#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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אוףףףף
I Am A Survivor
More Than a Survivor
Don’t Want to Anymore
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
I Trusted You
Raped in Foster care
“No” is Universal
Broken Girl
More Than Once
Sex doll
So Now What?
Former partner would berate me
Help
My experience as an intern in highschool
The Party I Will Never Forget
Another kid raped me
Ms.
My Daughter and I Both
6 to 20
A person to trust became my worst...
Robbery
Was it rape? Or my fault?
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Can Someone Help Me!
Twenty Years of Hell
Still Haunts
Broken Trust
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
You were supposed to be my friend
I still don’t know what happened
Confused for Too Long
A Man I Looked To As A...
Molested by my biological father
Don’t Want to Anymore
Rape
LOST
Shame
Gang Rape
I Came Home
He Was A Police Officer
Proud
Sexual Abuse
Being Raped
Not Really Love
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
An Abnormal Reaction
Out For A Walk
We go to the same church
My case is different from yours
Despedida
Ritual Sexual Abuse
I was raped by a cop
Suffered and Survived
My biggest mistake
Spoke out and was blamed
Kibbutz
Please Allow Me To Be Heard
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
Bad Morning
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
I don’t know who I am
My story growing up with a secret
Life of Trauma
I Trusted Him
Date Rape
הטרידו אותי
Weak
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
היי לינור
Innocence Taken
My Two Days of Hell
I Was Told It Was Normal
Started At 12…
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
I Was Only 7
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
First College Party
Ignoring only gets so far
Invictus
A respectable collegue
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Survivor, Still Struggling
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Growth
Find Your Strength
Betrayed
In Denial of My Rape
Catching Up With Me
I let it happen twice
No Justice
Marital Rape
Army
School Rape
Memories
I Trusted Him
My Rape Story
Childhood of assault
Abuse Continued
Finally Arrested
The Night My Life Changed
Now I Understand My Husband
Did I Deserve It
Rape
sexual assault & abuse
גבר אלים וחולני
Raped by Abusive Husband
Shattered Childhood
The Beach is Not Safe
1 hour 3 days
The Boys Club Continues
A Silent Fighter
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Silent Rape
Salted Wound
Almost Raped
Raped By My Therapist
Wide awake
Rape
I never knew he was Satan
Hundreds of Times
I Saved Myself
My Abusers
I Was Manipulated
Miss
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
All-time low
Kidnapped and Raped
Childhood sexual abuse
The Power of Victimization
Rape
I Just Started High School
The Night That Changed Me
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Raped By Boyfriend
I’m Only Stronger
Never Wanted to Believe
A Night I Can’t Remember
I will never forget
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
My first love
Be Aware
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Freshman Year
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
In NYC
Ketamine Rape
Rape Shaming
היי
“Me too” On Facebook
Party Time
Too Young
I know when I see a rapist...
Middle school sexual harassment
ללינור היקרה
Not Really Family
Raped and Molested
Healing takes time
Panic Attack
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
I called him my friend
I want my innocence back
J’avais 13 ans
#IAmBrave and together, #WeAreStrong
כמוני כמוך
Too naïve
Rape
No More Silence
Now I Understand My Husband
It was my boyfriend
Seis Años
Raped by my cousin
Molested
Unethical or illegal?
Grooming
Not Sure It Happened
4 Years Ago
One Day At a Time
Embrace It All
לפני 14 שנים
Half sister
De Los 6 a Los 12
April 19th
My Rape
Molested by my brother as a child
Raped by stranger x2
Molest
Erase and Rewind
Brother & Sister
He was right
ללינור היקרה
I Don’t Even Know
Date Rape
My Nightmare
A Different MeToo
Repressed Memory
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Naive and Vulnerable
Just Words
Family
Hide & Seek
Broken vase
Mistaken Identity
1 in 5
I Said No
Creepy Grand Uncle
Mi Historia
The Touches I Felt
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Shout Out
7th Grade Assault
Proof, but no Witnesses
I Am Brave
