#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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Sexual Abuse
My Evil Brother
Married to Abuser
Raped by boyfriend
why me
Living With Us
They thought it was fun
First Love to Long Term Abuse
The preacher’s son
Why me
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Not like the rape you always hear...
Enough Is Enough
Alone
גבר אלים וחולני
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Virgin Rape
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
My survival story
Night of Psychedelic Horror
My Horrific Nightmare
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
Touched
Too naïve
An Intruder
Doctor Nightmares
Raped in a Psychiatric Hospital in the...
Childhood Trama
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
I thought you loved me
I Was Only 7
Raped and Numbed
En Enero de 2010
New Years Eve Party
The Night That Changed My World
New Years Eve
It is not my fault
Too naïve
The Night That Changed My Life
Accepting myself and my story after…
A Stong Woman
What Happened?
כמוני כמוך
The Cliche
Repeat Offender
“I should do this more often”
It wasn’t my fault
My Story.
Raped By My Brother
Someone Close to You
I don’t know if it’s rape
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
My Own Brother
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
7 years and it still controls me
my story
Continue to Survive
The Devil You Know
Unsure
Erase and Rewind
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
לא יוצאים מזה…
Betrayal
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Years in Denial
Army
Friend of mines set me up
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
Trusted Him
Hidden Emotions
I Blame Myself
First Friend at University
Spoke out and was blamed
06.05.2006
Not Safe in Your Own Family
I “needed” to do this!
היי לינור
In Five Years
Myself
Being Raped
Manhandling to Rape
Halting The Pain
Confused
Pretty Girls
Alcohol
I was 17 and survived
I Trusted Him
Sex doll
Middle school sexual harassment
Camilla’s Story
I want my innocence back
Darkness With Friends
More Than Half of My Life Ago
Just a Child
My Boss Raped Me
My Daughter
I don’t know anymore
De Los 6 a Los 12
Rape
I know when I see a rapist...
It was his word against mine
I finally said NO
Bad Decision
I was raped last summer
Betrayed By My Own Mind
My Snowball Effect
Couch Surfing
Family Rape
University Bar
Why Me Over and Over?
Close of a Brother
Not my fault
Despedida
Masked Boyfriend
I thought he was a friend
Date Rape
Rape
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Raped By 6 Policemen
Summer of ’09
Getting Better
Student Exchange
אוףףףף
When I Was 7
Why Me?
Just Words
20 Years Later
Sexually assaulted at 4
Don’t Want to Anymore
I Never understood
Obsessed Abusive Ex
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Almost Raped
School Principal
My Story
Raped by my step father
Survivor
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
The Statistics that Changed Me
An Uber Driver Raped Me
rape
After I Was Raped
4th grade
Stranger Rape
Don’t Give Up

Remember November
לפני 14 שנים
Grooming
Married to my Rapist
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Today, I Let It All Go
Why: A Poem About My Rape
Dear Coward
I Didn’t Want to Do It
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Raped because of who I loved
We met at the bar
Military Man
I didn’t even know what was happening
MS13
Stronger Every Day
Ms.
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Twice
I Am Brave!
Sexual harassment
Lasting Effects
PART 5: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
I Did NOT Get Justice But I...
I don’t know what to do
Scammer
Rape
When Does It End
My 21st Birthday
What am I doing wrong
הסיפור שלי…
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
A Rough Life
My message to all
I Am Brave


