#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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Shame
It never goes away
Molested and Confused
Date Rape
So Now What?
Secret overload
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Childhood trauma
Ms.
Rape
My year abroad
De Los 6 a Los 12
I am still running
לפני 14 שנים
My abuse story victim to survivor
April 8th, 2016
Still Terrified
My story
New Years Eve Party
First Date
Too naïve
Sexual Coercion
היי לינור
Michelle Johnston
#IStandWithHer
Prom Night
Disappointed
I Hate My Father
My Daughter
A respectable collegue
Learning to Live With My Rape
Bringing the Stories to Light
army
Ashly’s story
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Thank you for being LOUD!
Multiple Times
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
The Night My Life Changed
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Trauma
הסיפור שלי…
April 2015
Brothers
Not Blood Cousins
My Abusers
Stronger Than You Think
“He can’t sexually assault you he’s Christian”
Someday Soon
Molestation
Semper Fi
It was in a society that told...
הטרידו אותי
Why
The year that changed me
Stranger Rape
Living With Us
I “needed” to do this!
That One Night
Football Player
Not Okay
Abuse and Rape
Erase and Rewind
21
Lost In Time
Mi Historia
Living Nightmare
Why Me?
A Child
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My “Step-father”
I Thought It Was Normal
Why
Not Sure It Happened
Fled the Country
Was led by the quarterback
Rape
When I was 4
Date rape
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
My Best Friends Brother
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Breakin Burgler
The Statistics that Changed Me
Glad To Say I’m A Survivor
Family rape
Blamed Myself
The reason for my tattoo
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
I’m Only Stronger
My Journey Back to Life
ללינור היקרה
Denial
It Kills Me
Spoke out and was blamed
I Was Nearly Raped
Find Your Strength
I know when I see a rapist...
Drugged
My husband was molested as a child
I Too Was Raped
Multiple Rape
My Innocence Was Taken Away
Assault, Battery, and Rape
Seis Años
My Mother’s Albatross
אוףףףף
My biggest mistake
Do you remember your first time?
Too naïve
Had Her Back
My best friends dad
ללינור היקרה
Mi Esposa
לא יוצאים מזה…
Do I even belong here?
My Two Days of Hell
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
My message to all
Despedida
Who is Responsible?
In Five Years
Why
Almost A Stranger
Just Words
Never a Victim; Only Myself
It’s my fault
Lessons I’m Learning Late in Life
Rape in my locked home
Nine Years Worth of Abuse
Manhandling to Rape
Rape
Mi Historia
Broken Homes, Broken Families
Rape by Boyfriend
My Husband Set Me Up!
Extremely Terrified
I Was a Virgin
Multiple Times
I wish I would have been smarter
November ’08
Me and my Best Friend
Enough Is Enough
I Said No
Thought He Was A Friend
Not friends
Bartender Lies
Molestation
Rape
Why Me?
Never Lose Hope
Circumstances Collided That Night
My Story
Knowledge is Power
They asked if I was lying
Rape?
06.05.2006
My Story
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
My Two Days of Hell
The Boys Club Continues
Choose healing over silence
I was raped
Rape
Myself
Hidden Emotions
My Past
Male dancer
What Is Happening
My principal mom raped me
I finally said NO
I Was Only 7
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Teenage Victim
Keeping Faith
Friends?
NO MORE TEARS TO CRY
Not all friends are true
“Me too” On Facebook
#MeToo 5 years later…
Raped by Him
Drug raped
Multiple Times
Close Call
I was attacked at 19 years old
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
Ashamed
I am a Survivor.
Assaulted
Still Unable to Tell People
College Student
Still Need Help
Start of grooming at 15
Why Me?
My teacher and my step-brother
Childhood Rape
A young mother
Raped in the Air Force
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Ended in Rape
Raped Husband
He Was My Dad
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
Domestic rape
Trapped In a Fantasy World
There once was love
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Me too…
Constant fear
Army
Survivor

