#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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Goodbye Virginity
Police Officer/Date Rape
Sex doll
My First Time
Kibbutz
Thank You
Seis Años
De Los 6 a Los 12
1 in 5
הטרידו אותי
Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
Now I Understand My Husband
Can’t Even Take My Medicine
Army
The Touches I Felt
Online dating
Summer of ’09
My story growing up with a secret
Father Figure
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
גבר אלים וחולני
Boyfriend Hell
April 19th
Roommates
I am a survivor
“You’re both minors”
Growth
What Is Happening
Suffered and Survived
Why Me?
A person to trust became my worst...
Aftermath
Playing Games
Twice
Scars
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
I Trusted Him
Raped by Him
He WAS a friend
My boyfriend of 2 years
Impacted Forever
Broken Hearted
I should have never meet my biological...
Neighbors
I’m Disgusted
Raped in the Air Force
עדיין מציק
I wish she wouldve helped me
Date rape
Abused by the boyfriend of my mom...
He Never Apologized
I Was 3 Years Old
Happy Birthday
He ruined my life
I Am Not Brave
I Will Never Forget
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
Only I get to make choices for...
Lightening Does Strike Twice
I Was Manipulated
Sexual Assault
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
לפני 14 שנים
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
#MeToo, too
A Child
Intruded
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Safe Isn’t Always What We Believe
The Loss of My Childhood
My Story
Finally Sharing
Shout Out
That’s not what friend means
Raped by a work colleague
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Forced, De-flowered
Alcohol
Sexual abuse by step father
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My First Two Times
Rape
Young and Unaware
Spoke out and was blamed
Male dancer
J’avais 13 ans
I Think I Was Raped
Mi Esposa
The Night That Changed Me
כמוני כמוך
Rape
Never Be the Same Again
Was it rape?
Life Is Rough
Was It Rape?
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Survivor, Still Struggling
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Chiropractor
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Still Haven’t Healed
Mi Esposa
Nothing important…
En Enero de 2010
Simply My Story
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Tulane Law
#IStandWithHer
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Was it rape? Or my fault?
A Stong Woman
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
Messed Up
היי
So drunk I can’t remember
I Was 3 Years Old
Blamed myself …
Being Done
Date Raped When I Was 15
My best friends dad
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
Erase and Rewind
Did I ask for it?
I didn’t enderstand what was happening
Realization of Rape
The Statistics that Changed Me
Why
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Rape Survivor
Continue to Survive
You are going to show me how...
Infatuation
Unspoken
my story
Taking Back My Life
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Kidnapped and Raped
Unethical or illegal?
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Ms.
Feeling Alone
Ex Boyfriend
My Last Party
Ex Best Friend
Summer 2019
I’m Confused
An Abnormal Reaction
Family Ties
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
My Story
Narcissistic Ex
blackmailed
Naive College Freshman
Someday Soon
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
Leaving the party
Stolen Innocence
Lying Child Molester
I was a child
My Secret
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
3x
My Tramatic Experience
Never a Victim; Only Myself
I was attacked at 19 years old
intruder
I don’t know what happened
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Feeling Lost
My Story
It started with you.
Rape
Thought He Was A Friend
My so called “best friend”
The Night That Changed My World
Friends?
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Metoo
Rape by Boyfriend
It was
Nightmare
My Ongoing Journey
Only 12
My Girlfriend of Two Years
Emotional Abuse
Is It My Fault?
No
Rape
Drugged After Junior Prom
my story
Dear Convicted Sex Offender (Finally)
Testifying
Molest
Black and Blue
Mental Breakdown
My Story
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
So Much Pain Its Overwhelming
Nearly 50 years later
Lesbian After Assaults
Rape
i was pulling my shorts up
First Friend at University
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
When will it be enough?
James
‘Were you drinking?’
Ex-boyfriend rape
A Night I Can’t Remember
Feeling Alone
Worst Day Ever
The Guy I Trusted
Sexual Assault
I Didn’t Even Know Him
He was jealous of my new friend
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Never Ending
End of Innocence
The pain behind smile
All Rape Is Legitimate Rape
7 Sisters
A respectable collegue
I am More than a Victim
One Day At a Time
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
A Message from the Director
In Korea
3 balls, striking
Raped in College
No one cared until I made them
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Is There Still Hope
When I Was 8
Freshman on Campus
Severe childhood trauma, due to drunken, irresponsible,...
Drunk and taken advantage of
keep it a secret
Did He Rape My Mind Too
Kept From Us
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Being Raped
Remember November
Party Time
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
Broken vase
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
Help
Date Rape
Raped By a Female
My Story
New Year’s Eve Party
Camilla’s Story
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
Family Party
Multiple Times
I Remember Being Happy
Rape Is Everywhere
An older, popular boy
Years later… meeting my rapist again
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Off My Shoulders
he made me loose hope in love…
Childhood sexual abuse
Sally
Freshman Year
Myself
When I Was 8 Years Old
Sophomore Year College
I know when I see a rapist...
Party Time
2 Years Ago
The First Time
I Don’t Know My Story
Scared Like Crazy
Breaking the Silence

