#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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Sexual Abuse
Stuck
Mrs.
My Journey Back to Life
לא יוצאים מזה…
I Remember Being Happy
Forced, De-flowered
Travel
My best friends dad
Raped in my Hostel
Army
Seis Años
Once Again
I’m Disgusted
Together, We Are Brave

I Was Dating Him
The First Time
In Five Years
So Now What?
Rape
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
Summer 2019
It Was My Mom
I Didn’t Even Know Him
Moving On
5
I Was Nearly Raped
Sexually assaulted at 4
Mi Historia
Shedding the Shame of Adolescent Peer Sexual...
So Now What?
I Slept Next to Him
Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
One Day At a Time
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I know when I see a rapist...
Ex Boyfriend
It’s Been 10 Years
My best friend
They Blamed it on the Tequila
I’ve lost my trust with men
כמוני כמוך
3x
My Rapes
The Cliche
Staying Strong
5th Grade
my story
Raped by my ex-boyfriend
The Night That Changed My Life
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Innocence Taken
Stronger Every Day
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Just Words
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
My Last Party
Is It My Fault?
Confused
Drugged After Junior Prom
He took it as yes
Sexual Assault
The Devil You Know
Suffered and Survived
Raped by Brother
Never Even Knew
I was taken advantage of when drunk
Despedida
It’s Been Eight Years
Spoke out and got fired
17
Unethical or illegal?
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Is There Still Hope
Multiple Times
Confronting My Step-Father
Date Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
This Is Me, my fight song
Messed Up
Multiple Times
Motel 6 Nightmare
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
I was 13, he was my first...
Fiance Father of my Child
Why: A Poem About My Rape
My Mother Was Raped
Today is my time to cry
Spring Break Nightmare
I Thought I Could Trust Him
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I was raped and didn’t know
Do you believe me?
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Scared Like Crazy
raped and isolated
Boy scout of america
Useless tears
Childhood rape
Lasting memories
Happy Birthday
Drugged
Afraid of the Truth
Hidden Emotions
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
My story
75 Percent Humidity
f*ck you
I don’t know what to do
Raped by my grandfather
The Life I Live
I regret not telling
Shattered Childhood
Not just me
Rape
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
My Story
Freshman on Campus
My 18th Birthday
Bringing the Stories to Light
Drugged
Why I’m sorry
יש חיים אחרי אונס
I Trusted Him…
Workplace Sexual Harassment
NO MORE TEARS TO CRY
Rape
Party Time
He was jealous of my new friend
My Mom
Devil In Disguise
I blamed myself… Twice
I worked for him
You Must Acknowledge
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I was raped and I didnt know...
Sex doll
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Smoke Together
MY Inspirational Story
Sexually Assaulted Or Not?
I don’t know anymore
The Unforgetable Party
ללינור היקרה
The Statistics that Changed Me
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Years later… meeting my rapist again
I Just Started High School
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
It wasn’t my fault
Memories Are Back
First Frat Party
I Am A Survivor
Choose healing over silence
In The Past
Assaulted on a Holiday
Kibbutz
Spousal Rape
Why was it my fault?
I called him my friend
הטרידו אותי
עדיין מציק
I Didn’t Know What Happened
Michelle Johnston
I think I was raped
He Was My Friend
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
Confused
Don’t Know
Love of My Life?
Welcome To Adulthood
Unsure
So drunk I can’t remember
My Journey
It’s been 5 years, and you still...
A Letter
Lightening Does Strike Twice
I don’t know if it’s rape
I don’t Know, but I Know
אוףףףף
Mi Esposa
J’avais 13 ans
Start of grooming at 15
Rape
Taken advantage of
Proof, but no Witnesses
I Was Just a Dancer
School Rape
Closure
dad and mom rape
Still Unable to Tell People
I’m not broken but worse. I’m dead.
My Daughter
Only I get to make choices for...
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Male dancer
First Friend at University
Bruises and Scars
10 YEARS OF SILENCE
Child Rape
A Night I Will Never Forget
Powerful
Still Hurting
Multiple Times
Broken
I Was Only 7
Child Rape
Myself
De Los 6 a Los 12
13 and 16
Why Me Over and Over?
Feeling Alone
April 8th, 2016
Unicorns
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Holding It In
“raped” by my long time bf
I was very dumb.
The Girl Who Went To College
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Spoke out and was blamed
Finally Arrested
I Said No
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
I’m Only Stronger
My Rape Story
The same guy
The Guy I Trusted
Child Rape
What Happened?
Rape
I Was Manipulated
Raped By Family
I Blamed Myself
My survival story
A Voice to be Heard
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Still Can’t Believe It
There are a lot of assholes on...
We met at the bar
Do I say thank you?
This is my story
Erased From Memory
So Young
This is MY story
Ms.
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
Things do get better
So Now What?
I thought he was a friend
My Only Brother
Disappointed
Too naïve
Kidnapped in Naples
My Husband Was My Attacker
I Was Only 14
A respectable collegue
Rock It!
