#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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Too naïve
My Mom
De Los 6 a Los 12
By my friend
Date Rape
Life of Trauma
The Cliche
In NYC
I Too Was Raped
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Permanently Scarred
Child sexual abuse
Step Dad
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
two years ago
When All Hope is Gone
Trying To Be Better
He was supposed to be a friend
Childhood Friends
Nerve damage
When I Was 16
Ride from the Concert
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
Brother & Sister
I Trusted Him
Prom Night
I was kidnapped, beaten, knocked out and...
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
My Friend’s House
So Now What?
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Raped By Family
Childhood Trauma
עדיין מציק
13 and 16
Raped in the Air Force
I Too Was Raped
I was just 9.
Unethical or illegal?
How My Life Has Changed
Ripped Me Apart
Raped by my Stepfather
My First Time
En Enero de 2010
It was not my fault
my story
You had no rights
Can Anyone Help?
Six months in the making..
Broken Girl
School Rape
Rape Shaming
Drugged and Gang Raped
How Many Times?
Virgin Rape
Was I really raped?
Relationship does not equal consent
I was assaulted twice at the same...
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
A Voice to be Heard
Fraternity gang rape
Never Again
Raped by my cousin
Date Rape
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
you do what you gotta
Raped in College
Hidden But Not Forgotten
There Is Hope For Us
Raped by my boyfriend
Childhood Abuse
College Student
NYD
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
The Day I Was Raped
הטרידו אותי
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
Help!! What Can I Do?
So Now What?
Mi Esposa
Confused
כמוני כמוך
“raped” by my long time bf
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Forced, De-flowered
Molestation
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Salted Wound
Fled the Country
Was it Really Rape
When I Was 8
Embrace It All
It Was My Mom
42 Years Old
This Is My Story
MesS Into A mesSage
Trapped In a Fantasy World
No Wasn’t Good Enough
I Was 3 Years Old
I want to Call it what it...
Light In The Dark
19 years later and still thinking about...
Rape
3 years later i still wonder if...
Just a Joke
Male dancer
Red Flags
I loved my job
Roofied
James
The Night That Changed Me
I didn’t wish it to happen
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
#metoo
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
Today, I Let It All Go
לא יוצאים מזה…
My Story, My Nightmare
I was very dumb.
All Just Too Much
Okay, Not Okay
לפני 14 שנים
Assault
Gang Rape
ptsd
Raped at Camp
Fraternity Men
5 Years On
Father Figures
Invictus
Ruined
Twice
Rape
Impacted Forever
The Setup
The Devil You Know
Sexual Abuse
My Uncle
i was a child.
Don’t Want to Anymore
He used me. He left me.
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
Is There Still Hope
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
A Co-Worker
Don’t Know
Spoke out and was blamed
My Date Rape Story
Despedida
Multiple Times
Bad Morning
Agressée deux fois, mais toujours debout.
Myself
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Just Words
April 8th, 2016
Online dating
הסיפור שלי…
LOST
To the men who hurt me
Charity is it’s own reward
The Statistics that Changed Me
Kidnapped in Naples
Be Careful Who You Trust
My story growing up with a secret
A Different MeToo
Still Rape
Never Got His Name
I don’t know if it’s rape
Breaking the Silence
