#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 story growing up with a secret
Sexual abuse by step father
Multiple Assaults
1 in 5
My boss
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Drugged and Gang Raped
Motel 6 Nightmare
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
En Enero de 2010
A learning experience
Stupid Coward
Lifetime of Abuse
Despedida
High School Orientation
I forgot, but then I remembered
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
I didn’t know what to do
Don’t Want to Admit It
Erased From Memory
A familiar fight
When I was 4
An Uber Driver Raped Me
I Am Brave!
Running With Bare Feet
Another kid raped me
Party Time
Time To Tell
Remember November
Please do not be afraid of being...
my toxic relationship
Sharing again
I’m Confused
Marital Rape
I wish I would have been smarter
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Breaking the Silence
NO MORE TEARS TO CRY
Erase and Rewind
Why was it my fault?
I’m Doing You a Favor
Can I Call It Rape?
Hidden Emotions
Drugged raped and failed by justice
3x
Family members ex husband
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I met evil at a young age
My Story
My Story
לפני 14 שנים
When i was stripped of my innocence
This will be painful
“Me too” On Facebook
You Were My Friend
You Must Acknowledge
i was pulling my shorts up
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Just Like Yesterday
Sex doll
Too naïve
Help
My Story
I don’t Know, but I Know
Stronger Every Day
Still Unable to Tell People
My Fight
Bringing the Stories to Light
With Love
The Statistics that Changed Me
I Never understood
Multiple Times
Two Men Lifetimes Apart
…
Molested by my biological father
It will get better
Family
ללינור היקרה
Raped at the age of 16
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Drugged
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Abuse of Men and By My Mother
Freshman Year
Aftermath
School Rape
Sexual Assault
First boyfriend raped me when i was...
Mi Esposa
Sexual Abuse
Friends?
Raped By 6 Policemen
Rape
I blamed myself for so long
A story of a not so perfect...
PART 5: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Why Me?
MY Inspirational Story
My Rape Story
why me
לפני 14 שנים
Shame
Tormented
Lesbian After Assaults
Mental Breakdown
Rape
Someone You Know
That “man”
My husband was home
It Was the Second
Broken Trust
Thank you for being LOUD!
I Am Beautiful Now
My protector, my father, my rapist all...
Supposed to be the Best Day of...
Chaos
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
Naive and Raped at 15
In Denial of My Rape
Raped at the Air Force Academy
I Was Only 14
Seis Años
My Ongoing Journey
Molestation
dad and mom rape
Bad Morning
Sex doll
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
My rape story
Was led by the quarterback
First Crush
לא יוצאים מזה…
He Was Never My Friend
Not Safe in Your Own Family
He did it again and again
I know when I see a rapist...
Not normal
Self Worth
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Molested by Cousin
Still Can’t Believe It
My Rape Stories
Surviving my father
My Evil Brother
Childhood abuse and acquaintance rape
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
I thought he was a friend
So drunk I can’t remember
Out For A Walk
My Father’s Funeral
עדיין מציק
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
היי
הסיפור שלי…
Mental Breakdown
Less than a Minute of my Life
My babysitter
A respectable collegue
Battling
Rape and the Aftermath
Molestation
College Rape
From a Boyfriend
Every Way Imaginable
The Healing Process
Can’t Even Take My Medicine
De Los 6 a Los 12
So Long Ago
When I Was 11…
Ignored
I Was Only 7
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Taking Back My Life
Proud
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Man Raped By Man
My Girlfriend of Two Years
Mi Esposa
Drugged
November ’08
My Boss Raped Me
Date Rape
Too Close
אוףףףף
My boyfriend of 2 years
I don’t know if I was raped
My Biggest Secret
Just Words
The Stepmonster
Sexual Assault
It wasn’t my fault
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Braver

