#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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Survivor, Still Struggling
College Student
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
LOST
3 Different Times
My Multiple-Offender Rape
Abuse Continued
I thought he was a brother
I Am Brave!
I Was Dating Him
Afraid of Being Judged
Your truth will change someones’ life.
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
My Father Molested Me for 10 Years
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
Nothing for Nothing
Too drunk to respond
Out For A Walk
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Endless Shame
Black Girl
Sexually abused by a 11/12 girl
Last Party
In Denial of My Rape
I know when I see a rapist...
James
Not Safe in Your Own Family
Rape & Sexual Assault
A Life of Pain
Sex doll
A respectable collegue
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Rape
Raped by a work colleague
אוףףףף
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
The Diaper in the Corner
לפני 14 שנים
Lesbian After Assaults
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
My First Two Times
University Bar
Grandpa
Molestation and Rape Survivor/Warrior
היי לינור
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
Messed Up Childhood
What sent me over the edge
College Rape
Mi Historia
My Step Brother Raped Me
Michelle Johnston
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
I Don’t Know My Story
Marital Rape
Healing
Date Rape
I’m a functioning alcoholic
Heart broken
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Too much trauma
I Am Beautiful Now
Rape
Drugged and Gang Raped
I’m 17 and I’m over it
Molested by my biological father
Metoo
Just Words
Summer 2019
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
MY Inspirational Story
Spoke out and was blamed
Why Me?
This Is My Story
Was It My Fault?
i was a child.
Nobody Knew
I Didn’t Know
Sexual Abuse
Doctor Nightmares
Was it my fault?
No One Is Who They Appear To...
Molestation
Raped by a so called friend
הטרידו אותי
To my best friend who raped me
School Rape
I felt like it didn’t count because...
PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Repeat Offender
25 years of fear
Deja Vu
No Power
The First Time
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Shame Destroys
My Biggest Secret
Mrs
Innocence Taken
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Fear
What am I doing wrong
My Army Fiance
East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer – Joseph...
I was just 9.
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
The Statistics that Changed Me
It Was the Second
Mi Esposa
Army
Ms.
Prom Night
Raped
Michelle Johnston
Molested by Cousin
Couch Surfing
This is MY story
It’s Been 10 Years
Raped, Adopted, Raped Again
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Hostage
I am a survivor
היי
Drunken rape
Married My Rapist
Rape
Warning
Stranger Rape
He was supposed to be a friend
Protecting My Predator
When I Was 8
My Husband Set Me Up!
Date Rape
הסיפור שלי…
Raped By a Female
Why Me?
Despedida
Nothing for Nothing
My Mother’s Albatross
3 Times is Not Charming
Messed Up
High School Orientation
Why Halloween Is So Hard For Me
I Thought He Loved Me
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Made in America
Second Night of College
Red Flags
Rape
my story
Girl Raped By a Girl
Healing takes time
My Story
Life Is Rough
Never Got Over It
I Trusted Him
A young mother
Sexual Harrassment
A person to trust became my worst...
Halloween Nightmare
Severe childhood trauma, due to drunken, irresponsible,...
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Breaking the Trust
My Story
November ’08
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Secret overload
Why Me Over and Over?
Methed for Math Teacher
No Longer Keeping the Peace
37 Years Ago
Raped in the Air Force
Unsure
A night gone wrong
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Raped in College
Betrayed By My Husband
I said YES
Only I get to make choices for...
Repressed Memory
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
Unethical or illegal?
7 years and it still controls me
Be Aware
He ruined my life
Just Another Night
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
My story
Too naïve
My Own Sister
Scared and Confused
After 14 Years
Prey
So Now What?
I Thought I was Safe
Stronger Than You Think
Why does this keep happening to me?
Help…
Survivor


