#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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My Friend’s House
Date Raped When I Was 15
Never Be the Same Again
Rape
Monster dad
It’s Your Fault
Molestation
13 & Alone
Rape
My rapist sent me a friend request...
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
I still feel “crazy”
כמוני כמוך
Date Rape
I can say it now
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Manhandling to Rape
No
A Story
My Coach My Rapist
Was Raped
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Unethical or illegal?
Shattered Childhood
Summer 2019
Okay, Not Okay
Continue to Survive
Blackout
Keeping Faith
הטרידו אותי
Rape and the Aftermath
He Cashed in His Trust
Drunk and Alone
It Was the Second
First Friend at University
Stepfather
7 years and it still controls me
College Professor
I Was Only 7
Feeling Alone
Don’t Know
He was my best friend
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Out of Control
Family members ex husband
Rape by Boyfriend
De Los 6 a Los 12
Males are Victims Too
Lasting memories
היי
I wish she wouldve helped me
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
He Was A Police Officer
I wish I never knew
Raped Husband
3 Generations
Becoming a Warrior
Out For A Walk
I know when I see a rapist...
My Story
Myself
An Uber Driver Raped Me
My experience as an intern in highschool
Who I Once Called My Father
Why does this keep happening to me?
My story
Date Rape
I was raped by a youtube personality...
Always the Girls Fault
In Denial of My Rape
Almost Raped
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
This is my story
Trying To Help
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Noah
Happy Hell-oween
I Really Want To Forget About It
Speaking Up for Women
Party Assault
He was family
Happy Survivor
Broken Homes, Broken Families
Six months in the making..
Date Rape
My Story of Rape
Sexual Coercion
Bad Morning
Forced, De-flowered
Unsure
Set Up
When I Was Three
לא יוצאים מזה…
Molested
He said he’d never do it again
Sexual Assault
Multiple Rape
Sexual Assault
Remember as a victim you have done...
Broken Trust
Be Careful Who U Trust
I Too Was Raped
Abused since I was young
Still Need Help
My Dad
I Need to Tell Someone
Rape??
My biggest mistake
I Thought I Knew Hi
Michelle Johnston
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
We met at the bar
Off My Shoulders
Survivor of COCSA
Mistaken Identity
Am I
Virgin Rape
My story growing up with a secret
Erase and Rewind
I still see him on campus
Ashamed of myself
Justice
Spoke out and was blamed
I Thought He Loved Me
ONLY the Beginning
Too naïve
I Thought He Loved Me
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Scammer
Mi Historia
Sexual Abuse
6 to 20
University Bar
Who Do I Trust
#MeToo 5 years later…
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Today is my time to cry
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Stockholm
Survivor of Rape
The Friend
A Lifetime
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Red Flags
How can we make it stop?
My Two Days of Hell
Don’t Give Up

5 years now
Party Accident
First Time Sharing
Under Age drinking
Freshman Year
not the typical rape
It Happened To Me
You were supposed to be my friend
Why
Male dancer
Marital Rape
Tormented
Thank you
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
Army
I Was 3 Years Old
Nearly 50 years later
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Why Me?
Speaking Up for Women
Rape
Was it my fault
75 Percent Humidity
Gang Rape
Cousin’s Sexual Abuse
06.05.2006
Ms.
Not Really Love
היי לינור
Kidnapped
Cavemen
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I Am Still Standing
Childhood Rape
Things do get better
Travelling
My neighbor and his friends
7th Grade Assault
Together, We Are Brave

