#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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Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
Half sister
הסיפור שלי…
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
My Friend’s House
Growth
Tinder Rape
He took it as yes
My Biggest Secret
Male dancer
Let’s Fight Back With Love
My Journey Back to Life
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Dear Convicted Sex Offender (Finally)
Unethical or illegal?
lucky
Raped by my ex-boyfriend
Party Time
No Means No
Foreign City
Party Accident
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
15
I Thought I Knew Hi
Freshman on Campus
On the Way Home
Raped 14 times in 1 year
My Story
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Disappointed
Incest abuse
College Professor
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Lied to left brain damged
Siblings
Family Ties
Never a Victim; Only Myself
Throughout my teen years
First Crush
Time To Tell
Aftermath
In The Past
Locked Up
Just Words
The abuser
Scared to close my eyes
So Alone
My Story.
Sexual Assault Does NOT Define You
Rape
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Read This Please
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
My Innocence Was Taken Away
Still Can’t Believe It
After 14 Years
De Los 6 a Los 12
Myself
The Gentleman
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
This will be painful
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
LOST
Is It Really Rape?
My Secret
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Raped By 6 Policemen
גבר אלים וחולני
One in Four
My Story
I Own My Story
Remember November
Raped
why me
My Childhood
Never Going To Happen To Me
I’m letting go
Victimization
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
The First Man In My Life
Thank You
My abuse
Dear Coward
Family members ex husband
Sexual Abuse
Someday Soon
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
היי
I let it happen twice
All Rape Is Legitimate Rape
Six months in the making..
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
My best friends dad
Mi Historia
Was It Me?
Raped by Him
לפני 14 שנים
Rape
Why does this keep happening to me?
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
My Uncle
More Than a Survivor
A Victim No Longer
I Slept Next to Him
My Story
Abused By a Relative
I was born for this
En Enero de 2010
Warning
Wrong Choice
Mother and Son
Love and Forced abortion
3 years on
Bus Ride
16 times
My best friend
J’avais 13 ans
So drunk I can’t remember
Party Accident
I don’t know if I was raped
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
rape
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
Too naïve
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Ritual Sexual Abuse
I just wanted to give him a...
I Really Want To Forget About It
Abuse and Rape
Not Sure It Happened
Summer 2019
Gang Rape
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
My Story
אוףףףף
Alone and Afraid
Male Rape Victims Suffer in Silence
Daycare friend
I Am Still Standing
Sexual abuse
The healing process
My Last Party
Attempt to Rape
My Mom
My best friends dad
dad and mom rape
Roommates
Family
כמוני כמוך
Daycare
3 Generations
היי לינור
It Was the Second
Off My Shoulders
Never Be the Same Again
It’s A Long Story
A familiar fight
The Night That Changed My World
Because of You
My so called “best friend”
The pain that was never mine to...
Forced, De-flowered
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
So Many Years to Remember
You Were My Friend
My Story
Spoke out and was blamed
I was a raped by a couple...
Blamed Myself
Too naïve
She was 5 years old
I Was Only 7
My experience as an intern in highschool
Despedida
Football Player
My Snowball Effect
Raped by my boyfriend
Date Raped
So Now What?
Sex doll
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
I was raped for 5 years when...
So Now What?
Proud
En Enero de 2010
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Jules story
Step Dad
Love of My Life?
Who Is To Blame?
To this day I still feel sick…
A person to trust became my worst...
silent rape
Multiple Rapes
Seis Años
University Bar
i was pulling my shorts up
My Rape
My Story
Is It My Fault?
Confused
Its Got To STOP!
First Frat Party
My Friend’s Ex-Boyfriend
First Friend at University
He Loved Me
A Voice to be Heard
יש חיים אחרי אונס
I was raped
It’s just not fair
Drugged
He Was a Cop
Miss
Okay, Not Okay
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
My Brother
Friend of mines set me up
Was it my fault?
Manipulation
To My Rapist
Rape
Raped by my step father
Neighbor Trust
1 in 5
Childhood Rape
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Divided into two
Warning
To my best friend who raped me
I’m Not Sure
Sharing again
“raped” by my long time bf
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
PART 3: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
f*ck you
The Statistics that Changed Me
I Am More Than It
I Remember Being Happy
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Incest
Ended in Rape
Years in Denial
Finally Sharing
Rape
Together, We Are Brave

