#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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When will it be enough?
James
I was just 9.
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
How Many Times?
Drugged and Gang Raped
I’m so sorry
Manhandling to Rape
Raped
Be Careful Who You Trust
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
כמוני כמוך
I Feel So Betrayed
Life of Trauma
New Year’s Eve Party
Mi Esposa
my story
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Cafeteria Food
Raped By My Therapist
Them
Another Victim
Twice
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Holding My Feelings In
Date Rape
I didn’t know
University Bar
Army
Childhood Friends
Happy Hell-oween
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Molested and Confused
Childhood Abuse
3 years later i still wonder if...
Was It My Fault?
Lesbian After Assaults
Was It Rape?
I thought he was a friend
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Drunken Rape
Semper Fi
Enough Is Enough
My Best Friend
Off My Shoulders
Drunk and Alone
Its Got To STOP!
Multiple Sexual Assaults
Just Friends
Even Lawyers Get Raped
What Was I Thinking?
Stayed Silence
En Enero de 2010
Amber’s Story
Unethical or illegal?
My Story
היי לינור
It wasn’t my fault
He Loved Me
My survival story
Never Forget
Bleeding Through My Tears
Friend of mines set me up
Lying Child Molester
My Best Friend & His Friend Raped...
University Bar
No Support
Rape by Boyfriend
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
De Los 6 a Los 12
Raped On My Bday
Not Really Family
They Blamed it on the Tequila
Believe Her
Out For A Walk
Raped in the Air Force
Never Going To Happen To Me
Neighbor Trust
Ms.
Incest & Date Rape
I’m 17 and I’m over it
The Touches I Felt
Family Ties
I Still Blame Myself
הטרידו אותי
Last Party
My Daughter
עדיין מציק
My Daughter
Sexual Abuse and Rape
My Safe Place
I Am a Survivor…
Hostage
Dream / Recall
My Rape
Raped By a Friend
Still Unable to Tell People
Unsure
Drugged
Me too.
Amusement Park
I Can Barely Remember
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
Still Rape
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
My story growing up with a secret
Rape
Males can be victims too
Four Years Ago
Hospitalized
In The Past
The Unforgetable Party
Unbelievable
A respectable collegue
I Am Finally FREE
An Amazing Woman
All Rape Is Legitimate Rape
Stranger
Black and Blue
The Same Effect
First Friend at University
My Multiple-Offender Rape
Good Guy
My Story
A Life of Pain
Date Rape
Date Raped When I Was 15
What Is Success?
#IAmBrave and together, #WeAreStrong
Gang Rape
raped and isolated
College Student
Raped By Boyfriend
He Was My Best Friend
Did I ask for it?
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
An Embarrassing Situation
Why Me?
I didn’t wish it to happen
The pain that was never mine to...
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I Prayed for Death
Her first job
Anxiety
Me too.
They Laughed
Help!! What Can I Do?
An Abnormal Reaction
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
My deaf husband sued the Vatican
Men ruined my life
All men are the same
incest
intruder
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
I Thought I Could Trust Him
Just Words
Night Out
Don’t Give Up
