#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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I was a victim of serious child...
Just Like Yesterday
Mi Historia
Babysitters
Runaway Model
Night walk at community center
Raped by jail guard
So drunk I can’t remember
When I Was 8 Years Old
Will I ever get over it.
Light In The Dark
Unhealthy Relationship
It was in a society that told...
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
גבר אלים וחולני
It Lead to More Memories
My Daughter and I Both
Afraid of the Truth
First Friend at University
Deep Scars
Too Close for Comfort
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Assault?
Don’t Walk By Yourself
I want my innocence back
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Respect
We go to the same church
When does it end?
Just Words
I Thought He Loved Me
Never the Same
Daycare Teacher
My Ex-husband
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
Molested at 3
My Story
Friend of mines set me up
Harassment at Work
Freshman Year
This Is My Story
What’s Done Is Done
They asked if I was lying
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Rape?
Never a Victim; Only Myself
En Enero de 2010
In-Between Times
A Voice to be Heard
All Just Too Much
That Night
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
My Own Brother
I Was Only 7
היי לינור
Childhood of assault
Ms.
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
A respectable collegue
My Rapists I Grew Up With
My story
My biggest mistake
A Night I Can’t Remember
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
This Is My Story
Raped By Boyfriend
Set Up
Shame
The Woods Don’t Speak
Prisoner of Love
Rape
Deja Vu
כמוני כמוך
My Interview
I blamed myself for so long
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
PART 5: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
I was used. I got left. I...
A Silent Fighter
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Sex doll
Time To Tell
Unethical or illegal?
I Am Beautiful Now
I Didn’t See It In Time
Never Heals
The Cliche
Multiple Times
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Raped By Family
Impacted Forever
Where did I go?
Nothing important…
Too naïve
Stupid Coward
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
Be Careful Who You Trust
Let Down
Sexual Assault
Public Rape
Four Years Ago
Letter to…
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I Am a Survivor…
Did I ask for it?
My story
Erase and Rewind
I never knew he was Satan
Father, Brother, Brother
Remember November
Over 40 years Ago
An Abnormal Reaction
I Lost My Virginity
What If I Make You?
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Working Through It
Nearly 50 years later
I Was a Virgin
So Many Times
Day at the Lake
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
I thought he liked me
Blindsided
College Rape
HS Reunion
Surviving, Kinda
He Took Advantage of Me
ללינור היקרה
My year abroad
The Little Girl in Green and Blue...
Emotional Abuse
Sexually assaulted several times
What am I doing wrong
Twice
My story growing up with a secret
Party Time
Doesn’t Define Me
My year abroad
The reason for my tattoo
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Our Corrupted Country
Once Again
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
הסיפור שלי…
School Principal
Rape??
I know when I see a rapist...
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
Twenty Years of Hell
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Few People Know
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My husband raped me when I took...
My first love
Forgiving The Rapist
Breaking The Silence
One in Four
My Little Town
Raped by my Stepfather
Healing and releasing painful memories
Date gone wrong
My best friend
Raped in my own bed
Step Dad
De Los 6 a Los 12
Nightmare
More Than Once
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
Drugged
Love and Forced abortion
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
Anxiety
He Stole Something From Me
Shattered Childhood
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I Don’t Know My Story
Returning to Mexico
3 incidents
Rape and the Aftermath
Trusting
High School Orientation
Something so Horrible Could Make Me This...
Bringing the Stories to Light
Nothing important…
One Day At a Time
Date Rape
Stranger
Kidnapped
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Started With My Father
My Brother
Male dancer
My Scars Do Not Define Me
University Bar
Metoo
Help
Ketamine Rape
I Remember Being Happy
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Ready to Share
Serial Rapist
God Saved Me
Not Another Moment
Broken Girl
Raped in the Air Force
My message to all
Rape
Childhood Trauma
I just wanted to give him a...
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Summer 2019
Three Times in a Row
I don’t Know, but I Know
14 year old raped at school
Miss
Despedida
Drugged
I felt like it didn’t count because...
f*ck you
A Letter to My Rapist
Date Rape
Raped By My Biological Father
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Only I get to make choices for...
Another kid raped me
Faded Memories
אוףףףף
Shattered
לא יוצאים מזה…
Surpris à la Maison
Spoke out and was blamed
The Same Effect
People You Do Not Know
Too Trusting
Broken Homes, Broken Families
Mi Esposa
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
I Came Home
He Destroyed Me
Anywhere I Go
Seis Años
לפני 14 שנים
Incontrovertible
My Story
Worst Day Ever
Boyfriend Forcefully Sodomized Me
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Over 40 years Ago
15
When I Was 8 Years Old
לפני 14 שנים
Set Up
rape
Drunken Rape
Betrayed By My Own Mind
Grandpa
My rapist sent me a friend request...
My Brave Daughter
Breakin Burgler
Raped By a Female
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
The Day Everything Changed
I was raped
I didn’t enderstand what was happening
Alcohol
Domestic Abuse
Multiple Times
Raped at the Air Force Academy
I got away
Girl Raped By a Girl
The Statistics that Changed Me
Middle school sexual harassment
Too naïve
So Long Ago
Stranger Rape
Molested by Cousin
No More Silence
Abuse Continued
Nobody Knew
Together, We Are Brave

