#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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Devil In Disguise
I worked for him
That Night
Out of Control
I was born for this
Help
I Was Raped By An Stranger
Metoo
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
Stranger Rape
My Story
Bringing the Stories to Light
To my best friend who raped me
Brother Abused
My stepfather raped me
Summer 2019
Simply My Story
7th Grade Assault
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
So drunk I can’t remember
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Everyone loves him
My Friend
Think You Know
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
A Different MeToo
Shattered Childhood
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I Can’t Remember
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Ex Boyfriend
Raped Multiple Times
Football Player
Raped in the Air Force
How Could It Have Happened
One in Four
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
I “needed” to do this!
Was I really raped?
Letter to My Rapist
It Happens All Too Often
He Was a Family Friend
The First Time
Blamed myself …
When will it be enough?
Struggling to Survive
Only I get to make choices for...
4 Years Ago
Was it rape?
Molested as a Child
Only I get to make choices for...
It Kills Me
A young mother
גבר אלים וחולני
Raped as a Young Boy
Ms.
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Family rape
My Friend’s House
The One I Trusted
I was very dumb.
אוףףףף
He Was a Cop
I regret not telling
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
My Story
Another kid raped me
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
הסיפור שלי…
No one cared until I made them
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Spoke out and was blamed
I’m Not Sure
School Prom
Too much trauma
Babysitters
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
Fraternity gang rape
My Brother
Things do get better
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
1 hour 3 days
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Every one ignored me
Manipulation
3 Times is Not Charming
Roommates
Incest
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
I Barely Knew Them
Neighbors
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Mi Esposa
לא יוצאים מזה…
A young mother
Restoring Innocence
A Night I Will Never Forget
Sexual Assault
Stranger Rape
It is not my fault
Its been Years
Your First
It’s still happening
Sexually Assaulted in Cuba
My Not So Happy Birthday
What Was I Thinking?
Another Victim
Emotional Abuse
No Comfort
It’s A Long Story
Dirty Whore
Too Afraid To Tell
Childhood Abuse
I Don’t Even Know
I am a survivor
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Need advice
Glitter Girl, Gone.
“Me too” On Facebook
Two Strangers in a Park
lucky
They asked if I was lying
I’m 17 and I’m over it
De Los 6 a Los 12
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
He Was a Friend
Hospitalized
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
He knew what he was doing
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Love of My Life?
University Bar
I Trusted Him
Still Can’t Believe It
Was it Really Rape
Army
Sexual Abuse
Seis Años
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Naive girl
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
En Enero de 2010
So drunk I can’t remember
Childhood Abuse
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
So Many Times
I’m so sorry
Scars
I Thought I Was Safe
I’ve lost my trust with men
The Statistics that Changed Me
It can happen to boys too!
It was
Teenaged Victims
My boss
Boyfriend Hell
It’s OK
Bringing the Stories to Light
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
Drunken rape
Why
Raped by stranger x2
עדיין מציק
Victim No More
A respectable collegue
Raped
Today, I Let It All Go
He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
The Night That Changed My World
No
I Blame Myself
Don’t Want to Admit It
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
I Don’t Trust My Father
היי לינור
I met evil at a young age
Rape
I Need to Tell Someone
Left Me In Pieces
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Multiple Hurt
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Speaking out for the first time in...
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Sex doll
A Meek Young Girl
Quiet for 2 years
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
An older, popular boy
My story
There Is Hope For Us
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
Healing
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
Bad Programming
The Devil You Know
I think I was raped
Abused at the Age of 4
Rape !!
My Husband Was My Attacker
A Night To Remember
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
My Story
My Relationship With Dad
Living Nightmare
Felt safe in my friend group
Am I
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Why you should talk to your daughters...
intruder
Freeing myself of demons
הטרידו אותי
Lifetime of Abuse
Betrayed By My Own Mind
#IStandWithHer
Graduation Night
J’avais 13 ans
Getting Better
I Think I Was Raped
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Survivor
