#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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In 1978
Was it my fault
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
Ending Misogyny
Scars
f*ck you
Disappointed
Need help
My Story
Its been Years
Did I ask for it?
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
Set Up
Rape Survivor
Struggling to Survive
I Recorded my Rapist
Second Night of College
Was it my fault?
1990
Generations
My experience as an intern in highschool
3 Generations
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Army
Male dancer
Piano Teacher
College Rape
I did Not need to know this
Date Rape
Drugged After Junior Prom
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Cousin Rape
It was
Second Night of College
Effort To Survive
So Now What?
Too naïve
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
The First Man In My Life
Letter to…
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Raped at age 9 & 15
Abusive Relationship
College Rape
ללינור היקרה
לפני 14 שנים
Erase and Rewind
הטרידו אותי
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
my teacher grabbed me
Drugged and Gang Raped
Sexual Assault
HS Reunion
Freshman Year
Abused By A Therapist
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
Broken Hearted
Shelter My Soul
Sex doll
This is my story
I now know
The Story of a Boy
What Was I Thinking?
Doctor Nightmares
Scar
Party Accident
Too naïve
Too naïve
A Day My Life Changed Forever
We Were Kids
Healing and releasing painful memories
The Fight We Can All Win
A respectable collegue
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Help
I Barely Knew Them
I Woke Up In The Tub
Pastor’s Son
No one owns your story but you
Why you should talk to your daughters...
My Childhood
Strength to Speak Out
5 Years On
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Child sexual abuse
It Was the Second
My best friend
“Me too” On Facebook
Shattered Childhood
Scammer
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
My Ongoing Journey
Scared Like Crazy
Protecting My Predator
I Was Manipulated
Trapped In a Fantasy World
I was 11
17
Ms.
Six Years of Denial
De Los 6 a Los 12
Every one ignored me
Raped by boyfriend
Cafeteria Food
The Boys Club Continues
My story growing up with a secret
Date Rape
Rape, Sexual Abuse
Still Can’t Believe It
Surviving Sexual Abuse: A Childhood Story
הסיפור שלי…
Still Lost :/
So Long Ago But Still With Me
Thank you for being LOUD!
Broken Car Broke Me
Rape Survivor
Prey
Why Me?
Why Me?
Lost Soul
Raped by my Stepfather
Foreign City
Despedida
Bringing the Stories to Light
Do NOT Trust Strangers
His Charming Ways
Raped by Brother
This Is My Story
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Keeping Faith
Night Out
The year that changed me
My Story
Just a Joke
STRONG
Dream / Recall
I Slept Next to Him
His Masterpiece
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
No Wasn’t Good Enough
My teacher and my step-brother
Knowledge is Power
Molested
Confused
Loss of Trust
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Was Raped
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
I Was Raped as a Child
The Friend
Why Me?
I can say it now
כמוני כמוך
Mi Historia
Set Up
Weak
Summer 2019
Realization of Rape
Raped By a Female
Repressed Memory
Finding My Voice
Why Me Over and Over?
He was supposed to be a friend
Abuse Continued
5th Grade
J’avais 13 ans
Did He Rape My Mind Too
I’m Alive
Surviving sexual assault trauma
גבר אלים וחולני
Almost Raped
Men get raped too…
Don’t Give Up

