#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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LOST
It Happened More Than Once
Not safe in my own skin
I Blame Myself
I was just 9.
Online dating
Nashville Sweetheart
Be Aware
So Many Years to Remember
An Abnormal Reaction
Six months in the making..
@ years of rape and being drugged
Bringing the Stories to Light
Unethical or illegal?
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
Denial
Child abuse
My Daughter’s Rape
Too good to be true
Mrs
I still don’t know
You Were My Brother’s Best Friend
Too much trauma
Finally facing it
Shelter My Soul
My Childhood
Brother in Law
#MeToo I am 1
Child sex abuse
My so called “best friend”
Shattered Childhood
Home invasion, wife saved daughter
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Ex Boyfriend
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Spousal Rape
Do you believe me?
A Survivor, Not a Victim
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Repressed Memory
I Too Was Raped
I Had No Idea…
Raped 14 times in 1 year
I didn’t enderstand what was happening
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Is There Still Hope
Ms.
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
Raped by Abusive Husband
Three weeks, every day..
Freshman Year
Sleepraping
“She Didn’t Do Anything”
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
Mi Esposa
My Daughter
Miss
Cavemen
Was It My Fault?
Can Anyone Help?
He ruined my life
40 years
My Journey Back to Life
I don’t Know, but I Know
Sex doll
Finally Arrested
Constant fear
Rubbing my scars
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Raped by ex boyfriend
Remember November
One Bad Decision
My protector, my father, my rapist all...
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Molested By My Step Brother
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
I’m Alive
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Metoo
Survivor of COCSA
Kibbutz
The Day I Was Raped
Liar, Liar
Just Words
My Story
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
In Denial of My Rape
Family Rape
Sexual Assault at 11
He used me. He left me.
הסיפור שלי…
Sexual Abuse
Michelle Johnston
I’ve survived sexual abuse
I just realized this today.
Stronger Than You Think
When I Was 4
My Story
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Unbelievable
A learning experience
Survivor #metoo
Felt safe in my friend group
He Loved Me
Scared Like Crazy
אוףףףף
Respect
The Cliche
Today, I Let It All Go
A Night Out
Still Rape
7 years and it still controls me
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Too naïve
Step Dad
Every Time I Said “No”
More Than Once
When Will This Nightmare End
3 Times is Not Charming
Former partner would berate me
Army
Spoke out and was blamed
I Am Brave

Erase and Rewind
Raped by a work colleague
Prom’s ideals
Prescription Drugs
Boyfriend Hell
When will it be enough?
Robbery
Stormy Night
Older
Daddy?
Summer 2019
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
So drunk I can’t remember
The Statistics that Changed Me
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Breaking the Silence

Freshman on Campus
He Took My Virginity
Ms
He did it again and again
Nine Years Worth of Abuse
Raped at 17
My Best Friend
The Park
Breakin Burgler
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
A Story
My story growing up with a secret
היי לינור
Mental Breakdown
Someday Soon
Naive
הטרידו אותי
Raped After School
Sexual harassment
I felt like it didn’t count because...
If I Were Stronger Then
My Daughter and I Both
Shattered
The Devil You Know
“You were lucky”
I know when I see a rapist...
My Brothers Two Best Friends
I Thought I was Safe
First Frat Party
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Happy Survivor
Raped By My Father
This Is My Story
Moving On
Virgin Rape
Wanted Love But Got Rape
Life Changer
What Happened?
A Picture
Abused and defeated
My Story, My Nightmare
I let it happen twice
Strength to Speak Out
Raped By a Family Member
My Life
Sex Slave
the scary shadows
My deaf husband sued the Vatican
Empty
Rape
My Two Rapes
My Step Brother
I Was Only 7
Circumstances Collided That Night
My Boss Raped Me
A respectable collegue
Neighbor
It’s still happening
My Rape Story
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
My 18th Birthday
Another kid raped me
You Must Acknowledge
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
יש חיים אחרי אונס
She sent a Warning, and Paid for...
Unhealthy Relationship
There Is Hope For Us
He Was My Boyfriend
A Year After
LOST
I Am Finally FREE
I was raped
Multiple Rapes
Blackout
silent rape
intruder
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Not Alone
Forced, De-flowered
Endless Shame
Ashamed
He Loved Me
Myself
Ms
Scammer
“No” is Universal
I Remember Being Happy
“Austin”
Shame Destroys
I Was Only 14
Justice
I still see him on campus
לפני 14 שנים
So Now What?
I thought you loved me
Molested
Your truth will change someones’ life.
2-4 am on January 15th
Seis Años
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Creepy Grand Uncle
College Student
I Thought I was Safe
Drunken rape
J’avais 13 ans
What Is Success?
כמוני כמוך
Rock It!

