#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.
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3 Generations
Still Affected
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Male dancer
I am a survivor
Date Rape
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
So drunk I can’t remember
I wish I remembered
Fear
Broken vase
My Healing Journey
random rape
The girl that got up and kicked...
ללינור היקרה
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Betrayed
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
My Two Cents
Finally Arrested
What happened to me doesn’t have to...
Stockholm
My story growing up with a secret
Erase and Rewind
Was I assaulted?
Broken Homes, Broken Families
After 14 Years
Raped in the Air Force
Despedida
Serial Rapist
Childhood abuse and acquaintance rape
Never Going To Happen To Me
My Story
Not all friends are true
Too naïve
The Statistics that Changed Me
I Don’t Know My Story
Forever Changed
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
Domestic Abuse
Set Up
It was in a society that told...
Just Words
Agressée deux fois, mais toujours debout.
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
What Should I Do?
Family
Sexual Assault
Molested by my biological father
Can Anyone Help?
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
Never a Victim; Only Myself
I Didn’t Know
Betrayed By My Husband
Different face, but the same monster
So Alone
Cavemen
I Thought I Was Safe
I was a victim of serious child...
40 years
Party Accident
you do what you gotta
Why me
Four Years Ago
#MeToo 5 years later…
Cradle to the grave
Rape
Rape
Holding It In
Unethical or illegal?
NO MORE TEARS TO CRY
My story!
slutshamedchild
Betrayed By My Own Mind
I Thought He Loved Me
Night of Psychedelic Horror
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
With Love
לפני 14 שנים
My Rapists I Grew Up With
Assaulted
Male dancer
I Too Was Raped
The Night That Changed My World
I didn’t say no
Ready to Share
My Husband Set Me Up!
Too Far
A Fun Night
Blamed myself …
Gang raped foolishly
Protecting My Predator
I thought he was a friend
I don’t know anymore
Since Age 6?
Broken
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Not Blood Cousins
Mi Esposa
My Fight
Rape
The Other Guy
Politeness Serves No One
Forgiving My Rapist
I Am Not Brave
School Prom
Mistaken Identity
Child Molestation
Drugged
Family Secrets
If I Were Stronger Then
אוףףףף
אוףףףף
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I know when I see a rapist...
היי
Myself
My Secret
My Brother
How I Was Raped
My best friends dad
The Trauma That Made Me
I Was Only 14
What Happened?
I Am a Survivor…
Just Me………
Nearly 50 years later
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Date Rape
I’ve lost my trust with men
Day at the Lake
An Unknown Face & Hands
A Ruined Life
Hidden Emotions
Effort To Survive
Lightening Does Strike Twice
First Frat Party
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Rape, Sexual Abuse
sexual assault
Rape
It started with you.
Daycare
You Must Acknowledge
I finally said NO
Knowledge is Power
Date Rape
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
I Remember Being Happy
Last Party
Army
Raped By My Biological Father
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Metoo
Almost Raped
Scared and Confused
Repeat Offender
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Date Rape Drug
silent rape
Rape
the scary shadows
Rape Shaming
My Only Brother
A Lifetime
Shelter My Soul
…
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
My Boyfriend Raped Me
עדיין מציק
De Los 6 a Los 12
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Undertones Throughout My Life
Middle school sexual harassment
My Mom
Because of You
Bitter Ex-Lover
I’m getting Married tomorrow
Trusted Him
Ex-Boyfriend
Hiding from the Weather
En Enero de 2010
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Survivor, Still Struggling
I Choose Hope


