#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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A Meek Young Girl
I thought he was a friend
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
When Will This Nightmare End
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Raped At 16, 29, 31
לא יוצאים מזה…
This is my story
Drugged and Gang Raped
Rape
Be Happy It Only Involves Your Daughter
Sexual Abuse of Minors
Date Raped
I Still Blame Myself
Still Haven’t Healed
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Just Me………
כמוני כמוך
Spoke out and was blamed
Abuse and Rape
No Support
I Didn’t See It In Time
Date Rape
Survivor

My best friend
Gang Rape
Grandpa
I let it happen twice
Unwanted Flashbacks
13 and 16
An older cousin
I blamed myself for so long
It wasn’t my fault
Assault, Battery, and Rape
Family members ex husband
Red Flags
f*ck you
Lost In Time
לפני 14 שנים
Hope after repeated rape
Girls Without Parents
Weak
I Want to Live
Raped in the Air Force
Nothing important…
The First Man Who Broke My Heart
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Just Friends
7 Months
I was raped and didn’t know
Family Secrets
Not all friends are true
My Strength
I Hate My Father
Employer rape
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Six months in the making..
Child Rape
Who Is To Blame?
I finally said NO
I was 17 and survived
My First Time
The pain that was never mine to...
Just Words
היי לינור
Raped as a Boy
Remember November
We go to the same church
Rape
Good Guy
Myself
Just Friends
Party Accident
Continue to Survive
I Was Raped By An Stranger
Always the Girls Fault
Roommates
Rape Is Everywhere
Made in America
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
ptsd
This is my story
Family Ties
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Why was it my fault?
When will it be enough?
A Child
It’s still happening
Still Think It Was My Fault
Molested By My Uncle
The Elevator Man
4 Years Ago
New Years Eve Party
Grandpa
How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
Dad Raped Me
No one helped me !!!
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
The Fight We Can All Win
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Assaulted By Family Member
Stronger Than You Think
My principal mom raped me
Thank you for being LOUD!
Literal Hell
Fiance Father of my Child
Diana Oakley’s Story
Light In The Dark
No More Silence
Disappointed
Victim Impact Statement
Molested
So drunk I can’t remember
Because of You
My Two Days of Hell
Ms.
My Brother’s Best Friend
God Saved Me
Life of Trauma
Metoo
Can Anyone Help?
Help
Supposed to be the Best Day of...
My Mother’s Albatross
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Kidnapped and Raped
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
His name was Kenneth
Abused By a Relative
Sharing again
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
J’avais 13 ans
In The Past
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Unethical or illegal?
Speaking It
I need some advice
Alone
Was I assaulted?
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
Never Even Knew
SA in school
Rape
My Stepdad Molested Me
Feeling Alone
Ketamine Rape
Do NOT Trust Strangers
When I Was 11…
Tormented
Army
My Last Party
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Forced, De-flowered
Rape
He’s Still Out There
75 Percent Humidity
Why me?
I Was Only 7
Neglected
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Breaking the Trust
In Denial of My Rape
Mi Historia
Erase and Rewind
Male dancer
Finally Healing
Was It Really Rape?
Sex doll
Abusive Relationship
my story
Multiple Rape
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
The secret
ללינור היקרה
Mrs.
I Said No
Fishing Trips
Too temping, I guess
Forgotten Memories Submerge
We Stand Together
Denial
Mi Esposa
…
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
Twice
Virgin Rape
Freshman on Campus
Brock and Will
I Pretend Like I Don’t Remember…But I...
Memories
Family
Still Confused
I Trusted Him
Holiday Rape
Thank you
My Story
הטרידו אותי
Prescription Drugs
Together, We Are Brave

My story growing up with a secret
Molested
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
Creepy Grand Uncle
I Was Told It Was Normal
So drunk I can’t remember
Raped After School
It Happens All Too Often
Ready to Share
Unspoken
Raped By My Therapist
Vaseline Stepbrother
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Spousal Rape
My boyfriend
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
It just happened
Sexual Assault
Wanted Love But Got Rape
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
Does “No” mean nothing?
Rape
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
My Side
A Child
Pain
My husband raped me when I took...
I Choose Hope

