#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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Mi Esposa
Repressed Memory
Still Terrified
With Love
לפני 14 שנים
Touched by my cousin
Rape
Sexist Families Leave Girls Vulnerable to Rape
People You Do Not Know
Raped because of who I loved
Chiropractor
ללינור היקרה
Braver

Ex Best Friend
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
What Was I Thinking?
A respectable collegue
The Fight We Can All Win
Molested at 8
In Five Years
Speak Up
Why Me?
Ashamed
Fled the Country
Too Many Times
Being Raped
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Workplace Sexual Harassment
How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
Letter to…
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
Third time’s the charm
It Was the Second
Weak
My Story
De Los 6 a Los 12
Dating & Relatives
“Me too” On Facebook
I Was 3 Years Old
After I Was Raped
לא יוצאים מזה…
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Black Girl
After Wedding
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Raped by my cousin
I thought he was a brother
I Thought I Knew Hi
Piece
Hidden Emotions
Breakin Burgler
Teatime
Read This Please
Date rape
הסיפור שלי…
Six months in the making..
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Domestic Abuse
The Story Of Two Rapes
Incest
Unethical or illegal?
Tormented
Nightmare
Black Out
my story-and where i “took it”…
עדיין מציק
Ended in Rape
Lost In Time
Shout Out
#MeToo I am 1
Raped At 16, 29, 31
My Innocence Was Taken Away
Life of Trauma
My Story
Ms.
Be Strong
Just Violated
Nobody believed me
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
It Was My Fault
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Metoo
What Is Success?
Not Safe in Your Own Family
Another Victim
Unicorns
Army
Proof, but no Witnesses
גבר אלים וחולני
The same guy
My “Step-father”
He Took My Virginity
היי לינור
Mi Historia
Too naïve
The Night It All Changed
My Two Days of Hell
He was a friend
Left Me In Pieces
What am I doing wrong
Did I ask for this?
My story growing up with a secret
Rape, Sexual Abuse
Alcohol
Growing Past Just Surviving
I Was Only 7
The Statistics that Changed Me
My Relationship With Dad
I loved him
There is hope
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Asking for advice
I can’t remember if I said yes...
Kibbutz
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
Multiple Rapes
Lasting Effects
Okay, Not Okay
What Is Success?
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Left in shambles
Still Terrified
היי
my story
Rape
Close of a Brother
When does it get easier?
I am a Rape Survivor
Uncomfortable
Be Strong
Erase and Rewind
Since Age 6?
Shame Destroys
The Summer of 2013
More Than Half of My Life Ago
הטרידו אותי
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Shame
So Now What?
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Assault?
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Rape
Ketamine Rape
Dad Raped Me
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Men ruined my life
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
My rape story
3 Different Times
At the Movie’s
Camp rape
Not Sure It Happened
I Didn’t See It In Time
Incest abuse
Date Rape
Anniversary
Why Me Over and Over?
Lied to left brain damged
The Trauma That Made Me
Summer 2019
Happy Birthday
Abused for years on and off
Family members ex husband
I am a survivor
Thank you
15
Rape
My Story
I Was Raped
Shame
Raped At 16, 29, 31
My rapist sent me a friend request...
Never Be the Same Again
I Too Was Raped
My Story
He bought me chips and sent me...
f*ck you
My best friends dad
Unsure
Repressed Memories
Start of grooming at 15
My best friend raped me
My Best Friend & His Friend Raped...
Set Up
Sexual harassment
Don’t Want to Anymore
Ex-boyfriend rape
He doesn’t even know he raped me
An Embarrassing Situation
Former partner would berate me
My Boss Raped Me
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Is this normal?
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
3 Generations
Spoke out and was blamed
My Story
עדיין מציק
Do you believe me?
Doctor Nightmares
Ms
Child Rape
Date Raped When I Was 15
Believe Me…
I Thought He Loved Me
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
November ’08
My experience as an intern in highschool
Child sexual abuse
Raped By 6 Policemen
Rape
I was 17 and survived
Patient People
They thought it was fun
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Domestic Rape
I Was Nearly Raped
I am a survivor and got over...
Need help
Being drunk is not consent
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
Together, We Are Brave

15
Liar, Liar
Something so Horrible Could Make Me This...
Out of Control
The Night That Changed My Life
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
He Was a Friend
Fiance Father of my Child
Cafeteria Food
Raped When I Was 12
Lost In Time
Male dancer
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
I know when I see a rapist...
Scar
Why?
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Is It Really Rape?
Perfect on Paper
Abused By A Therapist
I Don’t Know My Story
I Am Brave!
Raped By Family Member
My story!
A family assault
From Heaven to Hell
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
I was carrying his daughter.
Survivor

The thief
Despedida
Sexual Abuse
To the man who stole my independence
My Brother
Just Words
Sexually abused by a 11/12 girl
Rape or Not?
Don’t Give Up
