#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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Chaos
The Man Who Never Was
The Statistics that Changed Me
Co-worker
In Front of My Girls
Why me?
Rape
My story growing up with a secret
Raped and Abused
Scars
Is this normal?
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
So Long Ago But Still With Me
my story
She Should Be Over It
f*ck you
Confused and Angry
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I thought he was my friend
Touched by my cousin
Lightening Does Strike Twice
כמוני כמוך
Despedida
Katie Jones
Naive College Freshman
Six months in the making..
גבר אלים וחולני
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
My Story
Was it my fault?
I Never Thought
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
I didn’t even know what was happening
Freshman on Campus
3 incidents
Broken Trust
Shame
Gang raped foolishly
It was just a friend date
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
A familiar fight
The Mailman Raped Me
17
My principal mom raped me
De Los 6 a Los 12
Being Raped
Was It Real or Not
Rape survivor
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Self Worth
Raped At 16, 29, 31
Going Through the Emotions
Is this normal?
Date rape
Ms.
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Ex Boyfriend
No
I can’t remember if I said yes...
Betrayed By a Loved One
“Date” gone wrong?
Set Up
My Step Brother
Army
I was raped by my cousin
Roofied
I know when I see a rapist...
Sexual Assault??
Forgotten Memories Submerge
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Started With My Father
I Was Only 7
Gang rape and further sexual assaults
Ended in Rape
Be Careful Who You Trust
A night gone wrong
I Blame Myself
Mi Historia
Family Rape
Proof, but no Witnesses
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
Mrs
Teatime
Are you sure?
My Abusers
Raped twice within a few hours
Don’t Walk By Yourself
Tormented
I can say it now
Warrior
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
A Voice to be Heard
Dumbed Down
Growing Past Just Surviving
Friends?
Rape
Surviving, Kinda
Raped
Rape
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Feeling Lost
Did He Rape Me?
Overcome It
A Cruel Time To Prevail
Rape
My Daughter
Assault?
Overcome It
I Barely Knew Them
I will never forget
A respectable collegue
Date Rape
Child sexual abuse
Was Raped
School Rape
Step Dad
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Spoke out and was blamed
Weak
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Married to my Rapist
The Setup
My Best Friend’s Brother
Don’t Know
One Bad Decision
Brother & Sister
What Can I Do
East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer – Joseph...
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Does the pain ever go away?
Masked Boyfriend
Raped by Him
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Mrs.
Didn’t Know Until Later
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
Didn’t Think it Could Happen to ME
Tinder Rape
He Was My Best Friend
Drugged
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Blamed myself …
Secrets
Party Accident
Freshman Year
In The Concrete Jungle
The Touches I Felt
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My Story
Raped in my own bed
Broken Trust
Four years later
Never Even Knew
The abuser
Party Accident
I regret not telling
Why
These Men are More Protected Than We...
When I Was 7
So Now What?
Online Dangers
The children are the priority here
Party Time
Two times. One year.
Confused for Too Long
Seis Años
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
My principal mom raped me
Male dancer
Life Changed
Unethical or illegal?
Girls Without Parents
I should have STOPPED
Not friends
Raped By a Friend
I was taken advantage of when drunk
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Just Words
Harassment
My Interview
Agressée deux fois, mais toujours debout.
He Was A Police Officer
My Side
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
he made me loose hope in love…
Sexually Assaulted or Not?
Too naïve
Sex doll
Rape
23 year old virgin
Surpris à la Maison
Bad Decisions
i just want to tell someone.
i was a child.
Male Rape Victims Suffer in Silence
My First Time Speaking Up
I Am a Survivor
Let Down
No one cares
Effort To Survive
אוףףףף
What If I Make You?
Raped By My Therapist
Raped in College
You Must Acknowledge
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Michelle Johnston
Drugged
Multiple Times
Victim of Abuse
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
They Laughed
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Was i raped?!
A Survivor, Not a Victim
Sexual Abuse
Rape inside marriage is still rape…
My Sister
Ignored For a Lifetime
I Am Brave
