#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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Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
How Many Times?
My story growing up with a secret
My teacher and my step-brother
incest
Why Me?
Light In The Dark
What sent me over the edge
Not all friends are true
Too naïve
Metoo
Them
I Will Never Forget
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
25 years of fear
My story!
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Drugged raped and failed by justice
My Best Friend
Violent Rape
Betrayed By a Loved One
Unsure
Rape
My consent is just that…mine
Still Need Help
The Life I Live
Locked Up
Doesn’t Ever Really Go Away…
הסיפור שלי…
Memories
My story growing up with a secret
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Life of Trauma
@ years of rape and being drugged
Confused and Angry
Repressed Memory
Domestic rape
1990
Brothers
We go to the same church
My Nightmare
Lying Child Molester
Literal Hell
Second Night of College
He ruined my life
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
Find Your Strength
An Abnormal Reaction
Almost Raped
Being Raped
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Keep it to myself
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Normalization
I Was Only 7
f*ck you
The Boys Club Continues
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Raped Three Times
Drugged and Gang Raped
Feeling Alone
First Frat Party
Party Accident
Date Rape
To the men who hurt me
The Pastor of My Church
אוףףףף
When i was stripped of my innocence
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
I’m a functioning alcoholic
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
So drunk I can’t remember
Lotus
Piece
I don’t know anymore
Drunken Rape
My Life in Foster Care
Molested By Two Uncles
Raped
So Now What?
The Mailman Raped Me
Alcohol
Living With Us
This is MY story
Politeness Serves No One
Warning
De Los 6 a Los 12
Sexual abuse by brother
To my best friend who raped me
עדיין מציק
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
I was raped
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Victim Impact Statement
Unlucky
Assaulted by my neighbor
A Meek Young Girl
Brothers
Abusive Relationship
I Too Was Raped
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
היי
היי לינור
My Host-sisters friend
I’m finally letting my hurt out
Breaking the Silence
Fiance Father of my Child
Sex doll
My Modeling Experience
Ketamine Rape
Date gone wrong
Hard Time
Closure
Workplace Sexual Harassment
They asked if I was lying
Let’s Fight Back With Love
I Don’t Trust My Father
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
The Man Who Never Was
Summer 2019
I Am a Survivor…
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
I dont know what to call it
It is not my fault
Spring Break Nightmare
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Rape & Sexual Assault
“He can’t sexually assault you he’s Christian”
A Life of Pain
What am I doing wrong
I wish she wouldve helped me
A story of a not so perfect...
Rape
In The Concrete Jungle
He Lied
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
What even happened
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My story
3 Days After Arriving at College
Rape and Crisis
3 Times is Not Charming
Molested by my biological father
A Voice to be Heard
It Wasn’t Love
I was used. I got left. I...
A Survivor’s Mindset
Rape Survivor
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
My Two Cents
Manipulation
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
גבר אלים וחולני
40 years
Nearly 50 years later
The Night My Life Changed
7th Grade Assault
He Took My Virginity
The First Man In My Life
Rape
It can happen to boys too!
Weathering The Storm
When will it be enough?
Spoke out and was blamed
Despedida
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Bad Decisions
Nightmare
Not A Trustworthy Man
My Life
A familiar fight
Raped Husband
Kibbutz
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
My First Two Times
כמוני כמוך
Welcome To Adulthood
He did it again and again
My story and this amazing documentary film
3 Generations
Happy Birthday
Not Really Family
Being Raped
Ready to Share
Happy Birthday
Deep Scars
The Course of Seven Years
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Thank you
My Rapists I Grew Up With
Mental Breakdown
ללינור היקרה
I Saved Myself
Erase and Rewind
Be Aware
Friend of mines set me up
Drugged
Ms.
Blamed Myself
You Were My Friend
Did He Rape My Mind Too
My Story
Youth Sexual Harrassment
My principal mom raped me
Ms
Braver

Rape
Still Can’t Believe It
Seis Años
Why wasn’t I able to say “NO!”?
Rape Is Everywhere
Stranger
One in Four
Still Terrified
A respectable collegue
Sexual Assault
Incapacitated Still
How I Was Raped
Was Once a Best Friend
Male dancer
Mi Esposa
SA in school
An Acquaintance
En Enero de 2010
It was his word against mine
Rape
High School Orientation
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
Childhood Abuse
Call Me Anything But That
I Remember How It Felt
Raped by ex boyfriend
You Were My Brother’s Best Friend
A Picture
I know when I see a rapist...
Rape
I Am Brave

