#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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Finding Words
I should’ve known
Why
Date Raped When I Was 15
No Wasn’t Good Enough
f*ck you
‘I have a voice’
Sexual harassment
My Cousin
Sexual Abuse
i was a child.
I lost myself before I even knew...
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
Bus Ride
My story growing up with a secret
It never goes away
Left Me In Pieces
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
Rape
You Must Acknowledge
הסיפור שלי…
The Night That Changed My Life
I Am A Survivor
Assaulted By Family Member
Unhealthy Relationship
A not so perfect family exposed to...
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
my story
Finally Using My Voice
06.05.2006
Your First
הטרידו אותי
Bringing the Stories to Light
Growing Past Just Surviving
Effort To Survive
When I Was 16
Raped by my Stepfather
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
My principal mom raped me
My Friend’s House
Public Rape
Rape
Shelter My Soul
The Hole in My Heart
PART 4: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Ms.
Remember as a victim you have done...
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Shame
In NYC
Okay, Not Okay
#MeToo, too
incest
I Was Only 7
Too naïve
Piece
ללינור היקרה
Stranger Rape
Family members ex husband
40 years
עדיין מציק
Acceptance
My Daughter’s Rape
Letter to My Rapist
Three weeks, every day..
Sex doll
My husband was molested as a child
Rape
Running With Bare Feet
Rape survivor
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Virgin Rape
Rape, Sexual Abuse
NYD
Friends are sharing
A young mother
How I Was Raped
Suffered and Survived
Two times. One year.
Losing my virginity
כמוני כמוך
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
So drunk I can’t remember
Despedida
Raped by a work colleague
A Co-Worker
לפני 14 שנים
Family rape
Attempt to Rape
Time Stood Still
His opportunity
I Was Raped By An Stranger
My brother raped my sister and my...
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
My Rape
Almost Raped
The Night That Changed My World
No Justice
Sexual Abuse
Unhealthy Relationship
I wanted to get high
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Thank you for being LOUD!
3 balls, striking
Stronger Every Day
Gang rape and further sexual assaults
Raped by Brother
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Warning
My First Time Speaking Up
I Trusted Him
…
I don’t know if it’s rape
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
I guess it was rape
LOST
One Morning
My Life History
Raped by my ex-boyfriend
Ashamed
10 Minutos Can Change Your Life
Rape??
Incest
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
Undertones Throughout My Life
6 to 20
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Young and Unaware
Molested By My Cousin
Workplace Sexual Harassment
A Meek Young Girl
His Charming Ways
My Two Days of Hell
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
When I Was 8 Years Old
Confused for Too Long
My story
What Can I Do
One Day At a Time
No
Why Me?
Rape
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Can’t Even Take My Medicine
Male dancer
Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
When It’s Personal
Raped in College
Spousal Rape
Rape
Abuse Continued
היי לינור
Not Really Love
Dear Coward
I was assaulted twice at the same...
Piece
Rape and Anxiety
I am a survivor
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
My Story
This Is My Story
It Started With Rape
He was a friend
The Fight We Can All Win
Rape & Sexual Assault
Just Words
Losing My Innocence At Fifteen
I don’t know what to think
Multiple Rapes
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
I am a survivor
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
Unethical or illegal?
My Story
Protect and Served and Raped
Naive
Was it my fault?
I didn’t even know what was happening
De Los 6 a Los 12
Why Halloween Is So Hard For Me
My Story
The Party
Raped By 6 Policemen
Last Party
Breaking the Trust
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Cruel Kids
My Rape Stories
A Long Healing Process
Spring Break
Silenced But Not Forever
Dumbed Down
Mi Historia
Freshman Year
Just Like Yesterday
I Barely Knew Them
Raped by stranger x2
HS Reunion
To My Rapist
Drunken Rape
3 Days After Arriving at College
My message to all
Was it rape? Or my fault?
Rude awakening
Summer 2019
I’m 17 and I’m over it
Rape
I’m Sorry if Assaulting Me Hurt You
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Repressed Memories x3 Abusers
Not normal
Its Got To STOP!
Rape Survivor
En Enero de 2010
גבר אלים וחולני
I Am a Survivor
My Daughter
13 & Alone
STRONG
היי
Nothing important…
I thought he liked me
Fear
A learning experience
This will be painful
16 Years Later
Warning
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Spoke out and was blamed
I am a Survivor
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
Be Careful Who You Trust
My Snowball Effect
Erase and Rewind
Raped in the Air Force
Dream / Recall
sexual assault
Halloween Nightmare
Rape Victim
Keeping Faith
Someone so close to me
Night of Psychedelic Horror
Not A Trustworthy Man
Michael B. raped me
To my best friend who raped me
Messed Up Childhood
This is my story
A Letter to My Rapist
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
Naive College Freshman
Date rape
Grooming
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Motel 6 Nightmare
Halloween Nightmare
My Side
Gang Rape
Anxiety
I regret not telling
My step dad raped me
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
raped by my own brother
College Rape
Too Trusting
My Story
I was raped and didn’t know
Mi Esposa
I was raped
My abuse story victim to survivor
Naive girl
I know when I see a rapist...
Halloween Nightmare
Wanted Love But Got Rape
Growing Past Just Surviving
Why Me Over and Over?
Ex-Boyfriend
He was supposed to be a friend
I loved him
יש חיים אחרי אונס
First date: Raped after school at 15
Tinder Rape
Survivor
