#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.
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A Journal of a Wayward Child
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
Abuse of Men and By My Mother
Date Rape
Not normal
The Same Effect
Prom Night
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
This Is My Story
Army
Despedida
A respectable collegue
Rape
Help
My Boyfriend Raped Me
I Never Give Up

It’s OK
My Friend
I thought he was a friend
Heart broken
I was 14
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
My experience as an intern in highschool
Messed Up
Still Going
Coping with rape during a pandemic
I’m Only Stronger
Two times. One year.
Just Fine
I thought you loved me
Finding My Voice
What sent me over the edge
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My Boyfriend
Rape
Remember as a victim you have done...
16 times
A Ruined Life
Letter to my offender part 2
Gang Rape
All Just Too Much
The Night That Changed Me
So drunk I can’t remember
Ketamine Rape
Torn
Denial
Drugged
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
לפני 14 שנים
The Party
My story growing up with a secret
Raped On My Bday
The Park
The rape apology and my reply
Last Party
Raped as a Boy
I like to think I won’t feel...
All Rape Is Legitimate Rape
My Boyfriend Raped Me
It was not my fault
Different face, but the same monster
Piano Teacher
Spoke out and was blamed
“raped” by my long time bf
Drunk and Alone
Do you believe me?
Christmas Horror
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
Continue to Survive
I know when I see a rapist...
Monster dad
My Mom
Two Friends and Two Boys
En Enero de 2010
Glad To Say I’m A Survivor
I Was 16
Feeling Dirty
Fled the Country
Rape
There once was love
Seis Años
Sexual Assault
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
I’m getting Married tomorrow
Mi Historia
He Was My Family
My Snowball Effect
Simply My Story
I Was Just a Little Girl
Denial
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Okay, Not Okay
Feeling lonely and isolated
Rape
It started with you.
It Was Too Late
Molested
I was 13
It Was My Mom
My Best Friend’s Husband Raped Me
Three weeks, every day..
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Moving On
My First Memory
What Is Success?
עדיין מציק
Not Another Moment
En Enero de 2010
Stranger
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
intruder
De Los 6 a Los 12
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
14 year old raped at school
Bringing the Stories to Light
Six months in the making..
J’avais 13 ans
Young and Unaware
Rape Is Everywhere
Afraid of Being Judged
Bringing the Stories to Light
I can say it now
גבר אלים וחולני
My First Boyfriend
LOST
Manipulation
Salted Wound
Ex-Boyfriend
First date: Raped after school at 15
Male dancer
Broken
My Story
לא יוצאים מזה…
Bringing the Stories to Light
I Trusted Him
Not Over It
Raped By 6 Men
When no means nothing
My Two Days of Hell
We met at the bar
College Student
My Two Days of Hell
A Message from the Director

I Wanted to See the Aquarium
I dont know what to call it
Broken vase
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Being Raped
November ’08
Confused for Too Long
I Will Never Forget
Being weak or stupid
My boyfriend
Family Ties
Why me?
הסיפור שלי…
We go to the same church
I was 17 and survived
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
Black and Blue
Rubbing my scars
Survivor
A Night I Can’t Remember
Abused By a Relative
Nirbhaya “ fearless”: Justice for the Brutal...
Thank You
I Felt So Helpless
It’s My Fault
High School Orientation
It Was My Fault
Things do get better
A Night To Remember
Start of grooming at 15
Raped at age 9 & 15
Thank you
Growing Past Just Surviving
Rape by Boyfriend
My husband was molested as a child
Life Was Ruined
Mistaken Identity
I didn’t say “no”
Surviving, Kinda
Grandpa
My Rapists I Grew Up With
First Frat Party
Incest & Date Rape
היי לינור
Still Unable to Tell People
Raped in my own bed
Home invasion, wife saved daughter
Unhealthy Relationship
I didn’t know it was rape, I...
Assault, Battery, and Rape
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
I Was Only 14
Just Words
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Ruined
Why Me?
Erase and Rewind
Ignored For a Lifetime
Child Rape
This Is Me, my fight song
My Step Brother Raped Me
Love and Forced abortion
Too naïve
He used me. He left me.
16 times
Me too.
Multiple Assaults
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Ex Best Friend
Freshman Year
1 in 5
But what really happened?
Thought He Was A Friend
Raped in the Air Force
The reason for my tattoo
הטרידו אותי
April 19th
A Week Before 18th Birthday
They thought it was fun
My Mother was raped and told me...
Deep Scars
Broken down car
Don’t Give Up

The Statistics that Changed Me
יש חיים אחרי אונס
עדיין מציק
Help
My Story
Multiple Assaults
I regret not telling
Now It’s Too Late
Scar
Kibbutz
Raped by my ex-boyfriend
Sexual Abuse
Feeling weak
Blamed Myself
Braver
