#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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I thought we were friends
lucky
I was a raped by a couple...
Rape !!
A familiar fight
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Lying Child Molester
The Boys Club Continues
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
כמוני כמוך
Lied to left brain damged
Had Her Back
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
The Fight We Can All Win
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Older
A respectable collegue
Unhealthy Relationship
Time Heals
He said he’d never do it again
Scared and Confused
Justice
So Alone
Embrace It All
Be Aware
Why I Hate My Family
My story!
My Story
עדיין מציק
The Setup
The Loss of My Childhood
a shattered girl and her dreams restored
Bad Morning
Just Playing
My Husband Set Me Up!
Assaulted by my neighbor
Raped
My Little Town
He Was My Boyfriend
Halloween Nightmare
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
Simply My Story
Tulane Law
Confusion
Was It My Fault?
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Asking for advice
Rape
It is not my fault
My Story of a Gang Rape
I wanted to get high
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Public Rape
Childhood Friend Date Rape
Unicorns
My Brother
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
Enough Is Enough
The Setup
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
The rape apology and my reply
Learning to Live With My Rape
Taken Advantage
Hidden Emotions
Ritual Sexual Abuse
The Party
Raped At 16, 29, 31
Its been Years
At the Movie’s
Seis Años
Army
Rape Survivor
Party Time
Took Me, Took my Wedding
Erased From Memory
Molested at 3
Knowledge is Power
Raped as a child and teen
Because of you
En Enero de 2010
Why me?
הסיפור שלי…
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
7 Months
אוףףףף
My story
The Party
My Step Brother Raped Me
When will it be enough?
Thank you for being LOUD!
My boyfriend
Nightmare
Sexual Assault
Molestation
Is There Still Hope
Tel Aviv
גבר אלים וחולני
I don’t know anymore
A Letter
My step dad raped me
Raped By My Brother’s Friend
15
Almost Raped
Sexually assaulted at 4
What am I doing wrong
Spoke out and was blamed
University Bar
Too naïve
3 years on
My Story
Date Raped When I Was 15
Raped at the Air Force Academy
“Date” gone wrong?
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
His Charming Ways
Extremely Terrified
When will it be enough?
Rape by Boyfriend
College Professor
My babysitter
Set Up
J’avais 13 ans
Raped by my boyfriend
Erase and Rewind
Male dancer
I was 4 yrs old
No Stranger
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
יש חיים אחרי אונס
היי לינור
Family
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
The First Man Who Broke My Heart
I Woke Up In The Tub
I want my innocence back
Ex-Boyfriend
The year that changed me
Struggling to Survive
Ms.
Relationship does not equal consent
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Living Nightmare
Wrong Choice
Obsessed Abusive Ex
At 17yr old was raped by my...
The reason for my tattoo
f*ck you
Raped by Abusive Husband
Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
Molested
What Is Success?
Date Rape Drug
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Enough Is Enough
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Did I ask for this?
My Dad
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Rape
I Didn’t Know
Why Was No Not Enough?
My 18th Birthday
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Rape
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Didn’t Know I Had Been Raped
Lost In Time
Every Way Imaginable
He Was My Hero
The Day After My Little Brother’s Birthday
Too drunk to remember
Returning to Mexico
Raped in the Air Force
Freshman Year
Leaving the party
A Private College; A Private Rape
A Meek Young Girl
הטרידו אותי
Not Alone
Abusive Uncle
Rock It!

Shelter My Soul
Fraternity Men
So Alone
My Story
Myself
Rape without remorse
My Friend’s House
Third time’s the charm
Domestic Rape
Strength to Speak Out
He Never Apologized
My 11 Year Old Selfs Story
Unethical or illegal?
The Touches I Felt
It Started with my Brother
Family members ex husband
School Rape
Finally Sharing
The First Time
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
My experience as an intern in highschool
Mistaken Identity
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
It’s My Fault
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
This Is Me, my fight song
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
You Were My Friend
Kidnapped and Raped
ללינור היקרה
Was Told to Shut My God Damn...
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Tormented
I Trusted Him
Summer 2019
my story
Touched by my cousin
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I know when I see a rapist...
Keeping Faith
I Am Finally FREE
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
My Fight
When I Was 8
School Principal
My Family My Love
Another kid raped me
I’m Not Easy
לפני 14 שנים
Every Time I Said “No”
So Many Times
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Good Guy
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Aftermath
Confused
I Never Give Up

