#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.
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Raped and Numbed
Started As a Child
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Darkness With Friends
It started with you.
To the man who stole my independence
Messed Up Childhood
Raped by my cousin
Doesn’t Define Me
Rape
I Was 10
De Los 6 a Los 12
My Boyfriend Raped Me
We met at the bar
To the man who stole my independence
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Stupid Coward
I like to think I won’t feel...
A Part of My Twenties
Pretty Girls
Nearly 50 years later
Ms.
My Two Days of Hell
Just Fine
2 Years Ago
When It’s Personal
Rape
3 Days After Arriving at College
Half sister
One Night Only
He Was My Dad
Abused by the boyfriend of my mom...
A Night Out
Lotus
Mistaken Identity
Friend?
Charity is it’s own reward
Multiple Times
My best friends dad
כמוני כמוך
Friends?
Night Out
היי
Surviving sexual assault trauma
Red Flags
Only I get to make choices for...
So drunk I can’t remember
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
My Story of Rape
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Raped By Family
I regret not telling
Being Raped
I was just 9.
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Summer 2019
Mi Historia
Ex-boyfriend rape
My Sexual Assault Story
raped by my own brother
I still see him on campus
Too Trusting
I should have STOPPED
My survival story
Survivor
Too naïve
Ex Boyfriend
Brave
What Happened?
Why: A Poem About My Rape
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Raped By My Biological Father
In Denial of My Rape
By my friend
Just Words
Raped at 17
Childhood End
Rape
Rapist Turned Murderer
Sexually abused by my father
Holding My Feelings In
My Story
I am not a rape victim
Freshman on Campus
I dont know what to call it
I was raped for 3 years
My Sister and I were Abused
Second Night of College
Twice a pattern?
Scared to close my eyes
I Trusted You
Was it rape?
April 2015
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
Can’t Even Take My Medicine
Domestic rape
I Shouldn’t Have Drank
I Was Only 7
My Story of a Gang Rape
Shitty nights
Not friends
Rape
Let Down
Respect
The Statistics that Changed Me
Does the pain ever go away?
A respectable collegue
I was raped last summer
No Means No
Feeling Alone
Politeness Serves No One
Molested
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
f*ck you
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Still Rape
My Father
Kibbutz
My Year in Hell
This Is My Story
In Denial of My Rape
Confused
J’avais 13 ans
Molested
I’m Doing You a Favor
Rape
I Too Was Raped
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
No More Silence
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Raped at age 9 & 15
So Long Ago But Still With Me
My Mother Was Raped
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
Freshman Year
College Professor
MesS Into A mesSage
My husband was home
Raped, Adopted, Raped Again
Kept From Us
Life After Death
I know when I see a rapist...
My 11 Year Old Selfs Story
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
In Korea
So Young
Does the pain ever go away?
We Stand Together
Happy Birthday
Piece
Raped by my Step Brother
Younger me
I don’t know what to think
We met at the bar
En Enero de 2010
Sexual Abuse
Rape Is Everywhere
That wasn’t too bad now was it?
Raped as a Baby
Life Purpose
I Thought He Loved Me
I Told Him No
Army
Why Me?
Diana Oakley’s Story
The Cliche
הסיפור שלי…
Nashville Sweetheart
Infatuation
I called him my friend
16 times
Raped at 16
An Embarrassing Situation
Cafeteria Food
Stranger Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Teatime
I Trusted Him…
No Justice
Who Is To Blame?
I Thought He Loved Me
Incest
Drugged
my rape
My First Memory
two years ago
A Message from the Director
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Throughout my teen years
Mi Esposa
I wish she wouldve helped me
I thought we were friends
Rape
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Sexual molestation as a child
Rape
Confused by Rape
Aftermath
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
Unhealthy Relationship
I don’t know who I am
I still feel “crazy”
I’m Not Sure
Unethical or illegal?
Myself
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
Predators
My story
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
First College Party
Male dancer
Trauma
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
Despedida
Rape
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
Twice
Stormy Night
Black Out
My Rapes
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Friend of my Husband
לא יוצאים מזה…
Damaged goods
From Heaven to Hell
Remember November
“You were lucky”
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
The Girl Who Went To College
Spoke out and was blamed
My cousins friend
I am More than a Victim
היי לינור
Breaking the Trust
Three weeks, every day..
Rape
Innocence
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
I Was Nearly Raped
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Rape !!
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Workplace Sexual Harassment
My best friends dad
Sex doll
I Am Brave

