myself
לא יוצאים מזה…
יש חיים אחרי אונס
He Was My Friend
I’m Not Sure
Never Even Knew
I Am A Survivor
Sexual assualt causes you not to be...
Supporting Sisters
Brothers
Family members ex husband
Afraid
A Message from the Director
