#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 still feel “crazy”
Sex doll
A not so perfect family exposed to...
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Will I ever get over it.
I’m Not Easy
It was my ex boyfriend
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
Rape Survivor
Going Through the Emotions
I don’t know anymore
Need help
Party Assault
I Thought I Was Safe
The Setup
Respect Our Elders
My Story
Summer 2019
Dirty Whore
I’m so sorry
An uncle who couldn’t keep his hands...
Why Didn’t You Stop Him?
היי
Metoo
10 YEARS OF SILENCE
I Saved Myself
When I Was 7
#MeToo, too
3 years on
Freshman on Campus
Proud
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
My Fight
My story growing up with a secret
Nobody Knows
גבר אלים וחולני
A Part of My Twenties
Drugged and Gang Raped
Travelling
היי לינור
Denial
April 19th
Too Many Times
Despedida
Surviving sexual assault trauma
Them
Scared and Confused
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Spoke out and was blamed
Predators
Almost A Stranger
Erase and Rewind
Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Coercion is never consent
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
The Devil You Know
I Was Manipulated
Attempted Rape
my story
Cruel Kids
The Statistics that Changed Me
My Two Days of Hell
Myself
Gang Rape
His Masterpiece
Out of Control
Love of My Life?
I Didn’t Want to Do It
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
“No” is Universal
Love and Forced abortion
I’m Unbroken and So Are You
ללינור היקרה
I am a Rape Survivor
Finally Arrested
A secondary survivor
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Ms.
My protector, my father, my rapist all...
So Long Ago But Still With Me
Infatuation
7 years and it still controls me
Denial
Rape Shaming
3 Strikes and No More
Too much trauma
Rape in my locked home
Date Rape
Not all friends are true
So drunk I can’t remember
You Can’t Trust Anyone
An Embarrassing Situation
Woke up violated and confused.
The Other Guy
Unhealthy Relationship
He Took My Virginity
Let Down
Was it rape?
Victim of Abuse
Multiple Times
כמוני כמוך
PART 3: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
My Last Party
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Enough Is Enough
When I Was 8 Years Old
The Statistics that Changed Me
Just Words
was raped and I don’t remember it
High School
Molested and Confused
My Brave Daughter
Longest Prayers of My Life
From a Boyfriend
He bought me chips and sent me...
Bad Morning
4 Years Ago
Childhood/teenage sexually abuse
When Will My Voice Be Heard
Raped at 16
My Rape Story
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Night Out
Infatuation
He Stole Something From Me
Male dancer
De Los 6 a Los 12
Naive College Freshman
Stranger Rape
I am a Survivor
17
I don’t know what to do
My Life History
Rape?
Assaulted
Aftermath
Broken Homes, Broken Families
7 Months
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Broken vase
הטרידו אותי
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
First Crush
ללינור היקרה
Multiple Times
How it makes me feel 5 years...
Was It My Fault?
God Saved Me
Why Me Over and Over?
After 14 Years
Lotus
Family Secrets
He was a friend
I know when I see a rapist...
Life Purpose
Dating & Relatives
First date: Raped after school at 15
Army
MS13
My Fight
A Stong Woman
I can’t remember before it started
My Uncle
Extremely Terrified
Junior Prom
I let it happen twice
My Brothers Two Best Friends
First Frat Party
Abused By A Therapist
I still see him on campus
Mi Historia
When All Hope is Gone
15
Twice a pattern?
Why?
My Two Days of Hell
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Hateful
Raped by a work colleague
Scar
Why you should talk to your daughters...
A respectable collegue
Still Can’t Believe It
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Prom Night
Dear Coward
עדיין מציק
Sexual Assault
Started With My Father
I wish I would have been smarter
Abuse and Rape
Raped At 15
When I Was 8
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Politeness Serves No One
Mi Esposa
I Remember How It Felt
Confused and Angry
My first love
I think I was raped
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
I Never Give Up


