#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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I Am Brave!
Rape
A respectable collegue
Raped When I Was 12
raped and isolated
I don’t Know, but I Know
You Must Acknowledge
לא יוצאים מזה…
Its Got To STOP!
I am a different me
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
It’s my fault
Was It My Fault?
Young and Unaware
Embrace It All
Years later… meeting my rapist again
There Is Hope For Us
Mental Breakdown
The Night My Life Got Destroyed
כמוני כמוך
More Than Half of My Life Ago
היי
Broken Homes, Broken Families
Rape
High School Orientation
The First Man In My Life
Trader Joes
Frozen in fear
Second Night of College
Raped in the Air Force
הסיפור שלי…
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Vaseline Stepbrother
My Year in Hell
They asked if I was lying
Date Rape
How it makes me feel 5 years...
I was very dumb.
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Growth
Two Continents, Two Different Men!
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
My Army Fiance
My Story
Raped in my own bed
Sexual Coercion
I Hate My Father
Be Aware
Men ruined my life
Shattered Childhood
It Was the Second
“She Didn’t Do Anything”
Men ruined my life
Too naïve
Multiple Assaults
#IStandWithHer
My rape story
Repressed Memories x3 Abusers
So Now What?
Hiding from the Weather
De Los 6 a Los 12
My Life, My Achievement
Birthday Rape
It Was Too Late
What Happened?
Holding It In
“raped” by my long time bf
House help and cousin
#IStandWithHer
Still Terrified
Catfished
Male dancer
I Said No
After Wedding
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Shame Destroys
I Thought He Loved Me
Abuse Continued
When Does It End
f*ck you
I Slept Next to Him
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
Sexual Assault
He Was a Friend
13 & Alone
Why Me?
I thought he was a friend
School Prom
גבר אלים וחולני
When It’s Personal
Ex
I Hate You
Betrayed By a Loved One
Over 40 years Ago
Sex doll
Sexist Families Leave Girls Vulnerable to Rape
Two Friends and Two Boys
Family Member
Boyfriend Hell
It’s my fault
Rape
I Thought I Knew Hi
Acceptance
I Trusted Him
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Family Party
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
MS13
More Than a Survivor
Story of My Life
Erase and Rewind
Perfect on Paper
Rape
It’s still happening
Tormented
No Support
I Thought I Was Safe
Molested by my brother as a child
Two Continents, Two Different Men!
Employer rape
I Trusted Him
Does the pain ever go away?
Thank You
I’m Disgusted
Brothers
Bringing the Stories to Light
Raped by my boyfriend
Raped
Finally ready to tell my story
Mi Historia
Tulane Law
lucky
Rape in supported accomodation
Sexual Abuse
Tel Aviv
My message to all
“Me too” On Facebook
I Really Want To Forget About It
Myself
My Story
Sexual abuse
10 Years!
I thought he was a friend
Being Raped
My Last Party
Impacted Forever
Never Going To Happen To Me
We Stand Together
My protector, my father, my rapist all...
He Took Advantage of Me
I know when I see a rapist...
My story growing up with a secret
My Daughter
First Time Sharing
My Snowball Effect
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Serial Rapist
A familiar fight
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
he made me loose hope in love…
Fraternity Men
Sexually abused by a 11/12 girl
The Fight We Can All Win
Bringing the Stories to Light
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Effort To Survive
Rape survivor
Black and Blue
Raped at age 9 & 15
Summer 2019
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
Seis Años
My Rape Stories
All Just Too Much
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My First Time
J’avais 13 ans
i was a child.
I Came Home
Being drunk is not consent
#MeToo I am 1
I was raped
הטרידו אותי
Family Ties
Worst pain of my life
Broken Girl
I Thought He Loved Me
Naive College Freshman
But I Was Drunk
Marital Rape
Family Ties
I Remember How It Felt
He Was My Father
Red Flags
A Story
Once Again
עדיין מציק
לפני 14 שנים
Things do get better
A Private College; A Private Rape
My Ex-husband
So Alone
I Don’t Know My Story
I “needed” to do this!
Just Words
Every Way Imaginable
I was a victim of serious child...
sexual assault & abuse
I Was Nearly Raped
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
I’m so sorry
One Day At a Time
“No” is Universal
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
3 Times is Not Charming
I just realized this today.
The First Time
I Don’t Even Know
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
A Picture
In the Hospital
Help
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
En Enero de 2010
My Brothers Two Best Friends
I Want to Live
3 balls, striking
Fear
Rude awakening
Drugged and Gang Raped
My teacher and my step-brother
I Did NOT Get Justice But I...
He Was a Family Friend
I’m Not Sure
היי לינור
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
My Cousin
Scared and Confused
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Around 9 PM
Incest & Date Rape
Do NOT Trust Strangers
It never goes away
Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
I Was Only 7
Christmas Horror
Finally Arrested
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Despedida
Miss
No Means No
Spoke out and was blamed
Last Party
Healing takes time
ללינור היקרה
Was I Raped?
אוףףףף
In Denial of My Rape
I Need to Tell Someone
Survivor
