#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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Moving on Alone from Rape
Cavemen
Rape Survivor
This Is My Story
My cousins friend
I Trusted Him
My “Uncle” Raped Me
It was never…..That
Molested While Sleeping
Not normal
Grandpa
כמוני כמוך
Breaking the Trust
They thought it was fun
I Remember Being Happy
Just Words
Hundreds of Times
Mrs.
Army
En Enero de 2010
Unethical or illegal?
What am I doing wrong
Happy Survivor
In NYC
Bleeding Through My Tears
I am a Survivor
To protect and serve
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
I met evil at a young age
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
The Setup
Overcome It
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
Family of Lies
No one owns your story but you
Remember November
A Fun Night
When will it be enough?
Shame
Effort To Survive
Respect Our Elders
Salted Wound
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
One Of Many
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
Now It’s Too Late
rape
I Shouldn’t Have Drank
Repressed Memory
Tormented
Sexual abuse
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Wanted Love But Got Rape
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Why Me Over and Over?
It is not my fault
Raped
Rape, Sexual Abuse
The Night That Changed My World
Kidnapped
Why: A Poem About My Rape
PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
New Years Eve Party
הטרידו אותי
Young and Unaware
Consent, control and consequences
Bringing the Stories to Light
The Same Effect
Thank you for being LOUD!
The Statistics that Changed Me
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Never Got His Name
God Saved Me
I’m letting go
An Abnormal Reaction
Still Think It Was My Fault
Ride from the Concert
Date gone wrong
Getting Away
Raped By Boyfriend
Nothing important…
Need help
Forgotten Memories Submerge
My message to all
Ashamed
my grandmas friend’s son raped me
Sex doll
Assaulted
Red Flags
I was attacked at 19 years old
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Hateful
raped and isolated
Shelter My Soul
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
A Long Healing Process
Love of My Life?
Mental Breakdown
Mi Esposa
Four Years Ago
Friends are sharing
Assault?
Nearly 50 years later
My First Two Times
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Freshman Year
A young mother
‘I have a voice’
My Best Friend
Was it rape?
Finally Sharing
Raped and Molested
Why
Spring Break Nightmare
Fear
Rape
Drunken Rape
Thank you
My Parents Didnt Do Anything
1990
I trusted him
#IStandWithHer
Ms.
Married to Abuser
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Molested
היי לינור
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
a shattered girl and her dreams restored
Hidden Emotions
More Than a Survivor
Once? Twice? Five Times?
I Thought He Loved Me
Healing and releasing painful memories
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
3 Different Times
A Different MeToo
Respect
Over 40 years Ago
Freshman on Campus
3 incidents
my story
Rape
Assault?
My story growing up with a secret
Someone so close to me
My Story
The Story Of Two Rapes
יש חיים אחרי אונס
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Forced, De-flowered
Abused as a Child
Left in shambles
A Private College; A Private Rape
Constant fear
Rape
Are you sure?
“My Rape” at University
אוףףףף
Couch Surfing
Sexual Abuse
Rape
I Said No
My Rape Story
What If I Make You?
My First Memory
Sex Slave
My younger brother
Ashamed
Rape Shaming
Raped at 17
When will it be enough?
Enough Is Enough
Why Me?
My Host-sisters friend
Not Remembering
Prom Night
14 year old raped at school
Time Stood Still
My “Father”
I Thought I Knew Him
Hateful
עדיין מציק
The Touches I Felt
It Started With Date Rape
Lifetime of Abuse
Betrayed
My Mom
I Thought I was Safe
Warning
20 Years Later
College Campus Rape
He Was My Father
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
My Story of Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My story growing up with a secret
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Thank You
J’avais 13 ans
Survivor
