#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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Army
All Just Too Much
Why Didn’t You Stop Him?
My Two Days of Hell
First College Party
I’m Doing You a Favor
Need advice
Surviving my father
Because of You
Sexual assault
Years later… meeting my rapist again
My Story
Raped by a work colleague
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Rape
My Story, My Nightmare
I Was Raped as a Child
rape
Molested By My Step Brother
I am a Survivor
University Bar
Finally Arrested
We met at the bar
Raped at 13
I was raped by an ex boyfriend
Date Rape
But what really happened?
Drugged
Why
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Assault, Battery, and Rape
Surviving, Kinda
Warning
Me too…
Are you sure?
Trusted Him
My 21st Birthday
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Call Me Anything But That
Broken
A Stong Woman
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Camilla’s Story
“My Rape” at University
Messed Up Childhood
My Story
How Many Times?
Lesbian After Assaults
Child rape
I still see him on campus
i just want to tell someone.
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
The cycle
37 Years Ago
I regret not telling
Finally Healing
Freshman Year
Ended in Rape
Broken down car
J’avais 13 ans
06.05.2006
I am a survivor
I didn’t even know what was happening
I Thought I was Safe
Just Words
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Mi Historia
Multiple Times
En Enero de 2010
I Blame Myself
Multiple Times
A respectable collegue
Raped by Brother
He was 15
Just a Joke
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
My Own Family
Alcohol
Who is Responsible?
Abused by another child
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Sexual Abuse
“You’re both minors”
The Friend
My Story
Resiliency
Remember November
A person to trust became my worst...
Assaulted on a Holiday
Virgin Rape
“I should do this more often”
Years in Denial
A Year After
לפני 14 שנים
Every Time I Said “No”
Fraternity gang rape
Almost Raped
So Now What?
I Was Only 7
Raped in the Air Force
Mi Esposa
My story growing up with a secret
Sexual Coercion
The Night That Changed Me
First date: Raped after school at 15
#MeToo I am 1
I can’t remember if I said yes...
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
Nearly 50 years later
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I Shouldn’t Have Drank
Teatime
Okay, Not Okay
Speaking Out
The Statistics that Changed Me
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
De Los 6 a Los 12
Two Friends and Two Boys
innocent
My stepfather raped me
1 hour 3 days
Roommates
Silence
Doctor Nightmares
St. Louis Riots
Multiple Date Rapes/Sexual Abuse During Teen Years...
School Principal
Was It My Fault?
Staying Strong
Something I’ve Never Shared
ללינור היקרה
Male dancer
University Bar
Sexually Assaulted Or Not?
גבר אלים וחולני
Sexually Assaulted
Raped at age 9 & 15
Too naïve
Convincing Myself
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
One Bad Decision
Unethical or illegal?
intruder
Rape
יש חיים אחרי אונס
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
MesS Into A mesSage
Incest & Date Rape
He was my best friend
Rape
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
After I Was Raped
Stayed Silence
He took everything
Sexually Assaulted Or Not?
Once Again
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
Raped by my Stepfather
Motel 6 Nightmare
Why Me Over and Over?
My story
Seis Años
Surviving, Kinda
It Was the Second
Finding Me
Unhealthy Relationship
Thought He Was A Friend
Dear My Rapist
I Thought He Cared
my story
אוףףףף
Friend?
Why me
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
So Long Ago But Still With Me
My survival story
My husband was molested as a child
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Why
Good Guy
Teenage Victim
Don’t Give Up

Domestic rape
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My Mother was raped and told me...
Constant fear
Drugged
My Classmate
Date rape
I Can Barely Remember
Read This Please
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
Don’t Want to Anymore
Dad Raped Me
Light In The Dark
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Rape
To the men who hurt me
So Now What?
Drunk and taken advantage of
He Was My Boss
No Stranger
The Boys Club Continues
Rape??
Betrayed By My Husband
Just Another Night
No
Date Rape
Thank You
I Was Only 14
Knowledge is Power
My Step Brother Raped Me
Touched by my cousin
Playing House
Childhood Trauma
14 year old raped at school
From a Boyfriend
Marital Rape
He doesn’t even know he raped me
It Can Happen To Anyone
My Multiple-Offender Rape
Restoring Innocence
עדיין מציק
Brave
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Why: A Poem About My Rape
Useless tears
My Friend
Sex doll
He Was My Father
Shattered Childhood
A Week Before 18th Birthday
My Life Destroyed in 5 Minutes
I know when I see a rapist...
My Fight
Scared to close my eyes
Set Up
Birthday Rape
Rape Shaming
I finally said NO
LOST
I Said No
Ashly’s story
Rape
הסיפור שלי…
A Story
Piece
A Silent Fighter
My Step Brother Raped Me
I Was Told It Was Normal
What Happened?
Rape
Repressed Memories x3 Abusers
Why does this keep happening to me?
Raped By My Therapist
Aftermath
Breakin Burgler
היי
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
The Night That Changed My Life
Workplace Sexual Harassment
My deaf husband sued the Vatican
My boyfriend of 2 years
Life Is Rough
I just realized this today.
Letter to my offender part 2
Raped By 6 Policemen
Stockholm
Ready to Share
Feeling Alone
How can we make it stop?
My Army Fiance
היי לינור
Cruel Kids
My story!
dad and mom rape
Surpris à la Maison
f*ck you
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Spoke out and was blamed
Multiple Rapes
School Bathroom
I Didn’t See It In Time
Forgotten Memories Submerge
A night gone wrong
When It’s Personal
Supposed To Be There
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Ex-Boyfriend
Dating For 10 Months When…
Getting Better
3x
Black and Blue
Date Rape
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
Summer 2019
Erase and Rewind
Ms.
I Thought I was Safe
Braver

