#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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Your First
Ex-Boyfriend
my story
My Story
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Football Player
Be Aware
Stuck
Manipulation
In-Between Times
Never Even Knew
Drugged After Junior Prom
My Best Friend’s Brother
Repressed Memory
How My Life Has Changed
This Is Me, my fight song
I know when I see a rapist...
Night Out
Three Times in a Row
Myself
2 Years Ago
Erase and Rewind
Multiple Times
Bringing the Stories to Light
You Were My Brother’s Best Friend
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Because of You
Thank You
We met at the bar
University Bar
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
*rape
Still Unable to Tell People
I Woke Up In The Tub
הסיפור שלי…
Pregnancy
Warning
Forgiving My Rapist
Stepfather
My Secret
Raped and Numbed
Methed for Math Teacher
Summer 2019
Date Rape
I can’t remember if I said yes...
They asked if I was lying
I Was 10
Tormented
An older, popular boy
Not just me
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Survivor of COCSA
Sex doll
The Stepmonster
Confused for Too Long
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
Raped in the Air Force
There once was love
You Must Acknowledge
He knew what he was doing
Despedida
Use and Throw
Rape??
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
היי לינור
Abused at the Age of 4
Assault, Battery, and Rape
Too naïve
5 Years On
Still Going
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
Love of My Life?
I Don’t Know My Story
Victim Shaming
I Am A Survivor
New Years Eve
I was 13
After 14 Years
Messed Up Childhood
Deja Vu
First Time Sharing
Why me
Father Figure
I don’t know anymore
My story growing up with a secret
Dear Coward
a shattered girl and her dreams restored
It’s still happening
Set Up
My Fight
A learning experience
The Statistics that Changed Me
My Friend’s Ex-Boyfriend
It Started With Rape
Best Friends Brother
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Only I get to make choices for...
What Is Success?
I Am Not Brave
I was sexual abused with no justice
Molested
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
The secret
Neglected
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
Survivor

De Los 6 a Los 12
My 21st Birthday
Party Time
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
In Denial of My Rape
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
My story
I Remember Being Happy
My story
Healing
My Horrific Nightmare
Was It Really Rape?
The Same Effect
I am a Rape Survivor
Bruises and Scars
Lasting memories
Erased From Memory
Life Was Ruined
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Ex-Boyfriend
Stronger Every Day
There are a lot of assholes on...
The same guy
My story of my date rape
Running
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Playing Games
Rape
Ms.
So drunk I can’t remember
Black and Blue
God Saved Me
I Didn’t See It In Time
7 years and it still controls me
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
Drugged
Lost Soul
My Rape Story
Family Ties
A Child
Mi Historia
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Raped By Family Member
Freshman on Campus
My Sister and I were Abused
He took away my innocence
My Rape
When I Was 8 Years Old
Nearly 50 years later
Confused
Unsure
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
Healing and releasing painful memories
April 8th, 2016
My Step Brother Raped Me
Incest & Date Rape
Dee Bhagwanji
Constant fear
Do you believe me?
Creepy Grand Uncle
I didn’t say no
The abuser
My First Boyfriend
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Family Member
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
ללינור היקרה
Molestation and Rape Survivor/Warrior
My Life
Why I’m sorry
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
What’s Done Is Done
Finally Sharing
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
First Friend at University
I Blame Myself
4 Years Ago
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Never a Victim; Only Myself
I Need to Tell Someone
ללינור היקרה
Bringing the Stories to Light
my grandmas friend’s son raped me
“I’m not gonna have sex with you”
Just Another Night
My mother’s boyfriend
I Was Only 7
Rape Is Everywhere
אוףףףף
Married to Abuser
Sexual abuse
My story growing up with a secret
Prescription Drugs
Last Party
כמוני כמוך
לפני 14 שנים
Childhood of assault
A Story
Sexual Abuse
To the men who hurt me
Breaking the Trust
Spoke out and was blamed
Sexual harassment
Way Back in 1973
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Just a Kid
היי
It never goes away
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
עדיין מציק
A Fun Game
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
I Saved Myself
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Freshman Year
Raped as a Boy
My so called “best friend”
Rape
I like to think I won’t feel...
Blaming Myself
Angry and confused
3 Times is Not Charming
Ex-boyfriend rape
College Student
Childhood Friend Date Rape
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I don’t know if I was raped
Empty
It’s A Long Story
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
הטרידו אותי
Amber’s Story
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Embrace It All
I’m Only Stronger
Catfished
So Many Times
Raped by school ‘friend’
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Confused by Rape
Lesbian After Assaults
I Didn’t Even Know Him
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
Cradle to the grave
My Daughter
En Enero de 2010
I Didn’t Know
It was my boyfriend
Weak
J’avais 13 ans
Just Words
After Wedding
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
The Guy I Trusted
Drugged
לא יוצאים מזה…
Molested By a Stranger
Justice
I story I have yet to accept...
College Rape
Sexual Abuse
Male dancer
Father, Brother, Brother
Loss of Trust
I Was Only a Child
הטרידו אותי
Find Your Strength
Is There Still Hope
So Many Years to Remember
Drugged
Stranger Danger
Unethical or illegal?
Child sexual abuse
My Story
Stuck
My Horrific Nightmare
Pastor’s Son
Black Girl
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Your First
Was it rape?
Repeat Offender
He Never Apologized
Perfect on Paper
Boyfriend Forcefully Sodomized Me
14 year old raped at school
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Trapped
Acceptance
He Was a Cop
Long way back
A respectable collegue
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
לפני 14 שנים
Childhood End
I was raped and I didnt know...
Multiple Times
My Story
Breaking the Trust
I Am Brave


