#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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It was not my fault
Assaulted
I Didn’t Know
Erase and Rewind
Parental Incest Is Rape
עדיין מציק
Too naïve
Family members ex husband
My Story
I just wanted to give him a...
They thought it was fun
Stronger Than You Think
Rape
My Story
En Enero de 2010
School Rape
With Love
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
Still Think It Was My Fault
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
De Los 6 a Los 12
My Story
So drunk I can’t remember
Twice
What Happened?
An Embarrassing Situation
Long way back
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
“Trust me, take a chance”
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Because of You
Think You Know
I Still Blame Myself
Always the Girls Fault
Not just me
Raped at age 9 & 15
Can Anyone Help?
Shame
Do I even belong here?
Touched
I Was Only 7
Weak
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Rape without remorse
Domestic Rape
I know when I see a rapist...
Still Rape
Quarterly Review
Mental Breakdown
Party Accident
My Story
Over 40 years Ago
First Crush
Why Me, Time and Time Again
First Love to Long Term Abuse
Alcohol
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
sexual assault & abuse
Confused and Angry
My story growing up with a secret
Endless Shame
An Intruder
Bringing the Stories to Light
Holding It In
Shame Destroys
Raped By My Father
הסיפור שלי…
Young and Innocent
My 21st Birthday
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Friends?
Not Sure It Happened
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
Unethical or illegal?
A Child
The Hole in My Heart
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Once? Twice? Five Times?
First Time
Raped as a Baby
First College Party
4 Days Before 16th Birthday
Army
My Childhood
Leaving the party
Another kid raped me
Warrior
אוףףףף
Second Night of College
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
An Embarrassing Situation
Rape??
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Over 40 years Ago
הטרידו אותי
Roofied
Hateful
I Too Was Raped
היי לינור
A Beautiful Trap
Violent Rape
Party Time
He Took My Virginity
Spousal Rape
Spoke out and was blamed
So Now What?
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Mi Historia
My “Best Friend”
I still see him on campus
Life Changed
Living With Us
Summer 2019
Time Heals
I’m Only Stronger
I Didn’t Know
Ex-Boyfriend
My brother let him in
Stranger Rape
Sexually Assaulted
Trusted Him
Ex-Boyfriend
Myself
Shout Out
Kibbutz
My Horrific Nightmare
Night of Psychedelic Horror
Repressed Memory
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
It’s Been 10 Years
Knowledge is Power
Date Rape
Something I’ve Never Shared
Taking Back My Life
Feeling Lost
A respectable collegue
Disappointed
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Beyond a story
My Journey as a Rape survivor from...
My Past
Freshman Year
Molestation and Rape Survivor/Warrior
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
So Now What?
Welcome To Adulthood
Nearly 50 years later
Rape
A night gone wrong
My story
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Blackout
I Was Raped By An Stranger
A person to trust became my worst...
Raped by stranger x2
From a Boyfriend
My best friend
I Didn’t Even Know Him
Suffered and Survived
Too drunk to remember
כמוני כמוך
Myself
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Ashly’s story
Date Rape
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Speaking Up for Women
My Story of a Gang Rape
The Night That Changed My World
New Year’s Eve Party
Justice
Last Party
Molested and Confused
My Rape
10 years later I realised
Finally Arrested
my story
Raped in the Air Force
My deaf husband sued the Vatican
All Just Too Much
Rape
A young mother
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
Lotus
Afraid of the Truth
I Said No
Childhood trauma and overcoming it
Neighbor
My Side
A Loss to Mankind
Strength to Speak Out
Obsessed Abusive Ex
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
גבר אלים וחולני
De Los 6 a Los 12
Lesbian After Assaults
Still Haunted By It
Despedida
Dirty Whore
We Stand Together
Unicorns
Shelter My Soul
Raped at 13
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
How I Was Raped
Rape
My Story
Twenty Years of Hell
Does the pain ever go away?
A Loss to Mankind
Scared to close my eyes
Just Words
A Day My Life Changed Forever
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I Blamed Myself
Sexual Abuse
Breakin Burgler
Rape by Boyfriend
Male dancer
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
He was family
A Year After
Noah
We Were Kids
לפני 14 שנים
Childhood Trauma and Rape
Unethical or illegal?
My Story
Faded Memories
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
Every Way Imaginable
היי
Neighbor Trust
I am not a rape victim
I “needed” to do this!
Why Me Over and Over?
I think my “boyfriend” raped me
I Hate You
A Day My Life Changed Forever
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