#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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3 years on
Light In The Dark
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Did I Deserve It
Drunk and Alone
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Myself
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Father, Brother, Brother
Remember as a victim you have done...
Black and Blue
A Lifetime
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Marital Rape
Lost In Time
Shelter My Soul
Too naïve
Someone so close to me
I thought he liked me
They Laughed
Set Up
Cousin Rape
You Were Supposed to Be My Protector
Stronger Every Day
BFF’s Husband
My Rape Story
Forced, De-flowered
It Lead to More Memories
I Felt So Helpless
my story-and where i “took it”…
Help
Do you remember your first time?
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Childhood Rape
Thank you
Cousin Rape
Nearly 50 years later
Be Aware
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
The Trauma That Made Me
Multiple Times
He over stepped the mark
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Surviving, Kinda
Doctor Nightmares
Surviving Sexual Abuse: A Childhood Story
My Story
Prisoner of Love
lucky
These Men are More Protected Than We...
So drunk I can’t remember
A respectable collegue
Was It My Fault?
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
When It’s Personal
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Boyfriend Hell
Army
Young and Innocent
He Was a Cop
כמוני כמוך
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
We Stand Together
Sexual Assault
I am a survivor
I’m getting Married tomorrow
Second Night of College
Drug raped
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
Betrayed By a Loved One
I Woke Up In The Tub
The Statistics that Changed Me
At the Movie’s
My Story
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Drugged
I wanted to get high
Rape
In the Hospital
לא יוצאים מזה…
A familiar fight
Nothing for Nothing
That’s not Me, it’s Her
Moving On
But I Was Drunk
Tormented
Multiple Date Rapes/Sexual Abuse During Teen Years...
Confused and Angry
This is MY story
April 19th
Alcohol
More Than Once
My 18th Birthday
I Blame Myself
Afraid of the Truth
Someday Soon
The Stepmonster
Raped in the Air Force
Say Something
I felt like it didn’t count because...
Unbelievable
Sexual Abuse
St. Louis Riots
I Am Beautiful Now
אוףףףף
Rape
He’s Still Out There
Just Words
Seis Años
היי לינור
LOST
Liar, Liar
I know when I see a rapist...
Never Forget
Mi Historia
Forced, De-flowered
“No” is Universal
Rubbing my scars
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Doesn’t Ever Really Go Away…
Dream / Recall
My Brother, My Rapist
Denial
1990
5th Grade
I can’t remember if I said yes...
Younger me
My Husband Was My Attacker
Afraid of Being Judged
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Help
Scared
Stop
De Los 6 a Los 12
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
Piece
Despedida
blackmailed
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Two Men Lifetimes Apart
Hurt and Anger
Raped at Camp
Too drunk to respond
Taking Back My Life
Dream / Recall
Middle school sexual harassment
I Saved Myself
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
Out of Control
I Was Only 14
“Me too” On Facebook
Identity?
I Still Blame Myself
Letter to…
Safe Isn’t Always What We Believe
It was never…..That
It Felt Like Rape
הטרידו אותי
It was my boyfriend
Off My Shoulders
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
The Day After My Little Brother’s Birthday
I didn’t even know what was happening
Ketamine Rape
I Was Just a Dancer
3 incidents
13 and 16
I’m Sorry if Assaulting Me Hurt You
Drugged
Pastor’s Son
Stranger Rape
Raped at 16
Was It Really Rape?
My experience
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
Over 40 years Ago
I don’t know if it’s rape
So Long Ago But Still With Me
A Child
It Started With Rape
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Sexual Assault
En Enero de 2010
Friends?
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Virgin Rape
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
Male dancer
Was it Really Rape
Employer rape
5th Grade
75 Percent Humidity
My story growing up with a secret
One Morning
No Power
you do what you gotta
A Stong Woman
I Didn’t See It In Time
Going to be His Girlfriend
Ms.
Thank you for being LOUD!
Bringing the Stories to Light
I Want to Live
3 balls, striking
First Time Sharing
I wish I would have been smarter
Too temping, I guess
I did Not need to know this
I Didn’t Choose This Life
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Summer 2019
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Raped By Boyfriend
First College Party
I Thought I Could Trust Him
Enough Is Enough
Multiple Times
I didn’t say no
Mrs
I am still running
Spoke out and was blamed
Victim of sexual assault
The Night That Changed My Life
Brothers
Dating For 10 Months When…
Drugged and Gang Raped
Had Her Back
End of Innocence
“It’s not your fault.”
היי
my story
15
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Drugged After Junior Prom
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
An Abnormal Reaction
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Effort To Survive
Trapped
My Snowball Effect
My experience of societal views on victims...
Some Friend
גבר אלים וחולני
The Silent But Haunting Wounds Of Rape
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Grandpa
My childhood
ללינור היקרה
Rape
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
Still Affected
Prisoner of Love
Rape
4th grade
My stepfather raped me
Drugged and Gang Raped
Unethical or illegal?
Army
True View
It had to be my fault.
Why Didn’t You Stop Him?
Rape and the Aftermath
Less than a Minute of my Life
Incapacitated Still
Date Rape
Bad Decisions
The Cliche
Long way back
5 Years On
Four Years Ago
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Rape
I Still Blame Myself
Someone so close to me
Emotional Abuse
My Snowball Effect
Drugged
All Just Too Much
Forever Silent
Breakin Burgler
I don’t know anymore
My husband was molested as a child
Scammer
Rape
A Night I Can’t Remember
Sex doll
I Was Only 7
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Remember November
40 years
Mi Esposa
לפני 14 שנים
עדיין מציק
The Power of Victimization
They asked if I was lying
Neighbor
I don’t know who I am
Girls Without Parents
Teenage Victim
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Manipulation
No More Silence
I am J. D. R., and I...
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
Am I really that broken?
A Survivor, Not a Victim
Two times. One year.
Family Secrets
Raped 14 times in 1 year
I got away
אוףףףף
To my best friend who raped me
Glitter Girl, Gone.
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