#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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I Just Started High School
4th grade
I Was Only 7
It’s Been Eight Years
Unethical or illegal?
Was It Rape?
Me too.
אוףףףף
לפני 14 שנים
Love of My Life?
Abuse and Rape
Bus Ride
3 Different Times
I was raped
הטרידו אותי
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Shame
Life Spiraled
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Molested by Cousin
My Own Brother
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
Party Accident
Camp rape
…
Military Brother in Arms
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
To serve and protect, but who will...
Sexual Abuse
Simply My Story
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
More Than a Survivor
Silence
I Thought I Knew Hi
Seis Años
The same guy
It Was the Second
My Mother’s Albatross
It was never…..That
Multiple Rape
I need some advice
Respect
Repressed Memory
Molested By Two Uncles
The Little Girl in Green and Blue...
De Los 6 a Los 12
My Mother’s Albatross
A Beautiful Trap
He Was A Police Officer
Digging my own grave
Ending Misogyny
Assault
Raped After School
Naive and Vulnerable
I should have STOPPED
Rape
It’s my fault
Life of Trauma
Playing Games
First date: Raped after school at 15
Be Careful Who You Trust
Constant fear
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
But I Was Drunk
Afraid of Being Judged
Raped By My Biological Father
Betrayed By a Loved One
Sex doll
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
Finally Arrested
Rape
Don’t Want to Admit It
weird brother
I am a Survivor
People You Do Not Know
I am a survivor
Afraid of the Truth
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
When Will This Nightmare End
Drugged
My Coach My Rapist
My Modeling Experience
my story
Something I’ve Never Shared
They Laughed
He took away my innocence
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Incest & Date Rape
Made in America
Ignored For a Lifetime
An Unknown Face & Hands
A young mother
Sexual harassment
16 Years Later
My Ex-husband
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
First College Party
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Sexual Assault
היי לינור
I Need to Tell Someone
Gang Rape
Raped in the Air Force
A Day My Life Changed Forever
So Now What?
Date Rape
She sent a Warning, and Paid for...
Amusement Park
We Stand Together
My Rape Stories
Closure
My rape story
You Were Supposed to Be My Protector
Online dating
Who I Once Called My Father
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Rape or Not?
I still don’t know
Shame Destroys
I Too Was Raped
“No” is Universal
Amusement Park
Nobody Knew
My Life
Rape in my locked home
Childhood Sexual Abuse
The pain that was never mine to...
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Was it rape?
Child Molestation
Rape
Victim Impact Statement
My deaf husband sued the Vatican
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Life After Death
Happy Survivor
NYD
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
My Story
Just Like Yesterday
What Was It?
Erase and Rewind
Pastor’s Son
i was a child.
Still Think It Was My Fault
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Stress
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Rape
Because of You
Childhood of assault
Summer 2019
It Wasn’t Love
Little Girl
The Woods Don’t Speak
Gang Raped
Piece
Scar
Don’t Give Up
