#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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Rape
Naive College Freshman
Aftermath
Another kid raped me
The Statistics that Changed Me
My Story.
Erase and Rewind
rape
Was I Raped?
Six months in the making..
Dear Coward
הסיפור שלי…
Family Member
My Story
The Devil You Know
April 19th
I Am a Survivor…
My story growing up with a secret
He ruined my life
Feeling lonely and isolated
Why Me Over and Over?
Be Aware
dad and mom rape
The Night It All Changed
After School
I am not a rape victim
Another kid raped me
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Need help
my grandmas friend’s son raped me
High School Rape
Breaking the Trust
לפני 14 שנים
Rape
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
Male dancer
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I Trusted Him
Too naïve
Don’t Know
Sexual Assault
My best friends dad
Glitter Girl, Gone.
my rape
Gang Rape
Disappointed
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Nashville Sweetheart
my teacher grabbed me
New Years
10 Years!
To the man who stole my independence
Stupid Coward
Mi Historia
So drunk I can’t remember
Being Raped
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
ללינור היקרה
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Started With My Father
My Best Friend
This is MY story
So Now What?
Simple games was a way to hide...
Summer 2019
I still see him on campus
So Now What?
I didn’t know what to do
Why was it my fault?
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Feeling Dirty
Because of you
I know when I see a rapist...
עדיין מציק
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Justice
I Dated My Rapists
Mistaken Identity
Lotus
Left Me In Pieces
Date rape
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
First date: Raped after school at 15
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Survivor
Still Rape
Drunken Rape
Stepfather
A Day My Life Changed Forever
I Too Was Raped
Sexual Abuse
Gross
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Its been Years
My Ex-husband
Sleepraping
Miss
School Bathroom
In 1978
Ms.
I was raped
keep it a secret
Letter to…
Unethical or illegal?
Myself
Rape
14 year old raped at school
Date Rape
Rape
Abuse Continued
I Want to Live
Different face, but the same monster
יש חיים אחרי אונס
לא יוצאים מזה…
I Said No
I am a Survivor
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Knowledge is Power
Twice a pattern?
Too good to be true
En Enero de 2010
The First Man Who Broke My Heart
Piece
A Lifetime of Trauma
A Difference Perspective
Rape?
Every Time I Said “No”
כמוני כמוך
Incest
3 Different Times
November ’08
אוףףףף
He bought me chips and sent me...
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
Me too.
A Private College; A Private Rape
Speaking Out
f*ck you
I thought he liked me
So Many Times
“I’m not gonna have sex with you”
My survival story
Friends are sharing
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Incest & Date Rape
Too Young
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
I wish I would have been smarter
My Life
My Step Brother Raped Me
Travel
My Journey Back to Life
The Same Effect
Bruises and Scars
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Workplace Sexual Harassment
My Rape Stories
My Mother’s Life Partner Sexually Harrased Me...
A person to trust became my worst...
Sexual Assault
Attempted Rape
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Rape
I Came Home
Mi Esposa
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
He Was a Cop
Why me
Hospitalized
Impact of Screening
Molested By a Stranger
Start of grooming at 15
Going Through the Emotions
3 Times is Not Charming
The Touches I Felt
גבר אלים וחולני
Justice a Joke
Survivor of Rape
Only I get to make choices for...
I Never Told Anyone
The Man in Uniform
Incapacitated Still
Multiple Assaults
Sex doll
Army
I Was Raped
Blamed myself …
A letter to my rapist
Molested By My Cousin
Assault, Battery, and Rape
End of Innocence
The Touches I Felt
Middle school sexual harassment
J’avais 13 ans
Fell In Love With a Monster
Agressée deux fois, mais toujours debout.
Speaking It
Was it Really Rape
My teacher and my step-brother
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
I don’t know anymore
Afraid of the Truth
My Story
My husband raped me when I took...
Don’t Want to Anymore
Assault
Domestic Rape
Confused for Too Long
my story
Confused by Rape
Are you sure?
Drunken Rape
My Story
And It Continues
you do what you gotta
Freshman Year
Never Ending
Sexual Coercion
When Will This Nightmare End
Still Can’t Believe It
The abuser
Blackout
I Was Only 7
Raped After School
Does the pain ever go away?
It’s Been Eight Years
A Message from the Director
