#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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Who Is To Blame?
incest
לפני 14 שנים
Empty
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
First “Real” Boyfriend
Marital Rape
Drunk and taken advantage of
Groomed
Closure
The Same Effect
More Than Once
My Two Days of Hell
Spoke out and was blamed
I Was Stupid
i was a child.
ללינור היקרה
Speak Up
They asked if I was lying
I Didn’t See It In Time
Raped By My Brother’s Friend
הטרידו אותי
Sexual Abuse
My Story.
A respectable collegue
Life Is Rough
Didn’t Know Until Later
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Camp rape
Male dancer
I Want to Live
my story
En Enero de 2010
Drugged raped and failed by justice
I didn’t fight back.
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
Fear
The First Time
One Day At a Time
I will not stay silent
The Day I Was Raped
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Mistaken Identity
My Only Brother
The pain that was never mine to...
Running With Bare Feet
The Statistics that Changed Me
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Holding It In
Cafeteria Food
No
היי
dad and mom rape
Rape
This will be painful
“He can’t sexually assault you he’s Christian”
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Sexual molestation as a child
Nobody Knew
The Statistics that Changed Me
Molested as a Child
It changed me
In 1978
Last Party
Rape
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
Male dancer
How Many Times?
לא יוצאים מזה…
My boyfriend
lucky
Army
Confused
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Is It Really Rape?
Ride from the Concert
Why Me Over and Over?
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Multiple Times
2 Years Ago
Camp rape
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
Sex doll
my toxic relationship
Incest
School Bathroom
The Elevator Man
My best friend
Youth Sexual Harrassment
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
No Justice
Does the pain ever go away?
Assaulted by my neighbor
I still hate him
Life Changer
I thought it was my fault
Summer 2019
Raped By a Family Member
My Story of a Gang Rape
My Last Party
I finally said NO
A Fun Night
He was a friend
So drunk I can’t remember
Unicorns
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
The pain that was never mine to...
Night of Psychedelic Horror
Metoo
Liar, Liar
Shattered Childhood
Broken Trust
Teatime
When will it be enough?
I know when I see a rapist...
Blamed myself …
Afraid of Being Judged
Still searching for any type of answer....
College Student
I Thought I Knew Hi
More Than Half of My Life Ago
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Being Raped
Incest
sexual assault
Molested
Isn’t Any Proof
Rape and Not Believed
Rape
Locked Up
School Rape
Not friends
Losing My Innocence At Fifteen
So Many Times
Sexually assaulted as a young girl
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Undertones Throughout My Life
Being Raped
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
f*ck you
אוףףףף
Never Going To Happen To Me
I should have STOPPED
גבר אלים וחולני
Stolen Innocence
Raped At 16, 29, 31
Tinder Rape
At 17yr old was raped by my...
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Sex doll
Wide awake
I Just Started High School
Simple games was a way to hide...
Sexual Abuse and Rape
When I Was 11…
After I Was Raped
My story growing up with a secret
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Thank You
Family
I thought he was a friend
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Raped in my own bed
Rape
Things do get better
I wish she wouldve helped me
Once Again
Let’s Fight Back With Love
I Am Victorious!
הסיפור שלי…
Mi Esposa
Bad Morning
Agressée deux fois, mais toujours debout.
Please Allow Me To Be Heard
Unethical or illegal?
I Thought He Loved Me
Supporting Sisters
So Alone
Family Rape
I trusted him
Paris Nightmare
Family members ex husband
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
To protect and serve
כמוני כמוך
3 balls, striking
I Was a Child
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
NYD
Not Alone
It Was My Mom
He had my pants down
Fraternity gang rape
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I Just Started High School
De Los 6 a Los 12
Daycare
I Thought It Was My Fault
In The Concrete Jungle
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
Survivor #metoo
Despedida
Raped By My Therapist
4 Days Before 16th Birthday
Molested by my brother as a child
I Was Told It Was Normal
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Rape
November ’08
There Is Hope For Us
Rape Survivor
Obsessed Abusive Ex
7 years and it still controls me
My Step Brother
Ex Best Friend
My Rape
Rape in supported accomodation
Was it Really Rape
Spoke out and was blamed
I Was Only 7
First Frat Party
J’avais 13 ans
My Story
היי לינור
He Was My Best Friend
Sexual Assault
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Seis Años
I don’t know anymore
Bringing the Stories to Light
Dear Coward
A Night I Will Never Forget
Breakin Burgler
Too naïve
I Dated My Rapists
I Didn’t See It In Time
I just wanted to give him a...
Why Me?
Rape Is Everywhere
High School Orientation
I Never Give Up

