#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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More Than Once
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Who Is To Blame?
Fear
My 18th Birthday
Help!! What Can I Do?
When I Was 7
Drugged
J’avais 13 ans
Holding My Feelings In
Beyond a story
University Bar
En Enero de 2010
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Taking Back My Life
Domestic Rape
Two Friends and Two Boys
Don’t Want to Anymore
I’m Alive
Teen-ager Trauma
My Story
Tulane Law
Ashly’s story
The Night My Life Changed
Case Closed
You Didn’t Break Me
I think my “boyfriend” raped me
Raped Husband
My Younger Sister
No Justice
Bad Morning
Just a Child
Was it rape?
Raped because of who I loved
Life After Death
One Day At a Time
גבר אלים וחולני
My little girl
Its Got To STOP!
Initiation into adulthood
Unwanted Flashbacks
Chiropractor
Forced, De-flowered
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
Drunken Rape
Growth
It can happen to boys too!
He was jealous of my new friend
My Host-sisters friend
אוףףףף
A Different MeToo
Not My Friend
One Morning
My Rape Stories
So drunk I can’t remember
Senior Trip
I didn’t even know what was happening
Rape
My Own Sister
Angry and confused
My brother let him in
I’m Not Easy
Workplace Sexual Harassment
It Was the Second
Despedida
Heart broken
He Was a Cop
My Story
Rape
לא יוצאים מזה…
My Safe Place
I was 17 and survived
Rock It!

My Story
Set Up
My Rape
Spoke out and was blamed
Raped At 16, 29, 31
I was 17 and survived
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Rape
Second Date
A Year After
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
Life Was Ruined
The reason for my tattoo
The Night That Changed My World
i was a child.
My life as a survivor
Justice
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Holding It In
f*ck you
Things do get better
Returning to Mexico
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
A Week Before 18th Birthday
Piece
You Must Acknowledge
My Brother
I want my innocence back
Call Me Anything But That
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
Short Story
Over 40 years Ago
I didn’t think she would do this
Charity is it’s own reward
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
Childhood Trauma
Men get raped too…
What Is Success?
Chiropractor/Massage Therapist
I Thought I Could Trust Him
I don’t know what happened
My Story
Letter to…
7th Grade Assault
Scared to close my eyes
Raped because of who I loved
Summer 2019
Mental Breakdown
Fiance Father of my Child
How I Was Raped
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Still Think It Was My Fault
I was sexual abused with no justice
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
Scar
Just Words
dad and mom rape
Rape
A School Trip
Unhealthy Relationship
Sexual assault from my step brother and...
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Date rape
Shattered Childhood
The Hole in My Heart
16 times
Mi Historia
Thank You
Sexual Abuse
Aftermath
עדיין מציק
The Gentleman
6 to 20
I was raped last summer
Twice
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Harder Than Expected
When I Was 8 Years Old
Friends No Longer
Sexual Abuse
Mi Esposa
My stepfather raped me
Multiple Times
Runaway Model
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Confused and Angry
Unethical or illegal?
Was it Really Rape
First Frat Party
I Was Only 7
Alcohol
Dead Inside
Boyfriend Hell
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Scared and Confused
3 incidents
Never Forget
My boyfriend
Sleep Over
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Drunken Rape
#MeToo I am 1
My best friends dad
My Two Days of Hell
To inspire and encourage
Hotel
I Am Still Standing
Did I Deserve It
Piano Teacher
My story growing up with a secret
Stranger Danger
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
My Life History
The Statistics that Changed Me
I called him my friend
Hidden Emotions
Disappointed
Childhood End
Noah
Fishing Trips
Public Rape
כמוני כמוך
Rape Victim
I Recorded my Rapist
Perfect on Paper
My Friend
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
I was born for this
Trauma
It Lead to More Memories
My step dad raped me
Raped By Family
He Was My Boss
A Child
Relationship does not equal consent
I Didn’t See It In Time
Sex doll
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
I was raped
Three Times in a Row
Forgiving My Rapist
Gang Rape
My Relationship With Dad
I felt like it didn’t count because...
Drug raped
A respectable collegue
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
This is MY story
לפני 14 שנים
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Bus Ride
Childhood Abuse
I Didn’t Even Know Him
Sexual Assault
Don’t Give Up

