#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 Ex-husband
3 Days After Arriving at College
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
Friends With Benefit Raped Me After I...
Tormented
Raped in the Air Force
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Mi Esposa
My Mother’s Albatross
Drugged
Stronger Than You Think
Restoring Innocence
Cafeteria Food
No
5th Grade
Was it my fault?
I was raped by a youtube personality...
My Rape Stories
Grooming
Too naïve
A story never told
He had my pants down
The Stepmonster
Broken
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Date Rape
Why Me, Time and Time Again
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
15
Years in Denial
Ready to Share
Trapped
No Means No
Forced, De-flowered
Ms.
My Mother was raped and told me...
7 years and it still controls me
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Was It Rape?
Metoo
Life Spiraled
What Happened?
Sexual abuse by step father
I Felt So Helpless
I’m 17 and I’m over it
Messed Up Childhood
Mi Historia
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
Just Fine
School Rape
לפני 14 שנים
I Was Raped
Stranger Rape
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
A young mother
My abuse story victim to survivor
Thank you for speaking out…
Sex doll
Out of Control
Was almost raped and no one did...
Ex Boyfriend
Smoke Together
I Thought I Was Safe
My Story
Middle School
Dear Coward
Army
I think my “boyfriend” raped me
Noah
Abused By A Therapist
Spoke out and was blamed
כמוני כמוך
Rape
Thank you
Child Molester
So Many Times
April 2015
The Statistics that Changed Me
Did He Rape My Mind Too
A respectable collegue
Unicorns
A Message from the Director
Healing and releasing painful memories
Rape
I don’t know what to call it…
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
I Think I Was Raped
I Recorded my Rapist
What’s Done Is Done
Broken Girl
Brother & Sister
my story
“I should do this more often”
Rude awakening
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
To My Rapist
LOST
I was a victim of serious child...
הסיפור שלי…
Finding Words
Letter to My Rapist
He Stole Something From Me
3rd Grade Terror
Acquaintance Rape
He Was My Best Friend
There Is Hope For Us
Nothing for Nothing
Surpris à la Maison
Rape
Politeness Serves No One
Domestic Rape
En Enero de 2010
Rape by Boyfriend
Forgiving My Rapist
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Girl Raped By a Girl
The rape apology and my reply
School Bathroom
Hundreds of Times
My Step Brother Raped Me
Erase and Rewind
Hospitalized
Confronting My Step-Father
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
Cousin’s Sexual Abuse
Family Ties
Rape Survivor
Perfect on Paper
Did I ask for it?
A letter to my rapist
My Relationship With Dad
Undertones Throughout My Life
One Day At a Time
7 years and it still controls me
The Night That Changed Me
The One I Called Papa
My stepfather raped me
so forceful
Infatuation
Why: A Poem About My Rape
A Private College; A Private Rape
I don’t know what to do
My Interview
My consent is just that…mine
3x
An Embarrassing Situation
Workplace Sexual Harassment
De Los 6 a Los 12
He Loved Me
J’avais 13 ans
Raped By Family
November ’08
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
The thief
sexual assault
Braver



