#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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Forgotten Memories Submerge
Raped by ex boyfriend
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
Rape Shaming
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
The Statistics that Changed Me
I Was Only 7
Speak Up
I Thought He Loved Me
Date Rape Drug
Just Violated
He knew what he was doing
Finding My Voice
Supposed To Be There
Broken down car
Molested By My Uncle
Dream / Recall
Moving On
3 Days After Arriving at College
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
En Enero de 2010
Unicorns
School Rape
Hostage
Date Rape
I’m getting Married tomorrow
Date rape
Rape inside marriage is still rape…
My boyfriend
Am I
Erased From Memory
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
I’ve survived sexual abuse
My 18th Birthday
A Story
My Multiple-Offender Rape
Un-Silenced
So Many Times
What Was I Thinking?
He was a friend
It’s my fault
לא יוצאים מזה…
My 21st Birthday
A Private College; A Private Rape
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
כמוני כמוך
היי
My story
37 Years Ago
הסיפור שלי…
Locked Up
I Slept Next to Him
אוףףףף
A familiar fight
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
Do I say thank you?
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
I blamed myself… Twice
Rape Is Everywhere
The pain that was never mine to...
I don’t know anymore
Assaulted
A horror that lasts a lifetime
The Trauma That Made Me
Only I get to make choices for...
My abuse story victim to survivor
Teatime
Why
Two Strangers in a Park
First Frat Party
My “Teammate” Raped Me
Will I ever get over it.
I was sexual abused with no justice
Unethical or illegal?
Gang molestation
My Ongoing Journey
Impacted Forever
לפני 14 שנים
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
De Los 6 a Los 12
Choir Camp
A Day My Life Changed Forever
I Never Thought This Would Happen To...
Still Haven’t Healed
The Reason I Feel Alone
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Touched
Rape?
A Week Before 18th Birthday
Under Age drinking
I’m tired of hiding what you did
Still Think It Was My Fault
Incest
Piece
Long way back
Date Rape
In Denial of My Rape
College Rape
Drunken Rape
Too Young
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Raped in Milan
Twice a pattern?
Six Years of Denial
Close Call
Respect
April 2015
Males can be victims too
My Step Brother
Childhood Abuse
Rape
I was only 5
Molested at 3
One Day At a Time
Not Okay
I Am Not Brave
Employer rape
Rape and Crisis
ללינור היקרה
Ride from the Concert
Memories Are Back
A super long account of a day...
Anal Rape
Okay, Not Okay
My Childhood
Raped and Molested
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Summer 2019
I regret not telling
Date Rape
Sex doll
Sexual Abuse
Multiple Times
What If I Make You?
So Now What?
One week and three days
I Felt So Helpless
MY Inspirational Story
To the men who hurt me
When I Was 8 Years Old
It Was My Fault
The Setup
So drunk I can’t remember
Second Night of College
Everyone loves him
College Rape
I Thought I Knew Hi
Naive College Freshman
My Horrific Nightmare
Army
My First Memory
Victim of Abuse
עדיין מציק
Rape
Raped in the Air Force
Fraternity Men
When will it be enough?
Panic Attack
Marital Rape
Myself
Married to Abuser
Rock It!
