#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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He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
I Want My Life Back
I was 4 yrs old
This is MY story
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
What Is Success?
I will never forget
לא יוצאים מזה…
I thought you loved me
I Trusted Him
Married My Rapist
my story
It’s OK
My Story
Emotional Abuse
My Father’s Funeral
16 times
Stuck
The Girl Who Went To College
The Cliche
Life After Death
My neighbor and his friends
Afraid of Being Judged
Nashville Sweetheart
My Rape Stories
He Was a Cop
I want to be better
He Was My Father
I Am Brave!
Just Words
Mi Historia
The cycle
I Was 3 Years Old
The Fight We Can All Win
Raped and Molested
To protect and serve
Sexual abuse
Rape
I dont know what to call it
Constant fear
It Started with my Brother
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
My Story
Multiple Rapes
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Sexual abuse
So Now What?
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
ללינור היקרה
Freshman Year
In 1978
I should have STOPPED
The pain that was never mine to...
The secret
My First Time
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
“No” is Universal
He was my best friend
Sex Slave
Kidnapped in Naples
I Am a Survivor…
Date Rape?
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
My Snowball Effect
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Friend of mines set me up
Dear Coward
It never stops changing you
Second Night of College
A Message from the Director
My Brave Daughter
Sexual Assault at 11
I Didn’t Know
My Story
Drugged
Why you should talk to your daughters...
No one owns your story but you
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
I can say it now
Mistaken Identity
It started with you.
En Enero de 2010
Confused and Angry
I Was Only 14
Black Girl
Forced, De-flowered
Prescription Drugs
A sociopath in disguise
So Many Times
Help
(Part of) My Story
Repeat Offender
I don’t know what to think
Unbelievable
I’m so sorry
Male dancer
Child rape
The year that changed me
Blaming Myself
Too naïve
Inspired
2 Years Ago
Someone so close to me
Never a Victim; Only Myself
Remember November
Sexual Assault
I was a victim of serious child...
Family Member
You had no rights
My boss
Sex doll
College Rape
Black Out
Uncomfortable
Does he know?
All men are the same
My stepfather raped me
I know when I see a rapist...
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
My Two Cents
Molested
How I Was Raped
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
It can happen to boys too!
I thought it was my fault
Spoke out and was blamed
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Twice
What Was I Thinking?
A Long Healing Process
גבר אלים וחולני
Ms.
7 years and it still controls me
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Tormented
You Were My Friend
Summer 2019
3 incidents
Dating For 10 Months When…
Fenced In
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
Raped
April 2015
Life of Trauma
My Story
Molestation
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Online dating
I Didn’t Know What Happened
Girls Without Parents
Thank you for speaking out…
I met evil at a young age
Military Man
Fear
Ready to Share
House help and cousin
Keep it to myself
A respectable collegue
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
How Many Times?
Parental Incest Is Rape
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
06.05.2006
היי לינור
Didn’t Realize It
Ritual Sexual Abuse
My Story
My Friend
Once? Twice? Five Times?
my brother in law
Harassment
Acceptance
Thank you
Someone I Dated
Army
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Sex doll
Lasting Effects
הטרידו אותי
Virgin Rape
“Me too” On Facebook
With Love
Stranger
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Don’t Want to Admit It
I don’t Know, but I Know
Foreign City
Domestic Rape
Holding It In
Raped at 17
Don’t Know
אוףףףף
Sexual Assault
I Prayed for Death
He ruined my life
I regret not telling
Being Molested as a Young Boy
I didn’t even know what was happening
I am More than a Victim
Raped in my own bed
Trying To Help
3 years on
לפני 14 שנים
A Victim No Longer
Never Seemed Worth Telling
How Could It Have Happened
My Husband Repeatedly Raped me
Proud
No One Believes Me
A Private College; A Private Rape
I Really Want To Forget About It
Married to my Rapist
Third time’s the charm
Miss
Bruises and Scars
Life Is Rough
הסיפור שלי…
3 Different Times
Only Six
My Own Brother
Raped by stranger x2
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
I need some advice
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Was It My Fault?
Mrs
Girl Raped By a Girl
God Saved Me
Serial Rapist
Sexual Abuse
The year that changed me
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Seis Años
My life changed on the day I...
Quiet for 2 years
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
כמוני כמוך
What Is Success?
He took away my innocence
Life of Trauma
In Korea
My Last Party
היי
Raped in the Air Force
How Many Times?
I Thought He Loved Me
Rape
Date Raped
A Year After
Our Corrupted Country
Rape
My Rape Stories
Multiple Times
Read This Please
Braver

