#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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Out of Control
Married to my Rapist
Stronger Every Day
Shopping-Me too
Justice
Faded Memories
Shattered Childhood
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I Was Raped By An Stranger
Piece
My Evil Cousins
Noah
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Not normal
I still see him on campus
The Silent But Haunting Wounds Of Rape
School Bathroom
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
He Was A Police Officer
School Prom
MesS Into A mesSage
Afraid of Him
Was it my fault
To the man who stole my independence
Online dating
Mi Esposa
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Salted Wound
I Woke Up In The Tub
Night of Psychedelic Horror
A Voice to be Heard
People You Do Not Know
A Different MeToo
My Story
Sexual Abuse
My husband was molested as a child
Unwanted Flashbacks
I Was 9
Kibbutz
Thank you
Stepfather
The rape apology and my reply
3x
7 years and it still controls me
The reason for my tattoo
The Scapegoat of Shame an Guilt
My Army Fiance
Saying No Just Wasn’t Enough
Agressée deux fois, mais toujours debout.
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
My Story
Rape
Dear Coward
Married to Abuser
The Courtroom
Feeling Alone
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
Letter to…
I Was Manipulated
They Laughed
I was raped for 3 years
LOST
Breaking The Silence
Abuse of Men and By My Mother
My Story.
College Student
No
Summer 2019
75 Percent Humidity
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Black and Blue
He was jealous of my new friend
Abuse and Rape
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
I Was Raped as a Child
כמוני כמוך
Ended in Rape
My Life History
Why Me?
Date Rape
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Thank you for being LOUD!
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Blackout
Methed for Math Teacher
Violent Rape
Ms.
So drunk I can’t remember
Raped After School
More Than Half of My Life Ago
Thank you for speaking out…
Spoke out and was blamed
Breakin Burgler
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
Thank You
Respect
I Felt So Helpless
Disappointed
Lost My Virginity In Rape By Jehovah’s...
I thought he was my friend
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Childhood Abuse
Over 40 years Ago
Manipulation
Restoring Innocence
My Fault or His
My Best Friend’s Brother
Online Dangers
Confused by Rape
Sally
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
The Summer of 2013
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Heart broken
Molestation
My story growing up with a secret
…
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Domestic Abuse
לפני 14 שנים
To the men who hurt me
Thank you
Diana Oakley’s Story
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Happy Survivor
I think I was raped
Raped At 16, 29, 31
Date Rape
Speaking Up for Women
James
עדיין מציק
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
Family rape
I wanted to get high
16 times
No Justice
Sexual harassment
Running With Bare Feet
Raped at 14
I’m Over Reacting
Circumstances Collided That Night
My 11 Year Old Selfs Story
De Los 6 a Los 12
I didn’t know
היי
Gang rape
הטרידו אותי
His Charming Ways
Its been Years
You Must Acknowledge
my story
He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
A sociopath in disguise
Abusive Uncle
I know when I see a rapist...
My 21st Birthday
Military Man
Just a Joke
Unsure
What Happened?
The Party I Will Never Forget
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Who Is To Blame?
Raped in the Air Force
היי לינור
Too naïve
Betrayed By a Loved One
At the Movie’s
Warning
It was just a friend date
In The Concrete Jungle
Tel Aviv
I was taken advantage of when drunk
Teenage Victim
I don’t know who I am
College Rape
It was never…..That
Scared and Confused
April 2015
Freshman Year
Mi Historia
Despedida
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Just Words
Life Is Rough
The Party
He’s Still Out There
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Cavemen
Dad Touching Me
Why me?
Life Spiraled
That One Night
Hostage
23 year old virgin
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Afraid of Being Judged
To My Rapist
Sex doll
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
First Friend at University
#IStandWithHer
Myself
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Bitter Ex-Lover
My Rape
They Blamed it on the Tequila
A horror that lasts a lifetime
Mistaken Identity
Rape
My Step Brother
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Brave
Charity is it’s own reward
My Last Party
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I Thought He Loved Me
Raped By a Family Member
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Naive
גבר אלים וחולני
Had Her Back
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
My Innocence Was Taken Away
Bruises and Scars
2-4 am on January 15th
Hidden Emotions
40 years
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
The Statistics that Changed Me
Molested
I Trusted Him
Rape survivor
My Childhood
Say Something
Why Me?
Today, I Let It All Go
Male dancer
My husband was home
Just little girls
Night Out
Miss
All men are the same
Repressed Memory
Sexual Assault Survival
Naive College Freshman
I called him my friend
לא יוצאים מזה…
There Is Hope For Us
i was pulling my shorts up
Rape
Throughout my teen years
Breaking the Silence

