#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 younger brother
A respectable collegue
Was It Real or Not
As If It Never Happened
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Just Words
Shame
My “Uncle” Raped Me
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
He bought me chips and sent me...
Rape Shaming
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
Drugged
Step Daddy
Keeping Faith
My Fault or His
Sex doll
היי לינור
Army
היי
To my best friend who raped me
It Felt Like Rape
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Brother & Sister
Raped by my boyfriend
My Own Sister
MY Inspirational Story
Childhood Rape
Raped by a work colleague
הסיפור שלי…
He Was a Cop
Camilla’s Story
Still Need Help
I can say it now
Violent Rape
Sexual Assault
Multiple Times
Why: A Poem About My Rape
Is There Still Hope
Warning
Deep Scars
When I Was 8 Years Old
No
The First Time
Dad Raped Me
Incapacitated Still
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Why Me, Time and Time Again
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Anniversary
I’m so sorry
My story!
Friends?
Mi Historia
Night of Psychedelic Horror
Scar
Family Secrets
5th Grade
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Victim Shaming
Mistaken Identity
The Story Of Two Rapes
Not A Trustworthy Man
Spousal Rape
Too naïve
Stuck
Myself
I was raped
Second Date
Locked Up
Family of Lies
All men are the same
College Student
My Brother’s Best Friend
My Daddy
Almost Does Not Count
Was It Really Rape?
Becoming a Warrior
16 Years Later
The Statistics that Changed Me
Rape Is Everywhere
Dad Touching Me
Nightmare
Rape
Surpris à la Maison
So drunk I can’t remember
Realization of Rape
Ms.
Date Rape
It wasn’t your fault
I Don’t Even Know His Name
Just Another Night
A letter to my rapist
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Thick Mud
The Stepmonster
Husband raped? Well people don’t call it...
Glitter Girl, Gone.
The Life I Live
I Was Only 7
Grandpa
How Many Times?
3x
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
Them
Black Girl
Family Ties
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Paris Nightmare
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Rape Victim
Unicorns
One Night Only
Sexual Abuse
Raped by my cousin
Losing my virginity
De Los 6 a Los 12
It just happened
A Private College; A Private Rape
Once Again
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Hard Time
Years in Denial
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
It’s OK
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Not Okay
I was raped
Molested
Rape and the Aftermath
Rape in my locked home
Drugged and Gang Raped
Was it rape? Or my fault?
My Brave Daughter
Raped At 15
Backpacking
ללינור היקרה
My rape story
I thought you loved me
I was a child
Male dancer
Why: A Poem About My Rape
Locked Up
My Snowball Effect
Surviving sexual assault trauma
Salted Wound
Seis Años
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Never Be the Same Again
Emotional Abuse
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
En Enero de 2010
Another kid raped me
Rape
I was used. I got left. I...
Unethical or illegal?
You had no rights
I Am More Than It
In NYC
The Same Effect
J’avais 13 ans
I don’t know if I was raped
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
My story growing up with a secret
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
I Thought He Loved Me
The Statistics that Changed Me
I Still Blame Myself
Spoke out and was blamed
I loved my job
Best Friends Brother
Finally ready to tell my story
I Am Brave


