#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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Male dancer
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Afraid of the Truth
1 in 5
Seis Años
Manhandling to Rape
Being Raped
Guilt and Shame Almost Killed
Denial
Hospitalized
Army
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Just Words
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
The First Time
I Didn’t See It In Time
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I Want to Live
Childhood trauma
Noah
An Abnormal Reaction
My Untold Story
Mrs.
keep it a secret
Too naïve
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Molestation
Myself
I Thought He Loved Me
I Barely Knew Them
Once Again
Boyfriend Hell
Need Support
my story
Confused for Too Long
my story
I Slept Next to Him
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
It never stopped
Rude awakening
Unbelievable
The Statistics that Changed Me
The Trauma That Made Me
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Me too…
His Charming Ways
Raped by my grandfather
Freshman Year
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
I Still Blame Myself
Michelle Johnston
I Was Only 7
More Than Once
Assaulted by my neighbor
I know when I see a rapist...
My Best Friend’s Brother
Gang Rape
Broken
Sexual Abuse
Started With My Father
The Fight We Can All Win
Blamed myself …
Ms.
Rape at 15
Despedida
What Happened?
Struggling to Survive
Lasting memories
Molested
My Childhood
I Am a Survivor…
Shout Out
Bringing the Stories to Light
Finally Arrested
My survival story
Childhood/teenage sexually abuse
Lying Child Molester
My best friend
Does the pain ever go away?
11 Years to Justice
Unethical or illegal?
I “needed” to do this!
It’s A Long Story
When I Was 8 Years Old
I just realized this today.
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Light In The Dark
Abusive Uncle
14 year old raped at school
Friend of my Husband
Not normal
I Need to Tell Someone
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
I wish I would have been smarter
Finally Arrested
Lying Child Molester
It Started With Rape
I Really Want To Forget About It
Growing Past Just Surviving
Summer 2019
I Thought I Knew Hi
It was someone I knew and I...
She was never the same…
Rape
To the man who stole my independence
Rape By My Husband
My Journey Back to Life
Tormented
היי
Was it rape?
Every one ignored me
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Happy Survivor
20 Years Later
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Why Was No Not Enough?
First Friend at University
I Was Raped?
Perfect on Paper
Six months in the making..
Breaking the Silence
We go to the same church
Shame Destroys
No man, however old, is safe.
Rape Survivor
7th Grade Assault
It had to be my fault.
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
This Is Me, my fight song
My Husband Set Me Up!
My Nightmare
Freshman Year
7th Grade Assault
My Brother
Sex doll
Lightening Does Strike Twice
He took away my innocence
Drugged
De Los 6 a Los 12
I Didn’t Know What Happened
This Is Me, my fight song
The Summer of 2013
Employer rape
Finding Peace
My Brother
I wish I never knew
Becoming a Warrior
Sexual Assault
It Happened More Than Once
ללינור היקרה
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
No Justice
My 21st Birthday
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
I Didn’t Know
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
Spoke out and was blamed
Was It Rape? I Don’t Know
Incapacitated Still
Is There Still Hope
I don’t know what to do
Weathering The Storm
St. Louis Riots
Abused by the boyfriend of my mom...
Being Raped
Attempted rape
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
“No” is Universal
Marital Rape
Sexually Assaulted Or Not?
Such Shame
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
Had Her Back
Narcissistic Ex
An Amazing Woman
November ’08
Is It Really Rape?
Your truth will change someones’ life.
There Is Hope For Us
לא יוצאים מזה…
Smoke Together
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
Raped 14 times in 1 year
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
I Never Give Up

