#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 born for this
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
No
Locked Up
Lost Dignity
Be Careful Who You Trust
Nightmare
Broken Trust
Sex doll
Denial
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
A Year After
I Didn’t Even Know Him
Rape
What Was I Thinking?
Fraternity Men
Night Out
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
Just Another Night
Raped By 6 Policemen
I Slept Next to Him
Doesn’t Ever Really Go Away…
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Prisoner of Love
Still Hurting
What’s Done Is Done
אוףףףף
New Year’s Eve Party
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Assault
I Said No
My Multiple-Offender Rape
Seis Años
Short Story
Raped
Why Me?
Raped 14 times in 1 year
University Bar
Multiple Times
Frozen in fear
Self Worth
Robbery
Drugged and Gang Raped
Mi Historia
incest
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Marital Rape
I am J. D. R., and I...
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Raped at 17
Resilience
I said no
My Story
37 Years Ago
Drugged and Gang Raped
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Stranger Danger
Unethical or illegal?
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
A respectable collegue
Rape inside marriage is still rape…
Molest
I Was 10
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I met evil at a young age
Was It Me?
I Was a Child
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
My husband was molested as a child
J’avais 13 ans
Still Affected
Rape by Boyfriend
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Sexual Abuse
I don’t know who I am
Step Dad
I Thought I Knew Him
Erase and Rewind
I Too Was Raped
My Fault or His
I Thought I Was Safe
Middle school sexual harassment
My Safe Place
Miss
Raped in the Air Force
Help
The Girl Who Went To College
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
A horror that lasts a lifetime
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Touching
Molested used as a sex slave
En Enero de 2010
I was 14
I was 4 yrs old
High School Rape
Impact of Screening
Raped By My Therapist
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
A Story
לא יוצאים מזה…
I Recorded my Rapist
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Gang Rape
An older, popular boy
He was jealous of my new friend
i was a child.
Drugged and Gang Raped
A Private College; A Private Rape
Alcohol
גבר אלים וחולני
First Friend at University
Childhood Trauma and Rape
Thank you
Made in America
The Setup
She Should Be Over It
It Happens All Too Often
Is this normal?
Lasting Effects
f*ck you
I Am Brave!
Warning
הטרידו אותי
Invictus
Virgin Rape
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
The Chapter Before The End
Kibbutz
Abuse of Men and By My Mother
3x
Couch Surfing
My Story
Is Healing Possible?
Teenaged Victims
היי
It was someone I knew and I...
It Happens All Too Often
כמוני כמוך
Sexual Abuse
Miss
Piece
STRONG
I Was Only 7
So drunk I can’t remember
Was it my fault
My Daughter’s Rape
The rape apology and my reply
Never Forget
Friends?
Holiday Rape
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Harder Than Expected
I Am Still Standing
God Saved Me
Rape By My Husband
Almost Does Not Count
Too Close
The Night My Life Changed
I still feel like it’s my fault
What happened to me doesn’t have to...
Closure
Childhood of assault
Childhood Rape
keep it a secret
Mi Esposa
My Story – Not a fun one.
Six Years of Denial
Rape or Not?
A Long Healing Process
I don’t know if it’s rape
Just Friends
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
No More Silence
Never Forgotten
Ms.
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Unethical or illegal?
Me too
Growth
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
First Frat Party
Salted Wound
Nearly 50 years later
In Five Years
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Powerful
Still Going
Raped by my boyfriend
I’m finally letting my hurt out
Date Rape
Army
Did He Rape My Mind Too
My story
The Course of Seven Years
My Tramatic Experience
3 years on
Rape
My sisters boyfriend abused me
I Can Barely Remember
My Story
First Frat Party
First Frat Party
I Thought He Was My Friend
Spoke out and was blamed
Manhandling to Rape
Confronting My Step-Father
End of Innocence
Deep Scars
The same guy
A Fun Game
Survivor, Still Struggling
It’s A Long Story
Stupid Coward
Stress
Metoo
Just Words
Ashly’s story
Off My Shoulders
Was Told to Shut My God Damn...
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Too naïve
I Shouldn’t Have To…
Multiple Times
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
My story growing up with a secret
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Repressed Memory
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Respect
Hard Time
Despedida
Rock It!
