#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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Nashville Sweetheart
4th grade
Not just me
I Was Told It Was Normal
It Was My Fault
Thought He Was A Friend
It’s OK
Sex doll
Prescription Drugs
Despedida
אוףףףף
Raped and Molested
Surviving, Kinda
My story growing up with a secret
Different face, but the same monster
Still Going
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
Too naïve
Spoke out and was blamed
Party Assault
In The Concrete Jungle
My Family My Love
First Frat Party
My Story
It’s A Long Story
I knew and trusted him
Growth
Sexual Abuse
He Was My Best Friend
Seis Años
University Bar
I met evil at a young age
The Night That Changed My Life
Rape
I don’t know anymore
My Mother was raped and told me...
It was my ex boyfriend
Wrong Choice
Not Really Family
Raped in my own bed
I know when I see a rapist...
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Dirty Whore
I Was Only 7
Rape By My Husband
I regret not telling
Short Story
There Is Hope For Us
Broken Hearted
Nothing for Nothing
I Am Brave!
My Relationship With Dad
The pain that was never mine to...
A Lifetime of pain
Liar, Liar
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Ride from the Concert
Six Years of Denial
En Enero de 2010
When I Was 7
Childhood Abuse
Long way back
I was very dumb.
Ms.
A young mother
The Park
One Morning
Childhood Friend Date Rape
De Los 6 a Los 12
Raped Husband
I Had No Voice
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
My Brother
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
1 in 5
I Am Brave

No More Silence
לא יוצאים מזה…
כמוני כמוך
Camilla’s Story
Torn
Holding My Feelings In
The Power of Victimization
5 Years On
I just realized this today.
My Fears Do Not Define Me
I Was Only a Child
Survivor #metoo
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I Was Dating Him
God Saved Me
Raped in the Air Force
Tormented
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Lesbian After Assaults
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
He’s Still Out There
Story Subject: * I thought he was...
Not safe in my own skin
Assault
I Was Nearly Raped
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Keeping Faith
Date Rape
7 years and it still controls me
my story-and where i “took it”…
Date Raped When I Was 15
Someone I Dated
Just Words
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
Love and Forced abortion
Devil In Disguise
Angry and confused
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
3 Days After Arriving at College
Beyond a story
My Boyfriend Raped Me
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Sexual Assault
Just a Kid
Rape
My Husband Set Me Up!
Unethical or illegal?
I should have never meet my biological...
Six months in the making..
Worst pain of my life
My Brother
He raped me. I hugged him goodbye...
Prom Night
Rape By Unknown
Surviving my father
I need some advice
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
Unicorns
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
You Must Acknowledge
Be Aware
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Erase and Rewind
Rape inside marriage is still rape…
I Want to Be Brave
A Fun Night
Moving On
It’s OK
The girl that got up and kicked...
J’avais 13 ans
Family Party
Embrace It All
Mistaken Identity
Respect Our Elders
I Trusted Him
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
3x
גבר אלים וחולני
ללינור היקרה
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
Be Careful Who U Trust
Not safe in my own skin
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Grandpa
Mi Historia
The Night My Life Got Destroyed
Freshman Year
Miss
Still Can’t Believe It
Army
Rape
I Choose Hope

