#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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I was raped…
My Mother’s Albatross
Family
Raped At 16, 29, 31
My Last Party
Perfect on Paper
One in Four
Quarterly Review
Raped twice within a few hours
Trauma
My story growing up with a secret
Raped by my Stepfather
Sexual Abuse
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
We met at the bar
Raped By a Female
My Snowball Effect
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Loss of Innocence
J’avais 13 ans
He Destroyed Me
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
De Los 6 a Los 12
I should have STOPPED
my story
Six months in the making..
Not Alone
I Pretend Like I Don’t Remember…But I...
I am a Rape Survivor
Multiple Times
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Effort To Survive
Michelle Johnston
Was it rape?
The Night My Life Changed
Why wasn’t I able to say “NO!”?
After I Was Raped
Growing Past Just Surviving
Rape & Sexual Assault
I am More than a Victim
A respectable collegue
Teatime
Unethical or illegal?
Raped at Camp
Multiple Rape
My story
Returning to Mexico
Lightening Does Strike Twice
I Just Started High School
The Man Who Never Was
My Story
“Date” gone wrong?
Welcome To Adulthood
I Too Was Raped
The Silent But Haunting Wounds Of Rape
Erase and Rewind
It’s A Long Story
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Fraternity Men
Not Another Moment
Pastor’s Son
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Childhood Friends
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
Mi Esposa
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Rape
I know when I see a rapist...
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
I’ve survived sexual abuse
Lasting Effects
Nearly 50 years later
Summer 2019
He was a friend
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Chapter 62
Had Her Back
I want to be better
Need help
Ketamine Rape
When I Was 16
I thought he was a friend
I lost all the important people in...
#MeToo I am 1
God Saved Me
No Wasn’t Good Enough
My teacher and my step-brother
Blackout
Incest & Date Rape
Fear Became a Part of My Life
גבר אלים וחולני
Raped by Brother
My Friend
Was It My Fault?
היי
My Story of a Gang Rape
The Boys Club Continues
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
Ms.
Simply My Story
It started with you.
Second Night of College
Years in Denial
My Story
It’s Been 10 Years
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Did I ask for this?
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
This Is My Story
Déja-vu
37 Years Ago
One Night Only
What sent me over the edge
Army
College Campus Rape
My Story of Rape
I Am Beautiful Now
Not My Friend
My First Two Times
Too naïve
My protector, my father, my rapist all...
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
My message to all
Dating & Relatives
He was jealous of my new friend
Mistaken Identity
Bad Decisions
Uncomfortable
Raped by a work colleague
Rape
Abuse and Rape
7th Grade Assault
Fear
I said no
Raped by Brother
Army
I dont know what to call it
My Interview
Restoring Innocence
Too much trauma
Trader Joes
How Many Times?
Roommates
1 hour 3 days
אוףףףף
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Domestic rape
Raped By 6 Policemen
Dream / Recall
Domestic Rape is Real
“You’re both minors”
I Recorded my Rapist
I Remember How It Felt
The healing process
My husband was molested as a child
I was raped last summer
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Feeling Alone
Rape
dad and mom rape
Devil In Disguise
University Bar
Multiple Times
I was just 9.
Despedida
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Was It My Fault?
My story of my date rape
Attempted rape
Used
My Little Town
Pain
Frozen in fear
April 8th, 2016
A Cruel Time To Prevail
My Evil Brother
I Said No
Child sex abuse
Playing Games
Assaulted
What Is Success?
Mi Historia
Darkness With Friends
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
We All Have a Voice
First Frat Party
Best Friends Brother
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Seis Años
My First Memories….
Our Corrupted Country
Molested
The Story of a Boy
I Thought I Knew Him
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Molested by my biological father
Help…
I said YES
Sexual Assault at 11
The girl that got up and kicked...
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
En Enero de 2010
The Statistics that Changed Me
Blamed Myself
Dad Raped Me
My Story
I was raped for 5 years when...
The Pastor of My Church
Sally
Domestic Rape
Beyond a story
Broken to Bold
Safe Isn’t Always What We Believe
More Than Once
Life Was Ruined
Scarred for life
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Multiple Times
Alcohol
Raped in the Air Force
Family
Shelter My Soul
Kibbutz
לא יוצאים מזה…
College Professor
#MeToo 5 years later…
A familiar fight
Molested
Online dating
Ignoring only gets so far
I Still Blame Myself
Who Do I Trust
My Husband Repeatedly Raped me
Afraid of the Truth
School Prom
Never a Victim; Only Myself
At 13
So drunk I can’t remember
Feeling lonely and isolated
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Kidnapped and Raped
My Sister and I were Abused
ללינור היקרה
A Story
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
When tears and no aren’t the answer
Ms
A School Trip
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
The Healing Process
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I did Not need to know this
Black and Blue
Today, I Let It All Go
Rape
Finally Using My Voice
Girls Without Parents
Finally Sharing
He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Spoke out and was blamed
Feeling Alone
I regret not telling
היי לינור
How Many Times?
Never Got His Name
הסיפור שלי…
Male dancer
I didn’t know
Weathering The Storm
3 years on
Rape
My best friends dad
I Am Brave

