#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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Raped
I trusted my brother.
I dont know what to call it
Under Age drinking
23 with a secret
An uncle who couldn’t keep his hands...
3 Times is Not Charming
Incest & Date Rape
ללינור היקרה
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
More Than a Survivor
Few People Know
Blaming Myself
Football Player
One Bruise Too Many
A respectable collegue
Someday Soon
He’s Still Out There
Sexual Assault
I was only 11
my story
אוףףףף
Is It Really Rape?
4 Years Ago
Raped twice within a few hours
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
Ashamed of myself
A Part of My Twenties
When i was stripped of my innocence
Camp rape
Circumstances Collided That Night
It was his word against mine
עדיין מציק
Halloween Nightmare
5th Grade
I was drunk
My friend assaulted me and another
Family rape
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
It started with you.
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Broken Trust
Piece
Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
כמוני כמוך
Holiday Rape
Survivor, Still Struggling
Be Aware
Why Me?
In Five Years
Someone You Know
4 Years Ago
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Erase and Rewind
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Sexually abused by my step brothers
Identity?
It will get better
First Frat Party
I Said No
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Miss
Army
Childhood rape
Stronger Than You Think
My husband was molested as a child
Manipulation
Repressed Memory
Night of Psychedelic Horror
I still see him on campus
A Night I Can’t Remember
My best friends dad
I didn’t even know what was happening
The Night That Changed Me
Loss of Trust
Rape By My Husband
I don’t know what happened
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Spoke out and was blamed
My principal mom raped me
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Be Careful Who You Trust
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
She was never the same…
Our Corrupted Country
Becoming Whole
I Was 20
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Summer 2019
Too Trusting
My Friend’s House
Despedida
I Blame Myself
היי לינור
Dating & Relatives
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
Ms.
Friends No Longer
The First Man Who Broke My Heart
A person to trust became my worst...
It’s OK
Confused and Angry
I am More than a Victim
I’m Disgusted
Made in America
Because of You
Step Daddy
J’avais 13 ans
April 8th, 2016
Spousal Rape
I was 14
I know when I see a rapist...
Don’t Be Me
He Stole Something From Me
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I Was Just a Dancer
A Man I Looked To As A...
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
incest
My First Time Speaking Up
Unicorns
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
Male dancer
17
Never Going To Happen To Me
Rape
By my friend
Someone so close to me
Something I’ve Never Shared
My Best Friend & His Friend Raped...
Was it Really Rape
I don’t know if it’s rape
My Story of Rape
Males are Victims Too
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Raped in the Air Force
My story growing up with a secret
Sexually Abuse
לא יוצאים מזה…
Rape
I Was Only 7
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Does he know?
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
The Boys Club Continues
Blamed Myself
Graduation Night
It’s just not fair
Simply My Story
I’m Confused
Sex doll
Seis Años
Brock and Will
Mi Historia
Growing Past Just Surviving
Another Victim
My 18th Birthday
Family
Not Guilty
My abuse story victim to survivor
Mi Esposa
הטרידו אותי
My Brother
Not normal
Suppose to Protect Me
I’m Doing You a Favor
…
Molested by Cousin
The Night That Changed My Life
Is Healing Possible?
Despedida
What happened to me doesn’t have to...
Just Words
A Victim No Longer
Seeing My Rapist Everday
Lasting memories
Rock It!

A learning experience
Three Times in a Row
So Many Times
הסיפור שלי…
Rape
3x
More Than Half of My Life Ago
Locked Up
A Family Affair
היי
It’s Been Eight Years
Never thought I could be a victim
Together, We Are Brave

Dad and Uncle Raped Me
I was raped
Goodbye Virginity
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
She Should Be Over It
Keep it to myself
Kept From Us
I am J. D. R., and I...
How Many Times?
You had no rights
The abuser
“Me too” On Facebook
April 2015
Rape by Boyfriend
A super long account of a day...
Date Rape
The First Man In My Life
Wrong Choice
Molested
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Marital Rape
Sexual Assault
Prey
Being Raped
Drugged
Still Haven’t Healed
I Was Raped as a Child
No Support
Unethical or illegal?
Confused by Rape
If your boyfriend does it is is...
Not Safe in Your Own Family
Surpris à la Maison
Raped as a Boy
Rape
First Friend at University
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
I let it happen twice
Not My Friend
My First Time
It never stops changing you and thats...
Black Girl
The Terrible 4
Every Time I Said “No”
Child Rape
My Daughter and I Both
Ready to Share
I Was Prepared
My First Time
He Was My Dad
Sexual Abuse
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Holding My Feelings In
It’s still happening
Still Haunts
The First Time
Spousal Rape
Drunken rape
Six Years of Denial
School Rape
Its Got To STOP!
I Barely Knew Them
My Two Days of Hell
The Worst Feeling
My little girl
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Deserved What I Got
I blamed myself… Twice
My Story of a Gang Rape
לפני 14 שנים
17
Assault, Battery, and Rape
Set Up
The Day I Was Raped
My year abroad
Asking for advice
My Rape Stories
Twice
Roofied
New Years Eve Party
He was a trusted friend, until he...
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Planned Rape
Sexual harassment
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Remember November
Breaking the Silence

