#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.
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J’avais 13 ans
3 Generations
I wish she wouldve helped me
An Acquaintance
My First Two Times
Multiple Assaults
Naive College Freshman
Despedida
הסיפור שלי…
Gang rape and further sexual assaults
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Males can be victims too
End of Innocence
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Raped in College
Being Raped
Was it rape?
My Family My Love
I Too Was Raped
Frozen in fear
incest
Becoming Whole
My Step Brother
Kidnapped and Raped
The Boys Club Continues
Quiet for 2 years
He knew what he was doing
Holding My Feelings In
MST
Stranger Danger
Black Girl
Assaulted
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My Mom
40 years
Still Lost :/
my story
I trusted him
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
הטרידו אותי
Rape & Sexual Assault
An Uber Driver Raped Me
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Was I Raped?
Raped by best friend’s boyfriend
My Boyfriend Raped Me
My Story
Sexual Assualt Overseas
So drunk I can’t remember
two years ago
He Was a Family Friend
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I was 8 years old
Army
So Many Times
Manipulation
Who is Responsible?
Not My Friend
Raped by my boyfriend
I Dated My Rapists
Six months in the making..
I Am Brave!
Twice a pattern?
Broken to Bold
I am not a rape victim
A respectable collegue
End of Innocence
42 Years Old
Rape
עדיין מציק
blackmailed
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
Getting Better
Sex doll
I’m Confused
He ruined my life
Thank You
He gave me to his friend
was i raped?
Mi Esposa
Confused by Rape
What Happened?
I can say it now
My story growing up with a secret
The Setup
Brothers
“No” is Universal
A Letter to My Rapist
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
When I Was Three
Afraid of Being Judged
I Was Raped?
Drugged raped and failed by justice
De Los 6 a Los 12
Rape & Sexual Assault
Raped Husband
SA in school
Trying to Survive
Girls Without Parents
Sexual Abuse
My First Boyfriend
היי לינור
Your truth will change someones’ life.
The Boys Club Continues
Army
3 years on
Ended in Rape
Kidnapped
Teenaged Victims
Family Secrets
Was It My Fault?
Hateful
A Victim No Longer
Myself
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Does he know?
Raped in the Air Force
Domestic Rape is Real
I Was Only 14
My Husband Set Me Up!
Raped By a Family Member
Halloween Nightmare
Realization of Rape
Raped because of who I loved
The Life I Live
I Was Only 7
My “Uncle” Raped Me
Raped by My Ex
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
So drunk I can’t remember
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
Marital Rape
Don’t Know What I’m Doing
College Campus Rape
So Now What?
Too naïve
Nearly 50 years later
Molested by my biological father
Drugged
Raped by ex boyfriend
Scars That Heal
I am a survivor
It Was Too Late
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
Why wasn’t I able to say “NO!”?
Learning to Live With My Rape
The Cliche
This is MY story
Incest
My Rapes
Daycare Teacher
My Secret
My First Boyfriend
Gang Rape
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
Dear Coward
I Had No Idea…
Another kid raped me
This Is My Story
I Didn’t Want to Do It
The Man in Uniform
Second Night of College
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
I didn’t fight back.
Raped Husband
You Were My Friend
Thank you for speaking out…
לא יוצאים מזה…
Get a bf or I’ll kick you...
Memories
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Long way back
I Thought I Knew Hi
Alcohol
Summer 2019
I wanted to get high
Raped by Him
He said he loved me
My Girlfriend of Two Years
I Was Manipulated
School Rape
Rape by family
Rape
Ms.
Rape or Not?
Still Haunted By It
It was just a vacation
Confused
Healing
When i was stripped of my innocence
לפני 14 שנים
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Four Years Ago
Under Age drinking
Who Is To Blame?
I blamed myself for so long
Seis Años
Drugged
Sexual Assault in my own bed
Remember as a victim you have done...
From a Boyfriend
Spoke out and was blamed
היי
I Am Still Standing
Still Terrified
“Me too” On Facebook
My Year in Hell
Unbelievable
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Multiple Times
Date Rape?
Losing My Innocence At Fifteen
The abuser
Its Got To STOP!
April 2015
Kidnapped and Raped
Multiple Times
My Story
I am a survivor
Silent Rape
My Relationship With Dad
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Nearly 50 years later
My First Memories….
At the Movie’s
Un-Silenced
My principal mom raped me
Scared Like Crazy
Perfect on Paper
My Rape
If I Were Stronger Then
The First Man In My Life
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Becoming a Warrior
My 21st Birthday
Childhood rape
Rape
My Snowball Effect
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
When I Was 7
What If I Make You?
My Ongoing Journey
…
That wasn’t too bad now was it?
Raped and Numbed
My sisters boyfriend abused me
Child Rape
Unhealthy Relationship
Molested By My Uncle
Deep Scars
My Journey as a Rape survivor from...
I know when I see a rapist...
The Other Guy
Motel 6 Nightmare
Realization of Rape
Rape inside marriage is still rape…
Almost A Stranger
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
אוףףףף
Freshman Year
f*ck you
Multiple Times
I said no – but he took...
Police Officer/Date Rape
Pretty Girls
I Choose Hope

