#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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Simple games was a way to hide...
Years in Denial
A Lifetime
De Los 6 a Los 12
Set Up
Doctor Nightmares
Help !
Something so Horrible Could Make Me This...
Seis Años
Sex doll
There once was love
Warning
The Boys Club Continues
rape
Its Got To STOP!
Did He Rape My Mind Too
Rape?
Wide awake
Despedida
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
The Night That Changed My World
More Witness than I Care to Live...
My First Memories….
Was it rape ?
Molested
High School Orientation
Unethical or illegal?
Metoo
Does the pain ever go away?
My Mom
They thought it was fun
Raped at age 9 & 15
Scars That Heal
Raped in the Air Force
My Husband Was My Attacker
Incest
Moving On
לא יוצאים מזה…
Never Even Knew
Rape
לפני 14 שנים
Forgiving The Rapist
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
I was too young to know what...
You Must Acknowledge
Walk Me?
Raped by Brother
When It’s Personal
Not My Friend
Sexual Assault
Silence In The Family
Date Rape
3x
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Raped At 16, 29, 31
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Ketamine Rape
All Rape Is Legitimate Rape
Dad Touching Me
היי
Ride from the Concert
Pastor’s Son
Workplace Sexual Harassment
My best friends dad
Afraid of Being Judged
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Think About It Everyday
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
My Sister and I were Abused
Why does this keep happening to me?
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I am More than a Victim
You are with me!!
Mi Esposa
My step dad raped me
Broken Girl
I was raped
His life ended tragically, but my pain...
My Interview
I just realized this today.
Molested By My Step Brother
Hope after repeated rape
It Felt Like Rape
Family
עדיין מציק
Was It Real or Not
I Thought It Was Normal
Lotus
Childhood Trauma
Can Anyone Help?
He was my best friend
Summer 2019
My Step Brother
Our Corrupted Country
Now I Understand My Husband
Life Purpose
Respect Our Elders
Pretty Girls
God Saved Me
Tormented
I was raped by my step dad
Politeness Serves No One
Confused
I wish I would have been smarter
I never knew he was Satan
To the men who hurt me
7 years and it still controls me
My Story
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
I want to Call it what it...
Scared to close my eyes
But what really happened?
Obsessed Abusive Ex
My story of my date rape
Victim No More
Never thought I could be a victim
My Daughter and I Both
Erased From Memory
Where did I go?
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Beyond a story
My Story
I’m Speaking Out!
Not Really Family
My survival story
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
School Bathroom
Not normal
In The Past
Freshman Year
Hateful
Night Out
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
היי לינור
A young mother
Sleep Over
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
Unicorns
I Kept Saying No
My Own Brother
Just Words
Kibbutz
My Relationship With Dad
Too Close
Blaming Myself
He Was A Police Officer
November ’08
My Story
Child Rape
Trying to Survive
J’avais 13 ans
Raped After School
My Mother Was Raped
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Mi Esposa
A Girl Who Cried Wolf
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Hostage
I Was Only 7
Afraid to be Brave
Incapacitated Still
A Long Healing Process
Finally telling my story.
3 incidents
Teatime
Running
Different face, but the same monster
Date Rape
My Own Party
So Now What?
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
My Side
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
No Longer Silent
Unbelievable
Sexual Assault
Amusement Park
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
I Was 3 Years Old
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
It Was Too Late
Love and Forced abortion
Date Rape
אוףףףף
I Am Brave
