#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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my toxic relationship
In Five Years
Love of My Life?
So drunk I can’t remember
he made me loose hope in love…
Blackout
How Many Times?
אוףףףף
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Catching Up With Me
My 21st Birthday
The Park
The First Man In My Life
I can’t remember if I said yes...
De Los 6 a Los 12
Finally Arrested
Myself
My Two Days of Hell
Raped in the Air Force
Knowledge is Power
Ripped Me Apart
My Story
It Was the Second
Was It Rape?
Mi Esposa
עדיין מציק
Rape and Crisis
יש חיים אחרי אונס
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I wish she wouldve helped me
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
My step dad raped me
You had no rights
I Was Told It Was Normal
Prom Night
Molested used as a sex slave
Despedida
blackmailed
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Supposed to be the Best Day of...
Speaking Up for Women
Sexual Coercion
Workplace Sexual Harassment
University Bar
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
I Am Brave!
Childhood Trauma
My Daughter
Rape??
Confronting My Step-Father
New Years Eve Party
Rape and Not Believed
Fell In Love With a Monster
Lightening Does Strike Twice
I Am Brave!
Read This Please
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
You Must Acknowledge
Today, I Let It All Go
It is not my fault
Chiropractor
Just Words
Scared and Confused
incest
A Literal Fight
I am More than a Victim
I Barely Knew Them
היי
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Erase and Rewind
5th Grade
Your First
When Does It End
Endless Shame
Did He Rape Me?
Mother and Son
My Side
Impacted Forever
Spring Break Nightmare
My Two Days of Hell
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Life of Trauma
Afraid of Him
Innocence Taken
My Story
Afraid of Being Judged
גבר אלים וחולני
3 years on
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
A Lifetime
Family
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
The Party I Will Never Forget
Left Me In Pieces
He said he’d never do it again
He was my best friend
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Being Raped
Once? Twice? Five Times?
My Friend’s House
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
Violent Rape
5th Grade
She Should Be Over It
Ended in Rape
My Husband Was My Attacker
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Friends are sharing
Perfect on Paper
Drugged and Gang Raped
One Of Many
A Night To Remember
Unspoken
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Rape
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Rape
The First time I shared…
Unethical or illegal?
David and Goliath
@ years of rape and being drugged
Weak
Why does this keep happening to me?
Being Raped
Started As a Child
How Many Times?
So Now What?
My Own Sister
raped by my own brother
Alone and Afraid
Just Violated
I Accepted My Past
Molested
It’s still happening
His opportunity
A respectable collegue
Time Stood Still
my story
Being Raped
The Cliche
היי
Rape
Male dancer
Why didn’t I do anything?
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Not Really Family
The Night That Changed My Life
Abused at the Age of 4
My story
Confused and Angry
My Brother’s Best Friend
I know when I see a rapist...
Spoke out and was blamed
כמוני כמוך
Light In The Dark
My Daughter
You were supposed to be my friend
Finally facing it
Was I Raped?
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Ruined
Now I Understand My Husband
First boyfriend raped me when i was...
Way Back in 1973
a shattered girl and her dreams restored
The reason for my tattoo
Ashamed
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
Sexist Families Leave Girls Vulnerable to Rape
f*ck you
I Thought I was Safe
Scared Like Crazy
The Night My Life Changed
Ready to Share
Agressée deux fois, mais toujours debout.
Never Wanted to Believe
My abuse story victim to survivor
My Story
School Rape
Army
Say Something
Sex doll
Rape??
Blamed Myself
Freshman Year
Raped at age 9 & 15
It Happens All Too Often
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
הטרידו אותי
I thought you loved me
Poetry
לפני 14 שנים
I Am Beautiful Now
Multiple Date Rapes/Sexual Abuse During Teen Years...
I’m Not Easy
Ms.
Locked Up
Drunk and taken advantage of
School Bathroom
He Was a Cop
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Child Rape
“No” is Universal
ללינור היקרה
Childhood
Braver

