#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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Supporting Sisters
Victimization
I Trusted Him
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
My first love
5
Army
Family Ties
Sexual Assault in my own bed
Sexual Assault
No Support
I’m so sorry
What Can I Do
ללינור היקרה
An Orphanage
My Evil Brother
Just Words
Rape
My Own Family
En Enero de 2010
I still see him on campus
Mi Esposa
I Thought I was Safe
Think You Know
הסיפור שלי…
Thank you for speaking out…
Unhealthy Relationship
One Bad Decision
Still Can’t Believe It
He Was A Police Officer
Raped By 6 Policemen
I Didn’t Know What Happened
My boss
My Story
I was carrying his daughter.
He took it as yes
I wish I would have been smarter
St. Louis Riots
Too drunk to respond
The Same Effect
Lost Soul
Aftermath
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Rape Survivor
7 years and it still controls me
Ex-Boyfriend
I forgot, but then I remembered
Black and Blue
Lying Child Molester
I am a survivor
Step Daddy
Holding It In
Hidden Emotions
Blamed myself …
My story
Unwanted Flashbacks
Stranger
Restoring Innocence
Unspoken
Assault
Growing Past Just Surviving
Raped and Molested
Losing My Virginity
Marital Rape
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
Drugged raped and failed by justice
My Story
Molested
I Was Only 7
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Roommates
Stuck
Father, Brother, Brother
Just Violated
Middle school sexual harassment
My Story
The rape apology and my reply
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Life Purpose
Politeness Serves No One
They thought it was fun
היי
Don’t Know
Scammer
I wanted to get high
A Ride Home
Raped When I Was 12
Motel 6 Nightmare
He was family
Never a Victim; Only Myself
My Story, My Nightmare
A Day My Life Changed Forever
rape
If I Were Stronger Then
I Too Was Raped
Home from School
He was a trusted friend, until he...
my teacher grabbed me
היי לינור
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Only I get to make choices for...
My Story
my story
Wouldn’t take no for an answer
College Rape
Molested as a Child
Date Rape
Male dancer
#MeToo 5 years later…
Him or Me
No one owns your story but you
Second Night of College
A Story
J’avais 13 ans
My Brother’s Best Friend
Ignored For a Lifetime
Rude awakening
Unlucky
Camilla’s Story
Still Going
From Grief to Trauma
Sexual Assault
Finding Words
Holding My Feelings In
To My Rapist
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
My Innocence Was Taken Away
The Statistics that Changed Me
my story
Touching
גבר אלים וחולני
Black Girl
Locked Up
April 8th, 2016
My Year in Hell
Raped in Foster care
Assault?
The Hole in My Heart
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
My Father’s Funeral
A Different MeToo
Politeness Serves No One
So drunk I can’t remember
Why you should talk to your daughters...
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Catching Up With Me
יש חיים אחרי אונס
That’s not Me, it’s Her
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
Just Wanted to Escape
Childhood Friends
Rape
My step dad raped me
Sexual Abuse
Protecting My Predator
Spoke out and was blamed
Stand Strong
All Just Too Much
Summer 2019
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
Twice a pattern?
What now…?
Despedida
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
He was my best friend
Molested
An older cousin
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Identity?
The thief
Drugged
I trusted him
Raped in the Air Force
This is my story
He’s Still Out There
Rape
ללינור היקרה
My Daughter and I Both
Rape
Sexual Assault
…
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
The Hole in My Heart
God Saved Me
I was raped
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
two years ago
Home from School
Happy Birthday
לא יוצאים מזה…
Read This Please
Realization of Rape
עדיין מציק
Lasting memories
Confused and Angry
He’s Still Out There
Survivor
Heart broken
My 21st Birthday
Ready to Share
She sent a Warning, and Paid for...
raped by my own brother
15
My Daughter
Déja-vu
Mi Historia
End of Innocence
Im 16
Set Up
Letter to…
My Ongoing Journey
הטרידו אותי
I know when I see a rapist...
All-time low
Never Wanted to Believe
Am i being raped?
Breaking the Silence
