#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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Red Flags
Took Me, Took my Wedding
I Was 9
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Victim of Abuse
my story
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Raped as a child and teen
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I Thought I Knew Hi
Life of Trauma
My Snowball Effect
April 19th
Survivor of COCSA
Just Another Night
Not Sure It Happened
Help!! What Can I Do?
An Abnormal Reaction
Rape
The Statistics that Changed Me
We All Have a Voice
How Many Times?
Frozen in fear
Spoke out and was blamed
He was a friend
My rape story
Forced, De-flowered
Males can be victims too
I Didn’t Let It Kill Me
School Rape
This will be painful
He said he’d never do it again
I don’t know anymore
16 Years Later
Ashamed of myself
Messed Up
Rape
Six months in the making..
Together, We Are Brave

My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Mi Historia
My Journey Back to Life
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Just Words
Letter to My Rapist
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
End of Innocence
Why
Why Didn’t You Stop Him?
Summer 2019
In My Home
I didn’t break up with him back...
Loss of Trust
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
I don’t know what to do
Kibbutz
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Nashville Sweetheart
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
We Stand Together
10 Years!
יש חיים אחרי אונס
To the men who hurt me
Sexual Assault at 11
Never Got His Name
Why Me?
I Am Beautiful Now
No One Believes Me
Raped
Brave
7th Grade Assault
My Ex-husband
My Past
Politeness Serves No One
Sexual Assault
Assaulted by my neighbor
Unethical or illegal?
Third time’s the charm
Metoo
was raped and I don’t remember it
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Was I Raped?
Third time’s the charm
Raped at the Air Force Academy
You had no rights
No Wasn’t Good Enough
The First Man Who Broke My Heart
Nothing important…
That’s not what friend means
Ms.
Unspoken
13 and Raped
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Doesn’t Define Me
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Family Member
I know when I see a rapist...
So drunk I can’t remember
No More Silence
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
Survivor

Sexual Abuse
Six Years Old
Use and Throw
I forgot, but then I remembered
I was very dumb.
What Is Happening
A Night I Will Never Forget
3 Times is Not Charming
Everyone loves him
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Stop
I don’t know anymore
Rape
So Many Times
I thought he was a friend
Moving On
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Rape
Raped At 16, 29, 31
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
His name was Kenneth
Trader Joes
Despedida
I Thought I Knew Him
Acquaintance Rape
Life Changer
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Who I Once Called My Father
Dad Raped Me
Still Can’t Believe It
I Want My Life Back
I was born for this
13 and 16
Mi Esposa
New Years Eve
My Oldest Friend
I Thought I was Safe
Everyone loves him
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
Happy Survivor
Family
I wish I would have been smarter
No Wasn’t Good Enough
His Charming Ways
Multiple Times
Victimization
J’avais 13 ans
Party Time
It never goes away
Still Need Help
Nothing important…
The Hole in My Heart
I didn’t think she would do this
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Left Me In Pieces
He ruined my life
The pain that was never mine to...
NYC Vacation
Salted Wound
Friend?
75 Percent Humidity
I Barely Knew Them
Abuse Continued
Becoming a Warrior
My First Boyfriend
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
My Life Changed
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
גבר אלים וחולני
Bringing the Stories to Light
Mrs.
Was it rape?
My experience as an intern in highschool
PART 5: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
“Me too” On Facebook
Nobody Knew
I Was Only 14
הטרידו אותי
7 Months
The First Man In My Life
Hundreds of Times
כמוני כמוך
Isn’t Any Proof
I want to Call it what it...
Hospitalized
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
Former partner would berate me
It Was the Second
Freshman Year
Sexually assaulted as a young girl
Broken Homes, Broken Families
En Enero de 2010
לפני 14 שנים
Myself
It started with you.
Still Think It Was My Fault
I “needed” to do this!
A Victim No Longer
My story growing up with a secret
Raped in the Air Force
4 Years Ago
Hospitalized
Once Again
I Never Thought This Would Happen To...
אוףףףף
A young mother
Why Me Over and Over?
Stolen Innocence
I Thought They Cared About Me
If your boyfriend does it is is...
my story
I should have never meet my biological...
לפני 14 שנים
Sex doll
Betrayed By a Loved One
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Day at the Lake
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Fraternity Men
Why Me?
I Was Only 7
The Girl Who Went To College
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Glitter Girl, Gone.
My case is different from yours
Football Player
De Los 6 a Los 12
Warrior
4 Years Ago
לא יוצאים מזה…
You were supposed to be my friend
Backpacking
Incest & Date Rape
Date Rape
Raped at 14
Enough Is Enough
Ashly’s story
Thank You
Losing Myself
Less than a Minute of my Life
The Hole in My Heart
Sexual Assault
But I Was Drunk
Permanently Scarred
This Is My Story
Sexual harassment
My Step Father
Too Young
I Thought He Loved Me
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Darkness With Friends
Time Heals
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
Don’t Walk By Yourself
Healing
What If I Make You?
Domestic Rape is Real
Army
I Was Nearly Raped
Too naïve
My Ongoing Journey
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Assault In the Family
My teacher and my step-brother
I thought he was a friend
I Kept Saying No
Erase and Rewind
Rape
Drugged and Gang Raped
One Day At a Time
Why did this happen to me???
1990
My First Boyfriend
Be Careful Who You Trust
Raped 14 times in 1 year
No Justice
A Beautiful Trap
I Choose Hope


