#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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Rape Shaming
Father, Brother, Brother
Innocence
Online dating
I’m Confused
Growing Past Just Surviving
Finally Arrested
Deja Vu
Raped in the Air Force
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
Out For A Walk
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
#MeToo, too
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Why Me?
1 in 5
Date Rape
He Was My Best Friend
I still don’t know
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
This Is Me, my fight song
What Should I Do?
Childhood Abuse
So Now What?
I was raped by a youtube personality...
Date Rape
I Remember How It Felt
Raped as a Baby
Virgin Rape
Spoke out and got fired
Happy Birthday
My Modeling Experience
David and Goliath
I said YES
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
My Snowball Effect
It started with you.
Almost Raped
Rape
“He can’t sexually assault you he’s Christian”
raped by my own brother
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Braver

Just Words
אוףףףף
Rape
Mental Breakdown
Rape
A Week Before 18th Birthday
The Statistics that Changed Me
When I Was 8 Years Old
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Erased From Memory
Aftermath
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Rape and Crisis
That’s not Me, it’s Her
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Spoke out and was blamed
Use and Throw
I “needed” to do this!
Raped as a Boy
I want my innocence back
Too naïve
Assaulted
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
my story
It’s A Long Story
Too naïve
I Am Finally FREE
A Story
I Didn’t Know
A letter to my rapist
Why Me?
Sexual Abuse
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
When will it be enough?
Aftermath
You were supposed to be my friend
De Los 6 a Los 12
Why does this keep happening to me?
I did Not need to know this
Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
With Love
Dirty Whore
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
7th Grade Assault
Prisoner of Love
A Night To Remember
Consent, control and consequences
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
My Secret
Why Me?
לפני 14 שנים
Raped By My Therapist
I didn’t even know what was happening
A Big Man
7 years and it still controls me
Raped By 6 Policemen
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
St. Louis Riots
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
Domestic Rape is Real
Mi Historia
Myself
Child sex abuse
Young and dumb?
כמוני כמוך
Twice
Being Raped
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AT WORK
היי
Dead Inside
blackmailed
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Let Down
Get a bf or I’ll kick you...
I’ve lost my trust with men
Sex doll
The Terrible 4
Prom Night
Forced, De-flowered
Loss of Innocence
Fell In Love With a Monster
I will not stay silent
Sexual molestation as a child
i was a child.
Mrs
I Thought I was Safe
Raped After School
James
Silenced But Not Forever
Touched by my cousin
What’s Done Is Done
Sexual Abuse
Its Got To STOP!
Once? Twice? Five Times?
A respectable collegue
Friend of my Husband
Raped By a Female
Close of a Brother
Rapist Turned Murderer
Molested
It Was the Second
Fear
The rape apology and my reply
Don’t Give Up

Justice a Joke
He Was A Police Officer
Girl Raped By a Girl
I am More than a Victim
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Not safe in my own skin
I know when I see a rapist...
My Story
Rape
Not Sure It Happened
Childhood rape
LOST
Marital Rape
My story
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Date rape
Thank you for being LOUD!
But what really happened?
He’s Dead
Drunken rape
Family of Lies
The Story Of Two Rapes
Growing Past Just Surviving
Him or Me
Alcohol
Date Rape Drug
Family
Raped and Molested
Multiple Sexual Assaults
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
Alone and Afraid
Hurt and Anger
Date Rape Drug
הסיפור שלי…
Third time’s the charm
לא יוצאים מזה…
I still see him on campus
A Cruel Time To Prevail
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
Summer 2019
Naive College Freshman
An older, popular boy
His Charming Ways
Noah
They thought it was fun
My Modeling Experience
Raped twice within a few hours
I Blame Myself
My Nightmare
Scar
The Setup
My Story
Once? Twice? Five Times?
I Am a Survivor…
So drunk I can’t remember
My Mother’s Albatross
First “Real” Boyfriend
Time Stood Still
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
I dont know what to call it
My First “Boyfriend”
My childhood was living hell
Being Raped
Family
Raped in my own bed
They Laughed
Gang Raped
College Professor
Finding Words
Survivor
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Obsessed Abusive Ex
It Was the Second
Every Way Imaginable
Feeling weak
My Side
I Trusted Him
I was raped last summer
הטרידו אותי
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Denial
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
My Mother was raped and told me...
My principal mom raped me
Empty
J’avais 13 ans
Erase and Rewind
two years ago
Was I assaulted?
You were supposed to be my friend
I Choose Hope
